fall fun

great big asia trip

okay. so i've accepted the fact that i'm just a pathetic blogger/picture taker. but, just cause my husband is busy watching some gangster movie and because i have lots of schoolwork that i should be doing but don't want to, here are a few pics from our recent trip to asia with jon's family. we went to hong kong, singapore, thailand and bali. it was both amazing and exhausting. i couldn't figure out how to get them in any sort of order


at the beach in bali...

a temple that i was not allowed to enter in thailand...

eva and uncle sean on a river boat in thailand...

olivia, jon's parents and his aunt at the elephant camp in thailand...

on a carraige ride in thailand

miles and me on the same riverboat...

on an elephant ride (the highlight of miles' trip)

this was just after we got off the plane in hong kong after 20+ hours of travelling. look at what troopers they are!

sunrise in hong kong. i guess there might be one (very small) benefit of jet lagged children.

summer fun (aka playing catch-up)

so, as promised, here are some pictures of us actually doing stuff instead of just pictures of sleeping beauty. there's a lot of random stuff here...it's been awhile... :)


my parents and my nephew luke came into town last week. here we all are celebrating my mom's birthday...

we went to belleview park down in littleton. the kids loved it--there's a train to ride, a petting zoo and a little stream to wade in.

luke and eva...

this is the closest we got to all of them looking in the general direction of the camera...

miles and his papa...

luke and eva milking the fake cow at the petting zoo. they kinda liked this better than the real animals.

luke bravely petting dusty the shetland pony. it took a lot of cajoling to get him to do this.

these are from our fourth of july "parade". the kids all ride their bikes around the park and then eat yummy stuff.

these cuties are eva's friend maren and our new neighbor ella.

eva and maren in the parade...

this was miles' expression the entire time. he was not particularly impressed.

this day we went to play in a fountain with our good friends Anna, Biniam, Yosef and Kaitlyn.

and is that not the sweetest thing you've ever seen?

curiouser and curiouser

so i know i'm getting a little carried away with my shots of eva's bizarre napping. but this one might take the cake, so i can't help myself. i actually have a lot of great pictures that i haven't gotten around to posting of the kids doing fun and exciting summer stuff. coming soon, i promise. but for now... my sweet, exhausted daughter taking a nap on the kitchen floor, with a dish towel over her and a stroller that was initially on top of her but fell off after she fell asleep. what an odd child.