Hello Colorado Springs

We made it to Colorodo Springs at the end of July after two crazy months of work work work and a rigorous day filled with cleaning and putting some finishing touches on our house in Clovis.

Thankfully, we had a house full of people helping us or we would not have been able to leave when we did. (We were kind of in a hurry to leave b/c Ryan had to report to his new base pronto.)


When Ryan got home from his deployment (the day after Mother's Day) we took some time the following weekend to go up to Trinidad, CO. to visit his sister Sabrina and her family and to do some hiking/scouting up the mountainous regions nearby.

Keedan was all about hikng the mountain.

He made it clear that he didn't need any help.

Keedan leading the way.

Spit up all over doesn't change her happy mood.

Keedan was getting cold and Ryan...well I'm not quite sure what he was saying or singing.

Thankfully, we got back to our truck in time before it got too cold!

It snowed in the middle of May. Awesome!

The scouting was successful, although, this little fella or filly was by the roadway.

Before leaving our house in Clovis, Keedan and his friend's had the right idea of playing in the pool.

Oh how I wish I had taken the time to jump in myself!

You can't see it but those two boys are butt naked. Oh those boys....they just don't have a care in the world.

After gasing up and eating some food from Wendy's we officially left Clovis at around 9p.m. on a Friday night.

FYI - the above two pic's are our red-neck pics. We were at the gas station, eating our dinner by the pump with an almost naked child. Classic!

The trip was memorable as our ice chest (which was empty) and an umbrella stroller flew out of the trailer and onto the roadway.

We stopped in Trinidad at 2 in the morning and our car wouldn't start back up.

We got to Colorado Springs around 4/5 p.m. on Saturday and the TLF had cancelled our reservation.

We had to get a hotel and lugg all of our luggage up to our room (we got a storage room for almost everything in that trailer pictured above) just to lugg it all back down the next day b/c TLF found an opening.

As of now, we are still continuing to make memories as we await the time we can move into a home. Can't wait :)

Sweet Little Bunnies

Our friend's (from Clovis) "The Pena's" brought over some sweet little baby bunnies.

Hilda and Gilexi

(Can you tell from the picture that he's just a little bossy? )

They fascinated Keedan...at least at first.

He went to hold a bunny and once it was placed on his hand, he dropped the poor thing like it was the most disgusting thing in the world.

No worries, the bunny was unharmed. Thankfully, Keedan wasn't throwing a tantrum after they left b/c he wanted to play with the bunnies. I say thankfully b/c it's nice not to have to take care of an animal b/c guess who ALWAYS ends up taking care of it even if she's not the one that wanted it in the first place? You guessed it...MOM.

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Fourth of July

We celebrated the fourth of July at our house with some of Ryan's family and a few friends from Clovis. Enjoy the pics :)

Sitting pretty!

Aunt Anita and MaKenna chill'axin.

This was suppose to be a happy cousin photo...but Keedan took his pants off and he's a bit cranky in the buff, hince the sweet baby Claire in front of him.

Yummy watermelon.

Queso.

Swimming.

Keeping them occupied with marshmallow fondant.

Aunt Meredith, Aiden & Olivia.

Dress up time.

Photos with Grandpa Malnar...Keedan had yet another meltdown.

Close-up of his meltdown.

Aunt Sabrina, Uncle Dallen, Claire and MaKenna....and a bit of Ethan.

Getting ready for fireworks. We were all pretty beat, so we decided to try to watch the fireworks from our back yard. Anita and Meredith gave the kids glow stick necklaces and bracelets and I have to say it was pretty awesome in the dark.

You can tell the siblings in this picture by the expression on their faces.

Fun fun Fourth of July!

Ryan's Office Farewell Party

This past week, Ryan's squadron had a farewell party for him and three others that were and are leaving Cannon AFB this month. The lunch was yummy and to my surprise, Ryan's office closed down to have some fun at Casselland.


Ryan putting on Keedan's Casslland bracelet.


Preparing to speed off.




We rode go carts. Keedan had a blast and didn't want to stop riding the fast cars while holding onto Ryan's arm.


You can see the happiness all over his face.

Bumper Boats was my fave b/c it was HOT outside, so it was very refreshing.

Keedan was all over the controls to squirt other people. He's a fast learner!

Again, Keedan wanted to do them again but we decided to play putt putt instead.




Keedan did really good the first few holes and then I guess he just got tired of hitting the ball so far away (and so many times), so he would walk up to the hole place his ball on the edge and push it, hit it or just plain drop it in the hole.






After putt putt, MaKenna and I had a sit down while Ryan hit the batting cages and Keedan hit the mini playground.





Keedan trying to drive on rocks = needing help from dad.




After that, Ryan geared up for some paintball.





Keedan wanted to join but thankfully I talked him into just watching Daddy play.


The aftermath.



MaKenna keeping herself occupied in her carseat.



It was fun and we were severely exhausted.


Had I not been driving, I'd have passed out too. Instead, when we arrived home I jumped into the pool and was instantly rejuvinated!

MaKenna @ 8 Months

MaKenna is now in the 8 month range. She is quite the character. she likes to sit in her bumbo and move from side to side when she feels like dancing. It's really cute!



She's got three teeth and likes to chew and pull on the end of her bottle, as you can see.





It's so fun to have this sweet girl as part of our family!