Cutest picture ever of....

a boy and his dad in the pool.

Family Times

Hangin' with some babies

Nana surrounded by the twins

Uncle Rex and Will have great times together

Will and Papa with his newly assembled birthday gift

The whole schmidt family!

The newly weds. aka- two of will's favorite people

Grandma and Grandpa with a very happy birthday boy :)

Will's Cowboy Birthday Party

Happy 4th Birthday Will!

Andrew made these stick horse for all the kids to decorate and ride on.

Here are the little sheriffs going on a hunt for some "stolen loot".

Will and one of his good friends, Cecily

Auntie Bethany holding Will's youngest cousin, Calliope

Here, all the cowboys got a chance to shoot down some dangerous animals taped
against the fence

After the party Will and Daddy got to shoot Daddy's old pop gun!

Will and My Birthday

August 5th was Will's 4th birthday and my 26th! It's been fun celebrating together for the last 4 years. Although each year he gets older more of the attention falls on him...hmmm..... :) Anyway, this year Andrew was on a trip over our birthday so we kept it kind of low-key and had progressive celebrations for the next week and 1/2. Here are a few photos from the actual day.

I decorated his room during the night for fun although i'm not quite sure what he thought of it because he had taken it down by naptime. He likes things to stay consistent and predictable. i think the streamers were a little too much for him to reason with. : )

Will's little friend, Cecily called him to wish him happy birthday. He ended up chatting with her for at least 10+ minutes. It was extremely entertaining to eavesdrop on.

Birthday morning doughnuts! woohoo

Daddy sent Will a balloon and me flowers for our birthday! We were so surprised!

24 hours of Fun

Andrew had a 24 hour overnight in L.A. so our wonderful grandparents watched the kids and i hopped on Andrew's flight from Denver to Aspen and then Aspen to L.A. It was so fun to have him fly me across the country and we had a blast on our 24 hour vacation! : )

First things first.... Mmmmmm

We were pretty happy with our bright BLUE rental car- they upgraded us from economy to standard plus we never had trouble finding it in a parking lot! woohoo

We had such a great time at the beach. It was especially fun to rent this tandem bike -we had a blast. Andrew was very brave to let me sit in front and steer for about 5 min.! i was a pretty dangerous driver.

Our wonderful Californian friends recommended this fabulous little fish restaurant that was right on the coast.

We made it to point dume in time to enjoy the last bit of sunset.

On our way to the airport to send me back home we took another little walk on the beach. We had great weather the whole time!