Pictures in the Park

Our friend Jonathan Hook took these pictures for us. We are so excited the with how they turned out. Jonathan is an amazing photographer, and we couldn't be happier. We braved the cold fall weather because we wanted to catch the colors before they are covered by snow. Enjoy the photos!

Our lovely Quinn

We are typical parents of our first child and have a million pictures of her because of course everything she does is so cute. :)

Ben Folds Concert

So I'm realizing that Chris and I literally have no pictures together. Either we only take pictures of Quinn or we forget the camera on our outings. But...I do have pictures of Ben Folds and the Spokane Symphony. We went as an early birthday present for Chris and Neal. Also joining us were Amy and Jonathan Hook and our neighbor Caleb. The concert was very good and the venue (Fox Theatre) was gorgeous. Thanks to the Gutman's for watching Quinn so we could go out! :)

Pumpkin Carving

We had such a good time with friends over for pumpkin carving and chili. At one point you could look over into the living room and see an array of pumpkins and pumpkin bits along with six kids and their parents busily creating pumpkin masterpieces. It is definitely more fun now to watch kids carve pumpkins than doing it yourself. I was content to eat chili and observe! Mer was holding Quinn and Chris was assisting the pumpkin carvers. Enjoy some pictures!

Quinn Marie

Quinn was born Monday, August 24th at 2:03 p.m.  She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19 inches.  Enjoy the pictures!:)

Baby Shower!

Wonderful hostesses...thank you!!

Kelcy and Emily

My Whitworth co-worker friends! :) Miss you ladies!

Girl clothes are so fun!

Measuring "the belly" for a game. Thanks everyone for thinking it was so big! ;)

Banned substances...but sooooo good!

Group pic

I was so blessed to have my dear friends put together a wonderful baby shower. I was spoiled! (Well, Quinn is getting spoiled through them) We had a really nice evening visiting together and playing some fun games. We were all surprised by the nursery rhyme fill-in-the-blank...we need to do some studying! And, everyone went BIG on the guess how wide around the preggo lady is - thanks a lot! :) All in all it really was the best and Quinn and I are so lucky to have this much love and support!

Coldplay Concert

Beautiful sunset with the Columbia in the background.

Pregnant in 100 degree heat...what were we thinking?!

The ladies! :)

If you haven't been to a Coldplay concert then you are missing out! We braved the 100 degree heat to hear Coldplay at the Gorge. It is a gorgeous location with views of the Columbia River - the only problem was the extreme heat - there was no shade, no cool breeze, and even when the sun went down it was still HOT. The music was awesome and during one song they shot hundreds of thousands of tissue paper butterflies into the air - it was truly surreal. You can't beat a summer concert with some great friends and good music!