Ok, I know I've been away for a while, but... what has gone on with blogger while I've been gone?!  Everything is wonky on here!  We'll see how this goes.  You know what they say about new tricks and old dogs.  Woof woof. Anyway, turns out a lot has happened since last May.  I was just uploading pictures from our camera and thought I'd throw a few up since there are some super good ones on there... Enjoy our mad dash through June, July, August and September!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophie had a swim party for her birthday

She wore her goggles the ENTIRE time.  Even while eating the birthday cupcakes.

A week or so later, Bryce went on the High Adventure trip with the priests in our ward

LOVE. This. Picture.

Then Travis had a birthday!  We had a little construction-themed shindig.

 

Travis, Bryce and the digger cake. (thank you, pinterest!)

 

BEST thing we did (also thanks to pinterest) was buy some styrofoam "bricks" and golf tees.  The boys used toy hammers to nail the bricks together and make creations.  They LOVED IT.  Could have done it the whole time, probably, but we ran out of bricks.  Shucks.

Bridget liked it, too.

Travis found a marker one night in his bedroom.  After being tucked in.  It was Saturday night.  Thankfully, most of it came off before church the next morning!

The Moorheads came to town!!  We began abusing them right away.

Also put them to work (thanks guys!) on the office project

awesome.  :)

I'd been dying to go find this mural in downtown Austin and take some pics with it

We were having THAT much fun.  So much fun, in fact, that little baby #4 decided she wanted in on the action, too.  So, we went to the hospital that night and welcomed her to our family

Welcome Baby Brooke!!!

Grandma and Brooke

Some of my hospital visitors.  It was like being visited by the missionaries!  They told me I was looking awesome.  So I let them stay.  ;)

We brought Brooke home from the hospital and her siblings are in love.

Also, Bridget wears her first ponytail!!  So cute.

Marci and Eliza came for a visit!!!  Travis LOOOOOOVES Eliza.

baby cousins!

more cousins!

another favorite activity while Marse was here = ice cream consumption!!

Then Bel came to visit!!

And it was the first day of school!

Travis was a liiiiitle excited about it.  Can you tell?!

Love this little Wonder Woman

Super hero duties are exhausting!

Enter Eagle Projects.  Here is Eagle Project #1.

Complete with hotdogs!

Eagle Project #2 (that construction hat came in handy!)

Travis' job at this one was to put the screws in all the holes they drilled.

There were a LOT of holes.

almost done...!

Eagle Project #3

We have more than 1 Wonder Woman around here...

There guys put the wagon to good use...

Bryce had a birthday!!

He requested molasses cookies in lieu of a cake this year

Bridget's hair fits in pigtails!!!

And a recent pic of Brooke for the fan club out there...

And that's all for now, folks.  Brooke is calling, so I'm off.  See you in a few more months!