Our New Pet

On our vacation, everyone we visited had dogs. The boys fell in love with each and every one of them. We feel like we aren't in the position right now to have a dog. We're busy enough! But we felt horrible that the kids didn't have a pet. We talked with them and came up with a compromise. A pet that lives in a cage and is relatively easy to care for. At first the kids wanted hamsters, but we found a guinea pig that had a sad little story and was up for adoption. The kids loved him at first sight. So, meet the new member of our family! His name is Gus. As Noah would tell you, his full name is Gus-Gus Chubbs Spivey.

Back To School

Where did summer go?! The kids started school today. Well, all of them except for Luke. I have one more year to keep him home and be all mine. We had to do the 1st day of school pictures just like every year. Darian seems to think that as she gets older they are no longer necessary. I'm so "embarrassing"!

Our high schooler!

Our big 3rd grader.

Caleb's last year of preschool.

This is the first year that Luke has recognized that he's the only one not going off to school. He didn't want to leave Caleb's classroom. Aren't they so cute together?

Puddles!

We spent all day Sunday in the car driving Darian up to Pinetop for soccer camp. It rained on us from Heber all the way home. After being on the road all day, Caleb and Luke couldn't wait to get out and run around. What's more fun than jumping in puddles?!

We're Home!!!

Safe and sound.

Baby Jack

Here is Dustan and Wendy's baby, Jack. I was posting so many pics trying to catch up, I forgot these. He's so sweet and cuddly!

Of course Luke had to get a picture with the baby.

Last Night in Colorado

After we finished with the peak, Erin and Noah dropped the rest of us off at the Franklund's house and they went to Cave of the Winds. Noah just couldn't get over my not being able to do the Rushmore Caves, so it was a fun thing for him and his daddy to do. When they were done, they came back and Dustan and Wendy made us a delicious dinner. We had a blast and realized we really do need to get up there more. The area is beautiful and they are awesome to hang out with. Our kids were so in love with Maggie and Jack and had such a great time running around their backyard. Thank you Franklunds for a great couple of days!

So psyched he's actually going to go in!

He's really on a thumbs-up kick!

All three of them played in that little sandbox for so long!

Dustan and Maggie. She sure loves her daddy!

Luke did not want to get out of Maggie's swing. Toward the end of the night he looked like he was going to fall asleep in it. I was so jealous when Maggie went over to Erin and wanted him to pick her up to let her help push.

Day Two in Colorado

We went all the way up Pikes Peak to the summit yesterday. It's a really pretty drive and a bit anxious as you go up so high.

As we got close to the top, Erin started feeling really sick. We think it was altitude sickness, so we had to get him some oxygen and get a bunch of water in him.

Caleb fell right before we took this picture and refused to look up for the picture, so this was the best we could do for our family shot.