Rachel and I got to talking about how long it had been since we had gone to the Zoo, So we finally made plans and went (with Hahn and Tony too)! It ended up being such a perfect day - the weather was warm and comfortable and all the animals were out and about. Except the stupid penguins - we couldn't find them anywhere!


Is that another polar bear?? Oh wait - it's my husband :)

We were strangely intrigued with this weird looking bird hanging out in the Aviary. Hahn and Tony were trying to see how close they could get to it. The bird seemed to win the face-off, so we thought we should get a pic with it. :)

Me and Rachel with the Elephants!

Hahn and I with the flamingos - if you look close you can see my little bump!

Rocket Launch

Hahn joined Ed this year for the big rocket fest that happens every year. Ed has had the hobby for awhile of building his own rockets, it's really quite perfect for him, it combines science with pyrotechnics. ;) With some of their earlier experiments, Sam and I used to joke that if their rocket didn't leave the ground - then it was technically just a bomb. (oh dear)

Every year the group that Ed is in has an Oktoberfest - a big rocket launch in Northern Colorado. This year Hahn went along to help and I went up for a day to watch. It was actually quite fun to see all of the people that enjoy this hobby and many of the rockets are quite impressive. I can just see, in a few years from now - the boys with our little kiddos really having a great time doing this together!

Look! Sam's helping! :)

Ed and Hahn with 'Bunny Thumper' - the rocket

Making adjustments after on of the launches.

Stoli's 2nd set of stitches

So I went to the West Fest in downtown Fort Collins with my fam and Sam's. And when I got back Stoli was upstairs laying down with a HUGE quarter sized gash on his inner thigh. I still can't figure out how the heck he got it. Of course he ended up needing stitches. Here he is a week later showing off his new bandage. It was a pain keeping it covered so that he wouldn't lick it. Poor greyhounds are just not built very tough. This was the 2nd time we've had to get him stitches in the year we've had him. He seems to be healing nicely and should be up and running around shortly.

Garden of Ainsworth

This spring Hahn built two raised garden beds where we planted tomatoes, peppers, carrots, lettuce, squash and pumpkins. As well as a spot for corn behind all of that. Little did we know just how much produce we would get! We had more summer squash than I knew what to do with! And now that I've seen just how big pumpkin plants can get, (We assumed big, but not quite THAT BIG) we'll make sure to spread them out a bit more next time! We sure had fun watching it all grow and tending to it, and sharing it with everyone. Can't wait to do it again next year!
One of our giant pumpkins - we had 2 that ended up quite large. One weighed in at 35lbs, the other at 43!


Fall harvest.


Nanoo got us a Rose of Sharon bush for the front yard. We weren't even expecting it to bloom the first year, so it was a nice surprise. It can get up to 10' wide and 10' tall - so I think it will really fill in that space nicely!

Surprise!

We finally made the announcement that we have a baby on the way! We are due March 4th 2009! The super exciting part of it is that Sam and Ed are also expecting and are due just a couple weeks before us! It's so much fun to have someone else to experience all of this. (And have someone to complain with :)
My mom wanted to document our progress so far, as well as Hahn and Ed's too! :)

My Very Own High School Reunion!

This July was my 10 year High School Reunion. It is crazy to think that it has been that long. I was super excited for the reunion, but overall it didn't quite live up to my expectations. Friday there was a cocktail hour at the Rio - which was really weird. It was very clique-y - all the people that hung out in high school were in all the same groups. I mostly spent the evening hanging with Natasha and catching up with the Averys. There was definitely a couple people it was nice to see what happened too, but mostly I realized that I still keep in contact with all the people I wanted to.

The next day we had a family picnic at the new park in town and that was much more fun to see everyone's kids and hang out in a nice casual setting.
Laura, Brad, Ryan and his wife.

I'm really glad it gave me a chance to meet up with Leslie and Mark again. It was a blast getting caught up on everything they've been up to - and they have the cutest 3 kids! (Leslie with her youngest Scott and her twin sister Lisa)


Laura and Lizzy

The old gang - 10 years later!


Hahn spent most of the afternoon with Emily. She just adores him (Uncle Punk) and I think it's so cute!

Italy baby! (part 1) - June 2008

This June Hahn and myself (celebrating our 5th anniversary - June 1st) along with my parents, my brother and Ann (Hahn's mom) took a family vacation to Italy. I was fortunate to have been there once before with Kathy Cocetti's high school group. Hahn and his mom have both been to Europe a few times, but Hahn had never been to Italy and my family had never left the country before - so it was quite the adventure! We traveled with a tour group and I think it was the best choice for such a large group of us. And as much as my parent's whined about all the early mornings and the walking - we would have never seen as much on our own.
The trip started in Rome where we joined our group and headed South. The first couple days we spent traveling with stops at Pompeii, Sorennto and finally, the Isle of Capri.