Catching Up

I know it's been quite awhile since I've updated this bad boy. I was talking to Jason tonight about how it was so easy to keep up with posts when Aspen was a baby because she didn't really do much and I spent my days just admiring her and taking her picture over and over. Well, trying to get my almost 3 year old to even sit still for a picture is a challenge these days! Here are some pictures from some fun activities we've done over the course of the last 3 months.

April 16, 2012- Trip to Sweet Berry Farms. This was our second year to go to the farms to pick strawberries. It is so much fun for the kids!



A little sampling.




Aspen and her buddy Sarah.



Of course she was really excited about the goats!

April 20,2012--We went camping! It was our first trip with Aspen and it was so much fun. We would have tried to squeeze in another trip before the heat, but May was a busy month and it didn't happen. However, we will definitely be doing this again in the fall once it cools off. Jason is an amazing camper! Usually when we go on a trip the responsiblity of getting packed, organized, and setting plans falls on me. Not this time--I came home from work on Thursday night and everything thing was packed and ready to go for the next day. I could definitiely get use to more vacations like this!



Relaxing near the campfire.





Of course Amy had to come for her first camping trip too.





Woke up and Dad made breakfast tacos and coffee--all the surrounding campers looked pretty jealous ;)


May 2012- On the last day of Aspen's dance class they invited the parents into the studio to watch the kids. I love watching Aspen dance and she has a great time. She is still taking class throughout the summer and this fall will be in a ballet/tap class--bring on the tap shoes!!

June 2, 2012- 5 day beach trip to Galveston with our friends the Livingston's. This was such an awesome trip. My friend Shelli and I met at Brentwood Park right around our girl's 1st birthdays. Our girls play like sisters (the good and the bad), and Eliza's younger sister Sarah hangs tough with the two of them. This was the first trip Jason and I have ever taken with friends with all of our kids. I hope to have many more trips in the future, there were so many great memories made (even the overly competitive behavior during Spades had its highlights)!

We had to bike ride--Aspen loved this, which was a bonus!

Lounging.

Playing in the ocean.

John, Shelli, Eliza, and Sarah Livingston with Jason and Aspen

Shelli and I picked up sewing around the same time. We picked out this fabric and pattern together and made the girls matching dresses--of course I couldn't get a good picture!

We have lots of travel plans over the next couple of months--Dzubinski family vacation, Aspen's Grandma (my mom) is coming to visit--as many of you know Grandma doesn't get to see Aspen alot so this is very exciting! Jason and I are going to Eastern Europe (Budapest, Bratislava, and Vienna), and a trip to Colorado with Aspen's Nanny and Papa.

Hopefully I'll find some time to keep up :) Eventually I get around to it...