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SLEEPOVER!!

1st Day of School

Wyatt looked very dapper for his first day of school, he loves his new teacher, Mrs. McCullough, and he has another Wyatt in his class this year (different from the Wyatt last year). I had jury duty the same morning so I said my goodbyes full of hugs, kisses and smiles at the house, this approach saved me some tears. Wow - how did he get so big - he is 4 going on 30 :) -Wyatt had a wonderful day and Will and I couldn't be more proud.

Rocket Launch

Wyatt and Hannah helped Will build a rocket - it was a "blast" for all involved! I couldn't get the countdown music to cooperate with the video but you will still get the idea :)

Our Sweet Kids

Our SWEET children - just can't get enough of them!

Hannah came out of my bathroom and from a distance I thought she was bleeding...she had only applied her "lip-licks", a pretty good job if you ask me!

The Gray Ranch

We made a stop at the Gray Ranch on the way home from Wyoming. Wyatt, Cady and Tucker all took turns on the horses but Cutter and Hannah refused all attempts! Wyatt and Cutter also found a rope and were determined to catch and rope the chickens. We had a blast - Wyatt loved the pigs and chickens but he was most excited about riding the horse "all by myself" - I have to admit I was pretty proud and very nervous - he looked so tiny riding solo on the saddle.

We had the whole family in the TINY town of Lusk, Wyoming for Grandpa Taylor's funeral. Although it has been hard to say goodbye it was wonderful to spend time with all of our family -we shared lots and lots of wonderful memories. As you can see below, Grandma and Grandpa Taylor started one HUGE family!!

Grandma Taylor with all of the grandkids (9) and spouses Sisters - Mom, Kari and AlisonThe Lange FamilyAunt Alison and her family Aunt Kari and her family

Mom and Dad

Our attempt at a family picture

Colt, Mindy, Cutter and Cady

Tay, Kendra and Tucker

The 5 out of 8.5 Great Grandkids that would participate for ANOTHER picture

Some of the last few pics were from the gathering after the funeral. It was a beautiful night with a wonderful sunset and quality time spent with family and friends...a perfect cap for an emotional day.

We took a trip to Arizona in June to spend some time with "Grandpa Great & Grandma Great"...Grandpa (my moms dad) was battling cancer and it was important to us to go and take the kids to "squeeze his neck" and let him know how much we love him. We spent three days in AZ and had other family visitors too - cousin Cooper scored brownie points with the kids. We moved grandpa so he could watch the water fights through the windows, we read books, told stories and sang all of our favorite songs (ABC's and the Wheels on the Bus). WE LOVE GRANDPA GREAT!

Grandpa Great went to Heaven and that is very hard to explain to a 4yr old...

Wyatt: Mom where is GGreat?

Mom: In heaven

Wyatt: How did he get there?

Mom: The angels

Wyatt: When did they take him and how?

Mom: Angels can come at all times of the day or night and they have God's magic to help

Wyatt: Can he come back to see us?

Mom: In our dreams and we can talk to him when we say our prayers at night.

Wyatt's prayer later that night : Dear God - thank you for today, thank you for keeping a safe world and tell Grandpa Great I want the angels to bring him back - Amen.

Mom: Crying :)

Big Bob's 50th - (aka dad, gramps, big foot bob)

We took a family trip to Mexico to celebrate Dad's 50th birthday - we ALL had a blast!! We were joined by my dad's three older sisters and their families...we had cousins and their babies to play with!! I hope to get some more pics of the fun posted soon - I know I am missing some of the cousins in the few posted here and we have so many memories to share!!