Denver with the Zolinger's

A couple weeks ago we went to Denver to visit because one of Dan's friends were in town. Of course we got snow (mid May) driving there and coming back. We're headed out to Denver again in a few days- hopefully with good spring weather. While we were in Denver we got to hang out with family and meet Nathan and Julianne's baby girl Addison. I took some family photos of them as well. Addison has the prettiest blue eyes. Here are some of the photos.

Here's Dan and Nathan (they went to high school together). And below I'm showing off Dan's tarp (it's in the bag). Dan was showing it to Nate and I didn't think to get any of it set up. If you don't know about the tarp Dan made for camping, you should ask him about it.

Dan showing off all his lightweight camping gear.

Utah Trip: Photos with the Davis Family

I got to take some family pictures of my cousin Shannon, Jared and their boy Tian. They're a good looking family with beautiful smiles- but the trick was to get Tian to do it for the camera. Beckett could get him to smile- but Beckett wasn't holding the camera. Here are some of them. And Shannon, I will be mailing you a CD shortly.

Utah Trip: Tian and Beckett

Not sure what they're doing- some sort of greeting I suppose. The two pictures previous were leading up to the touching foreheads. Crazy kids.

They mostly just took each others toys- or took turns holding them. The toy the other person is holding is always better.

While we were in Utah it was fun hanging out with my cousin Shannon and her son Tian. Tian is a day younger than Beckett. It was fun seeing Beckett interact with someone his own age. It's amazing how similar they are.

Utah Trip: Hanging out with family

Beckett and I traveled to Utah with my mom, dad and April. We stayed at my grandparents house. Beckett had fun exploring all the new things. We also had a chance to see some of our extended family while we were there.

Here Beckett is having fun with the piano and Uncle Austin. He liked pulling the things up and down and open and closed. Standing on the piano keys made it easier for him to reach and get into things.

Beckett also discovered the stairs. He felt so cool climbing up them.

He was having a blast with grandpa. Beckett just loves kicking things. Here he is kicking the water bottle around the room. My dad would make crazy sound effects and Beckett thought it was so funny.

Beckett chilling in my grandparents orange chair.

Beckett also liked banging the piano keys with April. Sometimes he would sit and make some music with the piano instead of just trying to pull it apart.

Utah Trip: Dana's Baby Shower

The real reason we went out to Utah was for my friend Dana's baby shower and her brother's wedding. It was fun seeing friends from Midland. I don't have any photos from the wedding reception though. The picture below is Dana and me at her shower. I had fun looking at all the cute baby girl things she got.

Dana, me, Kim and Natalie

Utah Trip: Hang out with Kim and Ty

Beckett and I took a trip out to Utah with my family at the beginning of May. While we were there we got to spend some time with my friend Kim and her cute little boy Tyler. Here are a few pictures from our visit. Ty is so full of smiles and has beautiful blue eyes. He's about 3 1/2 months younger than Beckett. The boys enjoyed watching each other and poking each other's face. Ty thought the blossoms were tasty.

Beckett liked playing with Ty's toys. This photo of him reminds me of baby pictures of my brothers.

Here the two are together. I couldn't really tell any difference in size until the two were seated next to each other. It would be nice if we lived closer so we could hang out more often.

5 year Anniversary