The Start of School

Well we are all back to school. Courtney thinks she's a "big girl" because she goes to school like Mom and Dad. The first week was rough but we have started to settle down and get the hang of it. We were all sick last weekend which made it pretty interesting but everyone is on the mends. We are looking forward to a nice holiday weekend.

Sporting her new backpack

"Big Girl" socks

Hangin with Dad

A Little of Our Summer

I aplogize for the slow postings. I should have been better but it seems that the endless summer goes faster than I thought. Anyway, we have been very busy this summer with vacations, birthdays, potty training, Tam's tech classes, Matt acting like Mr. Mom, and all the normal stuff. These are some pictures of Courtney (and us) we had taken in Owasso with the Becker clan. For those of you that like the videos I also included a NEW YORK video under this post, it is about 6 minutes. We had a great time in New York, saw a few ball games in the "last season" at Yankee and Met's stadium, few shows Phantom and Spamalot, and just general New York stuff. GO USA OLYMPICS!!!

Courtney's #2 and 4th of July

You would think that in the summer we would have more time to keep our blog a little more up to date but alas it seems we are even busier. This is some pictures from Courtney's 2nd Birthday that we combined with a 4th of July BBQ. All the grandparents were in attendance and everyone seemed to have a great time. The weather was nice and hot but the misters and Jono's house were the big hit. Anyway, hopefully this post won't be the "most recent" for long and I have some more projects on tap. Hopefully there will be some video soon and we already have some new pictures. Hope you enjoy and everyone's summer is super pure!

Father's Day 08

Courtney brought me this picture she made for Father's Day. It was fantastic, I played golf with my Dad and brother and actually got an unprovoked "I love you, Daddy" from Courtney on Monday. AWESOME! Definitely Daddy's Little Princess. Anyway, there is a short video that Courtney gave me under this so I hope you enjoy it. Good luck to all the fathers, it's the greatest "job" I've ever had.

the last weeks

The last few months have been super busy. Tons of birthdays, trips, mother's day, and just normal life. Tamara finished school last Friday and and Matt finishes this Friday. We are very excited about having some summer time together. The rest of the pictures below are some from our "famous" BBQs and other events. The head wound pictures are not as bad as they look she just had an "ouie cut" on the back of her head so she got the full wrap from dad. She thought she looked pretty cool with the "big band-aid" Hope all is well and hopefully we will be a little better this summer.

The Wedding of Webb

Ashley and Meg's wedding was a great time. It was especially great for me because all my friends were there, their families, and my brother and his friends. (except for Ecky Eck and Kelli due to the expected arrival of Gabe...Congrats) It made for a fabulous party. Meg looked great, Ashley cleaned up nicely and everything went off without a hitch. This video is about 4 mins and I tried to get as many people as I could, hope you all enjoy it.

Easter 08

Easter was fun as usual. Tam and I had just come off Spring Break 08 (woo woo). We went to the Beckers for egg dying, churching, and a little egg hunting. Courtney was very excited, mainly just to be outside and running around with her cousins. She also really enjoyed finding the eggs and them dropping them back out to find them again. It was a lot of fun and Courtney would take off after Mia (cousin) just yelling Mia...Mia...Mia, for no particular reason. Also, little slideshow with more pics.

Washington DC Trip

Our trip to Washington DC was awesome!!!! One of Tamara's best friends from high school is Big Time with Mrs. Bush so we got a great West Wing tour and an unexpected surprise on the South Lawn. We actually met The President and had a great picture, even got a little dialogue. We saw as many sites as humanly possible and had a overall great vacation. Good Friends, Good Food, Good Times. There is a little slideshow below and for those of you that want a little more theatre there is a video below that , it is about 9 mins. I'll try and get some Easter pics up this week.

Our Little Princess

Everyone is great. Courtney is a little jabber-box, she is working on all her new words and we enjoy watching her find new ways to communicate. We are super busy but we still find some time to spend with each other and make sure we see as many people as we can. Here are a couple of new pictures of our "Princess" from the last month or so. If you double click on the slideshow it will be show up in a bigger window. (Sally, I hope this will work until I can get a new video up)