So apparently I am bad at blogging, especially here.  I do post on my blog for my business but you all probably would not be interested in reading that. 

Anyway, we have been busy!  Nick coached the girl’s soccerteam in the Spring and they did pretty well.  They were not able to go to playoff’s because this was their first year and they were not in a good league but hopefully they will be able to go next year.  Nick will also be teaching at Palmer Ridge again.  Last year was his last year as a probational teacher so now he is considered a professional teacher in the district.  This means he will basically have a job as long as he wants in this district.  This is great news for us, considering the ecomony and the cuts that happened at his school last year.  He is gearing up for another busy year with coaching the boys and girls soccer teams again.  He starts works again on August 10th.

I am still doing my wedding business and this has been a great year so far!  I have 27 weddings this year and it is my best season so far.  I was a bit concerned because of the economy but it has turned out to be great.  I am really loving it and hope that sometime soon I will be able to do it full time.  I also work in the same school district as Nick does.  This is another huge blessing.  We were unsure about my job situation because of some financial issues within the district, but they were able to keep me on.  So we know for sure I will have a job until next May and will be paid through next August.  We are hoping there will be a spot for me somewhere  next year as well.

Ava is now 20 months old and is growing like a weed.  She says at least 75 words and will repeat anything she hears…that can be a bad thing.  She definitely is developing her own personality and it is not always a good thing.    She will be going to the sitter this year again while we are working but we will have family to help us out again two days a week.  We are having a ton of fun and can’t believe our summer is almost over.

At the beginning of July we had some family pictures taken by Ross with Elegant Images.  I have put a pictures below, if you want to see the rest let me know or if you want to have one printed for you!

We just got  back from our vacation to Maui!  We were there for a week in the middle of July and it was awesome.  We went with Nick’s family.  We stayed in a gorgeous condo right on the beach in Wailea.  Ava had the best time!!  She loved the “o-show” (ocean)…she could not get enough.  When we got back from vacation, Nick had a soccer kickaround with his boys and noticed a light come on in one of our cars.  So needless to say, we just bought a new car, well new to us car.  It is a Honda Accord V-6 6speed with 47,000 miles on it.  We got it from Nick’s cousin and she gave us a sweet deal!

The next week or so is going to be crazy!!  Tomorrow we are picking up Aubrey from the airport.  I have a meeting so Nick is going to get her.  Then when I come back we are going to Jenny’s (it is Aubrey’s favorite place in the whole world, I think) then we are headed down to Pueblo to visit the parents for a few days.   On Thursday, I have a meeting in Denver in the late evening so we are going to have to leave in the afternoon from Pueblo.  I have a wedding this weekend so I have a rehearsal on Friday night.  Are you still with me??  Then I have a meeting on Saturday before the wedding in the afternoon.  All the while, Nick is playing in a soccer tournament at the Air Force Academy.  We are lucky Aubrey is going to be here, she can watch Ava for us.  Then I start work next Monday, while Nick has the week off.   Aubrey is going to Breck with the parents Wednesday through Friday and then on Saturday the 8th, we are having Will’s birthday party at our house.

Well this is a long enough post, so I will leave you with a few pictures.  And I will try to be better about this, but who knows who is reading this anyway, right?