Denver and More!

Yep, that's about right.

I just uploaded the 229 pictures I've taken since the last time I posted. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE.  And y'all, that's just on my fancy camera.  That's not including the 50ish from my phone.  I'd say I need to chill, but I just can't NOT attempt to capture every moment of these days with our babies!

Since my last post, we made a family trip out to Denver to see Aunt KK and Uncle Bear, had some great weather at home, and even hosted a pretty huge-for-the-country Ackertoberfest (our hopefully-annual shindig).  So here are some pics!

Susannah or Daddy?

The men with Dizzy before they headed off to catch and feast on trout in the mountains.

We brought Dad along with us to secretly celebrate their anniversary!

Brunch before heading to...

...Tiny Town!  This place is a toddle paradise.

On the train at Tiny Town.

Susannah got to have her way with an ice cream cone for the first time ever.

These two... Susannah is 100% obsessed with Aunt KK!

Of course Baby Girl closed her eyes for the only group pic we took amongst the Aspens!

Once the men were back, we left the kids with them and promptly went to happy hour, toasting our amazing time in Denver.

Silly faces on the big girl bed

Reading with Daddy

Daddy -- er, Susannah -- got a trampoline!

Yes, it's so obviously Susannah's, right?

Matching my girl with our boots
 

We had our pastor's little girl with us for a few days while they welcomed their new baby into the world.

And her visit led to the most hilarious picture I have ever taken EVER...

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You're welcome!

Our Week in Kiptopeke

This past week we were able to go on vacation with Pops, Figgy, and the whole Gilbert clan.  Our time together could not have been more fun!  Watching all the little cousins running around and playing together was the best.  And Susannah wasn't afraid of the water at all!

I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves:

This is the life...

Seriously, BEST friends!

First s'mores experience.  This face is not a good representation of her extreme enjoyment of the s'more!

This boy is SO cute and smiley! Nathanael fell and scraped up his nose pretty bad on our second day, but even that didn't keep him from smiling!

Figgy had the boys absolutely cackling!

The two dimple boys

Surprise birthday party for Pete and Figgy!

John is definitely a Pops fan

We head to Denver on Wednesday this week to visit Katie and Brian!!  September has already been so great, and there's still more fun to come!

(Also, John turns 4 months tomorrow! What a big boy!)

An(other overdue) Update

Whew, it's tough to find some time to update this thing anymore.  You've got a ton of pictures ahead of you, so go ahead and buckle your seatbelt.

Before the pics though, I need to tell you my newest fitness goal for 2015 in order to hold myself accountable: do something, anything, 5 times a week that is just as taxing as--or more taxing than--getting two babies and a toddler out of a car and into a house and then eventually getting said babies and a toddler out of said house and back into said car.  I did this last week while watching our pastor's baby.  It's a task, man.  Strict requirements of strength, balance, and extra limbs.  How did the Duggars do it??  And we wanted twins...

And now for the ridiculous amount of pictures from the past several weeks:

 

                                                                                Silly girl in the stroller

Sometimes babies don't care that it's their bedtime.

A new favorite activity

Baby John and Baby Ella are exactly 2 months apart.  While it appears that John is gazing at Ella, he's actually fast asleep...go figure.

John was a favorite at VBS this year!

Porch time with my babes

Pulling donuts and popping wheelies

We went to Harrisonburg! Aunt Sarah and Figgy getting in some baby time

Pete's best friend Matt's little girl, Hannah, and Susannah were fast friends and quick to kill some watermelon.

John's signature look: SURPRISE!

We took the babes to the Rockingham County Fair while in Harrisonburg.  Sus LOVED it.

That Nathanael is sooooo cute!

Saying farewell til we meet again in Kiptopeake!

This is the HAPPIEST baby known to man.

Further proof...

And even more proof.

John's first Auburn game!  He slept through most of it, and didn't miss much.  Susannah didn't, but she was so nice to let her daddy and me watch most of it with only the occasional book-reading or stroller-chasing (our new favorite game) interruption!

It took everything in me to narrow my picture selection down from 1000 pictures to just these highlights...