SPORTS!

Its football time! If you dont know how it goes down here in Lincoln for the Husker FB season.. well its nuts... its so much fun and the people are die hards here.... took Tristen to his first game this year and he did very well... loved letting his balloon go and watching thousands of them in the air!

Tristen also got his first tennis racket and lesson from Daddy.... he has a Nadal Jr.... he he... cute....


Tristen telling me something very important. When he gets intent on telling you something he comes right up to your face and with the funniest tone says... IM GONNA and whatever he is about to do. Its so funny.
Getting ready!

Family pic...Notice the flag in the background....

It was also a very special day... 9.11 - It still gave me chills to see firemen, policemen and a current player who served overseas walk out onto the field with flags after the tunnel walk.....

BALLOONS!

Sea of RED!First lesson....Balance.... gonna be a while!

Ok a couple things here.... when Tristen is really tired he passes out hard just like when he was an infant arms out to the side and legs straight..... reminds me of when he was a tiny lil thing.... second thing is he looks HUGE here! I cant believe it!

Los Alamos for Labor Day!

We didnt really think we were going to take another trip this summer but the opportunity presented itself and so we decided to head down to New Mexico to visit with Haydens family for a long Labor Day Weekend.... We had so much fun and stayed so busy... Dave our event coordinator had everything planned out to make sure we got all of our outdoor activities in! The only sad part was that Marty had a trip planned to Costa Rica leaving just before we arrived and coming home just after we left, so he is just gonna come up here to visit! We cant thank Dave and Ruth enough for having us and invading their house and Elena and Tarik for getting that great BBQ done and Grandma Deborah for visiting and helping keep an eye on the little guy a few times!





Random sleep position... I get a kick out of checking in on Tristen after he goes to bed because to just never know what position he has fallen asleep in!



Ruth and Tristen watching a video

We headed to the park with Elena for a playdate she takes Aida to.... We went home for lunch and then Hayden was off being punished by Dave on a mountain bike ride...

That morning was cooler than the others so we did pants and a jacket!

Elena and Aida taking on Tristen on the slide

Snack time, Aida loved her glasses!

Playing nice in the Chariot, We biked down to Starbucks, Tarik took the kids and there was happiness till Tristen flew off his slide and ate tree bark! Whoops!

Gabriel's for dinner.... fab place to eat....

We were walking around and Tristen found this rock and plopped it down....

Aida made it!

Bandalier National Monument.... awesome place... Indian caves and Ruins, after Tristen finished a major meltdown all was good...

H and I got to branch off and climb up to the Alcove which was cool.... climbed 140 ft vertical to get up there..... I just deleted the pics.... I will put them back on here soon... too tired now!

Playing in the stream

Grandma Deborah!Pancake breakfast at Elena and Tariks!

BBQ time..... We had a great time... not so many pics bc I was busy playing around myself.

This little piggy.... Dave did it to Tristen one night.... so the next morning he gets up and comes down the stairs, lays down and sticks his feet in the air..... and then continued to do that throughout the day... ha ha!

Wanted to push Olga around! This is Ruths mom!

Dancing after waffles by Dave!

First time on a trampoline, not too sure....

And the goodbyes begin.....

Hugs and Kisses

My last little hike/jog with Dave up to the reservoir

So pretty

Grandpa Dave

Heading down the hill at Sunset....

Family self pics

Tristen is really starting to enjoy coloring except that every time he chooses brown.... thats it. Brown!

Last leg to Lincoln and the last flight as a lap child.... baby boy is almost 2! Holy %*$#!

Monkey see... Monkey do...

So an update on the lil man.... Tristen is so flipping fun right now.... he has always been but anyone that knows me, knows that I cant sit still and so I have just as much fun going places and being outside till bedtime and just being busy! He talking more and more... speaks in some sentences.... half the time its still jibberish to me but I do know what he is getting at or wants most the time. He loves to talk about Mommy and Daddys car and when he hears an airplane he looks up in the air and points and finds in and says aaa--- ane or something like that! He loves his wagon rides and loves to call out for Appie ( Aspen) and Kow (Taos) He also has been hanging out with Roselynn my friends little girl and they are too cute together, giggling and running around and then theres the occasionally ahhh, mine and tug of war but so be it with a 2 yr old and almost 2 yr old. Here are some randoms....


He likes to do whatever we do.... lately he has been watching Mommy put on makeup which is a funny thought and I didnt quite catch him with the eyeliner... we had to discuss later that the eyeliner goes up on the eye and the powder doesnt go on his head... ha ha
So Hayden and I tried our hands out at hair stylists... not a bad job I would say....

The funny part is Hayden was trimming around his ears and he turned his head and whoops took a little off where we didnt want!

Its been hot, we mow without clothes....

Ok so this pic was a couple days before it happened, but Tristen went poopy on the potty! We are not starting official training yet, he isnt really ready but he is getting the idea and trying it out.

Love this... Cute Daddy and Tristen

Man cleaning is a tough job but Mom said I have to do it!

He also loves to pretend clean and help! I actually was cleaning the patio door and gave him a towel and spray and he wiped with me!! Oh and the chin boo boo was from the playground!

Star City Shores....

Dont know why we didnt start going here til the end of Summer but its GREAT! After we got home from Mexico we all wanted to swim and be in the sun.... so we went over to a great place for Tristen to play... its so busy of course but its still great! Tristen loves that he can changed the fountains by turning what looks like a steering wheel ( another thing he loves to play with) and running around and thinking he can swim by himself!

A wheel!!!!

Not understand what the "safety break" meant... he just wanted to go back in!