May-September Catch Up

Somehow, an entire season went by, and I didn't blog once. It's a lame excuse, but it's all I have. I take 90% of my pictures on my iPhone and I was waiting to be able to get them off my phone and on to my computer. But that isn't easy, so I will just add them later at some point if I ever get them off my phone. But I can't let more time pass before catching up. So, here is my attempt at getting caught up.

May
I had a fantastic Mother's Day. My mom and my sweet girls made it very special for me. Also, my best friend, who I am very thankful for. I got flowers and gifts and homemade trinkets. Anything a mom could ask for and more. I feel so blessed to be a mom and to be raising these two darling girls. They are my world.
Hadlee had her first pony tail. Her hair was FINALLY long enough.
Keelia had her Spring dance recital for her ballet/tap class. She did so great and I was so proud of her.

We had a Young family reunion in Steamboat Springs, CO that technically started May 31. It was fun to be all together as a family. It was good to have all the cousins together, but it wasn't without it's family drama. What family reunion would be complete without it? We had fun being together though. I took no pictures from the event. I will try to round some up from my mom. At the reunion, we discovered that Keelia had two loose teeth. WAY too early for her mother...
The weather in May, (well, March actually), was entirely too hot. So we bought a kiddie pool for the back patio. I don't like that we were swimming in May.

June
Keelia lost her first tooth on June 4th.

And her second tooth on June 26th.

My mom bought new outside toys because that's what grandma's do. My kids found they were better hats than toys.

 

In June, Colorado experienced several fires. None were close to our house, but it was sad to watch all the tragedy happy around us and gave us a chance to be thankful for our many blessings. The summer was too hot and too dry.
And sadly enough, I remember almost nothing about the events of June. I know we played outside a lot and went to lots of parks. We even battled the crowd at the zoo a couple of times. But three plus months later, it's kind of a blur.

July
We had a fireworks free 4th of July, due to the fires. Don't get me started. We went to the Highlands Ranch parade in the morning and then the girls spent the rest of the day at their dad's house. I'm pretty sure I watched a lot of OTH and did nothing.
We went to Utah for our annual Murphy family reunion. The reunion was fun. We had some crazy weather and I think it is safe to say that both of my girls are forever terrified of thunder/lightning/hail/wind/rain. So that's fun. We got to stay with my brother Sean and his family while we were there. We also got to stay with aunt Erin and uncle Mark, which is always a treat. My cousin Tricia, who lives in Canada was home visiting too, so we got to see her. We talked a lot, played a lot, and ate at the Do-Do. Did I miss anything? :) I also got to see a few of my friends from college who are still in Utah. It was good to catch up. We also got to spend some time with my sweet grandma Roxie, who lived with my aunt and uncle. She passed away just a few weeks after we were there, but we got to take some pictures with her and my kids got to have a sweet memory with their great-grandma. It was a tender mercy.
Other than that, July was hot and despite my best efforts to stay inside and run the AC, my kids insisted on going outside. So we went to a lot of parks and tried to swim at least once a week. We also got more slurpee's from 7-11 than I would like to admit.
Here is a picture of Hadlee's sense of style...apparently, you can never have too many flowers in your hair...

August
My grandma Roxie passed away and we went to Utah for the funeral. It was a crazy, quick trip and I'm pretty sure I didn't sleep enough, but I was so grateful to be able to go and celebrate her sweet life.
Keelia lost her third tooth on August 20th. I didn't take a picture, but it was equally exciting as the first two.
We went to Western Welcome Week's fireworks in an attempt to make up for missing fireworks on the 4th of July. We were a little too close and I think both my girls had their fill of fireworks. However, I loved them and was grateful to see some this year.
Keelia started another year of preschool. She is in "pre-k" this year and she loves it. She is learning so much and loves going to school. She can't wait until she can go to kindergarten next year.
I got engaged in August. It was kind of sudden and kind of quick, but it made me so happy. Getting to marry my best friend? Yes, please. So we started making plans...
I turned 29 on the 27th. Yeah, yeah, yeah...30 is just around the corner. Bring it on. I didn't love my 20's, so I am hoping my 30's and I get along better. I had a fantastic birthday. I got to celebrate it three times, with three different groups of people in different settings, and if you know me, you know I LOVE BIRTHDAYS! So it was great.


September
Keelia started her ballet/tap dance class again. She loves it.
This was a huge month for me, personally. I'll leave it at that and hope that my future self remembers what I was talking about.
We did away with all things wedding related.
Keelia lost her 4th tooth.
It was still entirely too hot for September.
Hadlee had to have a sleep study done at Children's Hospital to figure out what is going on with her noise that she makes. I don't get the results back until October, but it was a sleepless, less than fun night for both of us. My mom kept Keelia at home, which was better for everyone involved. Look at this sad picture...

We went to Georgetown to see the Fall leaves change colors. We stopped at this really fun park on our way. The girls had a blast. We took a TON of pictures. Here are a few.

We had some family pictures taken. They turned out pretty cute. Keelia fell and Hadlee refused to cooperate...sounds about right. Here are some of my favorites.

Well, that about sums up our Summer. I am sure that I missed a lot of events and I know that I missed a lot of pictures. But I want to be better at blogging, and waiting on pictures is a silly reason to not record events. So, at least I am sorta-kinda caught up and can start on current events.