CATCHING UP!!! (Finally)

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!

Alright, I know it's been WAY too long since I've updated our blog. So here it goes!

This past summer Erik had 2 weeks off from school so we drove to Pine Valley Utah to spend time with family and enjoy a great family reunion. We had such a great time and Blake especially loved playing outside all day long and seeing his cousins!

Mimi's flowers were SO tempting! He finally gave in one of the last days we were there :)

Blake had a great time with Nani and Papa...his great-grand parents

On our drive out, one of the many stops we made was to Lees Ferry in Arizona. We love seeing all the beautiful parts of this country!

It's never to early to learn how to fly fish!

Zion National Park with the gang :)

Mimi with the grand kids

Lounging on the deck of the cabin in Pine Valley

Our El Paso cousins came to visit us in Oklahoma...the zoo was a must :)

A good friend of mine took some fun pictures of Blake and was able to get some GREAT 18 month shots! Oh, if you're interested go ahead and check out "cheapchickphotography.blogspot.com"

Halloween this year was definitely a week long celebration. We are Halloween"ed" out! Blake was a cute little Fireman, thanks to my sister for the hand-me-down costume which fit perfectly and of course he wanted to take after our favorite Firefighter Uncle Arman.

First our town had a fun week of "story book forest" we went around to each story book character to collect candy. Blake had a blast! Later in the week we went to "Haunt the Zoo" this was a one time deal..(as in, we'll never do that again!). It was SO crowded! I knew Blake would want to walk around so the "leash" was a must! Finally for Halloween day our downtown store owners were handing out candy so we thought we'd check that out too...bad idea. We definitely weren't the only ones with that idea!

Holding hands with one of the 3 little pigs :)

The minute he saw Raggedy Anne he chased her down. It was pretty cute. He followed her every move for a while until we finally pulled him away to leave.

Halloween pajamas

What's a Firefighter without his truck?

So sad...he wanted the camera SO bad!

Checkin' out the goodies!

Just for a little update: Erik is doing great in his 2nd year of dental school and still enjoying it! :) This year has been very busy with all of the patients he sees in his clinic and studying for his first round of national board exams while keeping up with his classes. In about 3 weeks we might get to see him a little more since the boards will be over!!! YAY!! We know he'll do great and we are so proud of him! :)

And finally, our big news! Baby # 2 will be joining us May 5th, 2011! We are very excited and can't wait for Blake to have a sibling. We'll probably find out the sex in December so we'll keep you posted!