Our new house!!

Well, our house is officially "under contract!" We are SO excited! We love the neighborhood so much and have a HUGE backyard (well, it backs to a huge open space that is public to our neighborhood) we are right across the street from miles of running trails and an adorable park. We are walking distance to three parks, the pool and a new elementary school! I will post more pictures of the inside when we get it painted and all decorated.

Joe's new job.. ha ha

We went to this adorable little park and Zoo by our house and Joe found his new calling in life- Forget human teeth- these are much bigger and easier to work on! Ha ha. Cooper had a blast looking at all the animals and making their sounds. He loved the big tractor too!

Josie baby...

OK already!! Here are some recent pics of Josie...

Fort Collins!!!

We finally made it here... after SO many things going wrong we were starting to question wheather we were making the right decision. But all went well after we finally hit the road and just went for it. We had to break the trip up into 3 legs for the kids but they did great in the car as we timed it with their naps and only had to watch Finding Nemo about 10 times!! Besides Cooper and Josie NOT sleeping at all in the hotel and us not getting a wink either everything worked out. We got here Tuesday at noon and Joe moved all our stuff in with a little help from some guys while I took the kids and got out of the way.
We LOVE it here!! We are walking distance to three parks, a pool and a brand new elementary school! There are miles of running trails right outside our front door and endless things to do! We are all having so much fun exploring and meeting new people. It's so great to have so much shopping and great resturaunts right up the street too! Here are some pics of our neighborhood... enjoy!

Hanging out...

We had a big BBQ with our friends and family a few days before we left and here we are just hanging out...

Josie Blessing...

Here is our little cutie in her blessing dress... isn't she beautiful?

LAKE TAHOE!!!

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It was so beautiful outside that a bunch of us decided to hit Lake Tahoe one last time before we left- and we're SO glad we did, it was a perfect day! We went with a bunch of our freinds whom all have kids the same age so it was fun (and a little challenging at times :)

Easter...

We went to California for Easter and my Aunt Sandy had a little easter egg hunt for Cooper and Montana. They loved it and got WAY TOO much candy! Cooper did great on the way there and back- he FINALLY has discovered DVD's! Is that a bad thing to want you child to watch movies? Oh well- it worked!

Ft. Collins- here we come!

Well, it's official. We have decided to pick up our lives and move two states away to where we know no one! Call us crazy but we fell in love with Ft. Collins when we first drove through it 2 years ago. We just think it will be a great place to raise a family and it has great potential for Joe as a dentist. There are so many parks and outdoor activities I can't wait to spend our first summer there. Joe has taken a job at the Medicaid clinic for now. He hopes that once we get out there and start networking hopefully he will find a practice to buy into. So things are still a little temporary we still don't know what we are doing for housing! We are thinking about putting an offer on a house but want to make for sure it's the right place for us too. So we'll keep you all posted!

Josie Bean

Ooooh we love our sweet baby girl! She is SO sweet and calm- (she has Joe's personality) and she has brought so much joy to our home. Josie loves to just sit and stare at her crazy brother and watch him be a boy! She loves taking baths and just relaxing- She is so kick back. Compared to Cooper Josie is an ANGEL!

Baby girl makes 4...

Cooper loves being a big brother! He has done really well with Josie. He loves her TOO much sometimes and loves to give her nice big wet kisses that cover her entire face. He is a great helper and puts her pacifier back in her mouth when she is crying and makes for sure she is always covered in a blanket. We have to watch him pretty closely because he doesn't know his own strength but overall- he's been pretty good.

Ooooh Cooper...

We love our little tazmanian Devil! Everywhere he goes he seems to make a mess or get into some kind of trouble! Here he is...

Cooper turns 2!

We had a few birthday parties for Cooper to get all the family covered since he's the only child on my side of the family. Here we are with playgroup at our house on St. Patricks Day decorating cookies and doing a little scavenger hunt with gold coins. We had lots of fun and made a lot of messes! Cooper LOVED being the center of attention- he is such a ham!

Baby Girl Widdison

She has arrived! We are so excited to have baby girl Widdison (we have yet to think of a name we both like) She was suppose to be Henley but when she came out to our surprise she looked nothing like we expected! She had a full head of dark brown hair, dark eyes and olive skin. She is beautiful but we are just surprised she doesn't look like Cooper. I got REALLY sick the day I left the hospital and had a 103 temp with the flu for 13 days straight! Good thing my mom was here to save me and take care of Cooper and the house!

FAIRYTALE LAND

Joe had a dental conference in Sacramento so we took full advantage and all went for the weekend. We checked out some great shops and had fun at our hotel. On Saturday we met up with my brother and went to Fairytale Land. Cooper had a blast playing on all the fairytale stuff and then we went out to luch and played on Shane's motorcycle.

Halloween 2006

Cooper had a blast trick or treating around our neighborhood with some of his little friends for the first time- now we are stuck eating all his candy though! He was Yoda- alhough he wouldn't keep his ears on. Joe dressed up as Dr. Drange (the dentist he works for) and everyone got a real kick out of it. He surprisingly looked a lot like him!

Baby news!!

Were happy to announce that we are going to have a baby GIRL!!!
After the initial shock ( We really wanted another boy and thought it was going to be a boy) we are getting use to the idea (sort of). It is going to be really weird having a little girl after Cooper- the 110% all BOY! (by the way the picture is of two butt cheeks and the middle where the girl parts are)

Fall Festival- October

Joe's mom came into town and we went to a really cute farm where Cooper played with the farm animals, went in the bounce house, did the hay maze and had pumpkin soup! It was a beautiful fall day and we all had a lot of fun. After that, we went up to Lake Tahoe to the Salmon Spawning festival. It was so cool to see all the Samon and we went to an under ground aquarium.

FT Collins, Co- September 29th-Oct 1

I went to Ft Collins to scope it out and see if we would be interested in potentially living there. It was everything I thought it would be and more. It was clean, safe, beautiful and the parks and houses were great! I had a fun time although, I wish Joe and Cooper were there with me to enjoy it. Here is some great scenery and a really fun park...