{EIGHT.2019}

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August sure was a whirlwind of a month! We took in each day with joy and gladness, knowing cooler fall days are just around the corner!
This last month we enjoyed celebrating 11 wonderful married years together, a spontaneous camping trip, lots of fun visits with friends and family, adventures and a few road trips, along with reaching 60% in fundraising, kids' visit with the dentist, and we got our new chicks into their forever home! What a month indeed.
There's been hiccups and plans had to be rearranged a time or two, but overall God taught us to take His plan over ours once again. Funny how we must be taught the same lesson time and time again ... maybe that's where my kids get it from?! Hmmmm....
As always pictures better capture the month then words, so enjoy the recap. I know we won't ever forget the trips we took this month! 

a little evening street ball! 

swing time with my girl 

picnic lunches before our neighborhood friends head back to school!
We already miss our summer time with them! 

spent a day schooling in nature in our favorite classroom ... South Mountain! 

found this fun guy under the rocks! 

we also fully approve of Denver Fire Dept.'s response time!
Mom may have started a small oven fire ... however thanks to her great training from her fire chief father all those years ago, and an incredible firefighting neighbor, no harm was done!! Phew! The oven is sparkly clean now! However pizza night was kinda a bummer that week....

one last summer evening of fun!  
Our hearts and stomachs were quiet full after our delightful evening with Uncle Jason!
So grateful he stayed a night with us! 


always silly faces with this guy! 

the kids LOVE him and we sure do miss him but
it's incredible to watch and hear all the things God is doing with a willing servant! 

SPONTANEOUS CAMPING TRIP TO SOUTH MOUNTAIN! 

this was SO what our hearts needed!

Meet Her Majesty - her first voyage was a success and
she brought wonderful entertainment for all to see and hear! haha 
I love little boy friendships! 


so grateful for these guys and their invite to join them on their adventure!

just a little evening engineering 

she's getting better every day! We couldn't be prouder! 

This last month we've started discipleship with a family from church! I can't praise God enough for this family and what we are ALL learning. Our kids went out with us this last week, prayed with neighbors and watched us share the gospel, knowing and excited to be the next ones to do that same! Theo and Milo even shared the 3 circles with their grandparents and friends! So cool! Praise God for how He works!
Our Thursday night church with the Gibson's has easily become our favorite night period!!!!

our family is obsessed with NASA, space, the moon, astronauts, and all things Apollo!
I love it! #releasingmyinnernerd 

easily E's favorite person outside the family!!!! We love you Miss Stacey!

So we did this crazy thing ... we signed these three up for Scouts!!
We have a cub scout, a tiger, and a webelo
Let the fun begin! 

we've made a lot of caterpillar friends this month ... M has been really good at studying them, building them habitats and homes, and naming them all! haha He so reminds me of a Wild Kratt! 

Let me just pause and brag on my incredible husband for a sec ...
First off, he totally supports my crazy chicken habit and loves me so much that he built our 8 chicks their own coop!
And it's a gorgeous one too! He designed it and made it come to life. SO excited to have it and those crazy chicks, who are now more like real chickens!, in their new place. 

some of our cool neighbors had to move this month! it was tough to say goodbye!!
And we miss them all so much already. 

meeting our newest cousin for the first time!! 

took our cousins to our favorite hiking spot! 

and we all made it to the top!!!
SO COOL! what a great morning 

this sweet thing found a salamander, just like she hoped to! 

the post south mountain car nap! :) 

game time after a getting settled in our Charleston apartment 

LOVED finding this little guy in the handle of the slider door!

Ready to board the USS YORKTOWN! 

after our month of being super space nerds,
this little man was THRILLED to stand in front of the Freedom7! 
 
our lunch location was the bomb-diggity!
Palm trees, sunshine, and the Yorktown! 


on the flight deck, enjoying the sights!  
the meeting of the minds!
Chess is a major game in any Keith meet up!
LOVE the concentration and conversations it brings! 


these two are two wild ones, meant to be best friends!!
They had SO much fun with one another 

seeing the sights in Charleston
this is my favorite pic of all them together 

rainbow row! 

never a quiet moment. these two had plenty to catch up on, plan out, and converse about while together!
it made my heart so happy to see them together again 

probably THE best sign I've ever seen <3  
a well enjoyed day!
C & C's last full day state side. We made the very most of it and spent most of it in the salt water and sun 


we LOVE the beach 

gonna miss all of them so much 

and this little lady ended the month by getting her first filling and cap!!
She did wonderful and rocked it out, singing to moana, and enjoying her smoothie afterwards. 

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