Party Time

The Saturday after Staci's graduation we all got together at Aunt LeeAnn and Uncle Steve's house to celebrate her accomplishment.

Somehow Amberlin lucked out and got to participate in the gift-receiving. :)

Hanging with Aunt Staci...

Amberlin LOVES the water!

The accomplished graduate... :)

The masterful chef

Amberlin eating strawberries with her Grandma (Lali)

Staci's Graduation

We took a trip back to California to be a part of Staci's graduation from APU. She received her Master's degree in Education. We are so proud of her! That makes both of our sisters that have beat me to the finish in obtaining a graduate degree! :) I could not be more happy about it, though.

Here are a few pictures from this exciting event:

Staci's in her seat and ready to go!

Receiving her degree

Steven & Tarynne

Uncle Steve & Aunt LeeAnn

Pop & Ambelrin

Celebrating with the family after the ceremony!
Staci & Grandma Noani

The infamous "west side" pic

Our Family

Sisters

The real us... :)

Apparently all three of us were growling at something here. ??

Waiting at Claim Jumper for Staci's celebration dinner

Staci & Lo

Our Nephew

Everyone... meet our nephew!

He's very busy right now - being woven and spun in his mommy's womb

But one day soon we are going to get to hold the little guy. He's due to arrive in late November. We can't wait!
Until then, his mommy and daddy are taking good care of him and showing him the world!
Congratulations, Blythe and Pete! We are so excited for you.

Garden of the Gods

After spending the afternoon with Tim & Kristi, we drove to Garden of the Gods to see some of the beautiful rock formations that are there. It was very beautiful!

Our patriotic little baby. :)
Amberlin checking out the "kitty cat" Meow!

You can actually bring your rock climbing equipment and scale these rocks! If you look closely, you can see some rock climbers on top of this one. I wouldn't want to climb this, but it would sure be fun coming down!

Pretty buffalo...

The great view from the observation deck

The Tower of Babel

I think my favorite thing about Colorado is the clouds. They look so awesome here!

Balancing rock. This one was my favorite one, but it was impossible to get a shot of it without people in it!

Watch out! Ducks crossing...

The trading post

View out the driver's side...

View out the passenger's side! The weather changes quickly here!

We went to this awesome restaurant for dinner at Park Meadows - La Sandia

This was the gorgeous sunset we watched over dinner!
Amberlin is definitely my daughter - she dug the lip liner out of my purse.
Amberlin hanging out with Daddy at Park Meadows
Sooooo tired! Time to sleep in the car seat on the ride home! She was a trooper, but by the end of the day she'd had it!