Happy Birthday, Laura!

My little sister Laura turns 23 today! Laura and her boyfriend Beeker (his real name is Stephen) came into town for the weekend and left on Sunday, unfortunately. It was really nice to see them. The weather put a damper on all of our big plans but we still managed to have a good time. For some reason, the only pictures we took were at the dinosaur museum when Andrew was at work...

Calvin's 16th Birthday Bash!

Andrew and I had the opportunity to celebrate Calvin's (our nephew, Andrew's sister Ellen's oldest) 16th birthday (4/28) with him! We started the night off at the Quarry, where we climbed things, then grabbed some Subway, and finally finished the night off at the Whitney/Pope home for some cake and ice cream! We had a really good time! Take a look at the fabulous climbers in our family!

I feel the love


Trevor has had enough pictures. Apparently, Andrew hasn't...


Hurry up and take it... I can't keep my eyes open any longer!


Trevor is an amazing climber! He WORKED John and Jane Doe!


Mad skills


Painful?


Like mother, like son


I'm going to pretend that I don't know you're taking a picture


Sibling love


Preston likes to ride bulls, who knew?!


Calvin insisted on the Snoopy cake... and the High School Musical paper plates. Which is fine, I'm just saying...


Ouch!


"Don't let go!"


"Are we done yet?"


"No, it's my turn to climb"

Here I go again....

As you know, I have attempted and miserably failed at blogging these last couple of years. I think I managed a whole THREE posts on our old blog... pathetic, I know. I have lazily used Facebook as a blog, but sigh, no more. This is my attempt to "totally redeem myself", as Jeff Daniels would say. Please forgive and try to stay with me.