8th Grade Continuation

Morgan had his 8th grade continuation ceremony last night... and now he is on his way to High School. Although I was too far away (and they moved too quickly) to get a good photo of him accepting his certificate, I wanted to commemorate this one memory... which is probably all he will remember anyway. Meet Heather. Morgan's very good friend. ;)

And meet Peri. Heather's mom, and my very good friend. ;)

The kids had an "after-party," and I wish Peri & I could've done the fun photo booth, too!

...but under the circumstances, this was the best we could do:

End of a Chapter

This is a scene I have watched every school morning for 2 years... but today marks the last time.

Mason and Morgan have scampered off together to catch the bus so many times, but from now on, Mason will be driving them to school.

End of one chapter... beginning of another!

Lazy Afternoon

It was a beautiful afternoon... and since the big boys were all off on a hike, it was the perfect time for a couple rounds of croquet with my littlest M&M!

Last Middle School Concert

Morgan's final concert at the middle school was tonight. It was a very emotional event as all of the kids absolutely LOVE Mrs. Garrison. It will be sad to say goodbye to her...

And just for fun, here is Morgan with his good friend, Heather... they will move on to High School band together now!

Trey & Heidi's Wedding

Our very dear friends, Trey and Heidi (who have been together for a decade!), decided to finally tie the knot... but they wanted to do it with style! They are avid cyclists, so they had the ceremony along their favorite bike trail in Fruita! We all hiked and/or cycled out to their chosen spot, which was a beautiful cliff overlooking the river down below. There was no officiant - they performed their own wedding...

 I love this next photo of some of our "wedding party" blowing bubbles for the newlyweds!

What is a wedding without a garter?

...and look who caught it!

The bride and groom, as well as their witnesses, signed the marriage license... and now it's official!

They rode out in style...

And their reception was back at the campsite!

I love these bicycles that were made specially for their wedding cake:

Congrats to the happy "NEWLY-weds!"

Glenwood Springs

Now that Maddox has mastered the art of swimming, Glenwood Springs became a lot more fun...! 

Maddox can hang with the big boys and jump off the diving board all by himself!

The guys all took a break and sat in the "bubble jet" chairs!

We love Glenwood Springs!

Mauii With Maddox!

We have been extremely fortunate to visit Hawaii on several occasions through Michael's company. Three of the times we went, we took the older boys and left little Maddox with Grammy & CooPop. This time, however, we decided it was only fair to leave the big boys at home and take just Maddox with us. Here are just some of our favorite photos from the trip:

Maddox loved playing on the beach - but what boy doesn't?!

We stayed at the Grand Wailea again - Michael and I have been here several times already, so it was wonderful to show it to little Maddox! This was his first real experience swimming on his own - he still had some fear, but with the help of this fun resort, he was a FISH by the end of our trip!

We enjoyed all of the wonderful water slides on the property!

They have a super cool "water elevator" that takes you back up to the top after you've slid all the way down!

By the end of the trip, Maddox was fearless! ...he must've jumped off this rope swing 100 times.

And at the end of each day, it was obvious that we plumb tuckered this little guy out!

While Maddox was at kid's camp one day, we went out with other Salesforce.com employees for some sun & snorkeling!

Our last night there was spent at a Salesforce.com 60s dance party. Michael and I had fun dressing the part!

He got his hands on this wig and I think it really finished off our look!!

Alas, the sun sets on another glorious vacation...