The last four weeks of our lives...

Okay, seriously get a bowl of popcorn, it was hard to just pick a few pictures, so get ready! Samuel posing in the backyard on a nice hot OK day.

Hot days have to have watermelon!

Enjoying a little Italian ice at the Farmer's Market.

Check out the outfit...not put together by her mother.

Grandpa and Grandma Taylor enjoying some Route 66 root beer at Pops on Route 66.

Perfect form on the horse shoes!

Wrestling on the slip and slide with Denny.

Denny posing, he is all GQ!!!

Merideth watching from the sidelines as the boys play rough.

Seriously Denny, he's 4!

Merideth and daddy munchin' on some chips and dip.

Playing GI Joe, is Denny really ready for college?!

The start of the new swing set!!

ALL hands helping on this one!

Even the girls.

Ice cream!

Fun with water in downtown OKC.

Daydreamer.

Making renzas or messes?!!

Sweet Uncle and neice time.

The tornado room!! Note: the tornado has yet to take Kristofer's Starbucks!

Building together.

More building.

Welcome to Colorado!! 7 of us in our car on an 11 hour drive, it really wasn't too bad, really.

Denny and his new state of residence.

Lots of fun on the drive, new army men.

Not much but smiles!

Yes Denny, your new home!

Bros.

The beautiful Air Force Academy chapel.

Warming up for some volleyball in Denver.

Our first park visit in Seattle!!!

Great friends Kailas and Samuel heading back to Wonda and Kailas's home for lunch.

This is the moment Merideth was waiting for; hanging out with Leah. Life can't get much better than that.

It was like they never were separated!

Asher and Samuel climbing and yelling "Bow tie yo yo!"

Whale tail park, oh how we miss you!

Fun times with Cory on the trampoline.

Organic doughnuts, only in Seattle.

The kids couldn't wait to visit the Fremont Troll.

Merideth wanted so badly to stay with him, "he will be scared here by himself without me mom!"

Erin and Kelley, the beautiful bride, at her bachelorette party.

Princess Merideth

Princess Becca

Grandpa, Cory, Grandma, Merideth, and Samuel before they flew off to Nigeria.

Yeah, for cupcakes and West Seattle!!

Merideth, Samuel, and Kailas before heading to bed.

Have we ever mentioned that Seattle has the best parks ANYwhere?!! Here we are at Gas Works park.

Perfect place for a perfect picture.

Uncle showing Merideth something on the lake.

One of the many flowers Merideth took care of.

Leah, Halle, and Merideth as princesses.

Doppler!!!

Samuel sportin' some of Cory's goods.

Way too silly for words.

Fun with family at the Family Fun Center!

The kids first round of miniature golf. Samuel enjoyed it and Merideth enjoyed the first two holes...

There is that beautiful bride again with Samuel and Merideth at the rehearsal dinner.

And there she is, no I really did not cut this out of a magazine, she really is that beautiful. On this day she became Mrs. Kelley Moloney!!!!!

Swedish girls in the house!

Silly boys making silly faces, it never really ends.

More great times at the park. Another favorite, Cal Anderson Park.

Merideth and Becca cleaning up Alki Beach, yep another favorite spot.

Merideth and Uncle building a sand castle.

We aren't ready to go!!!

Really, we could stay here forever!!

Lovin' before getting on the plane.

Lovin' all around.

Goodbye Seattle, we will see you soon!!!

Happy Birthday Roger!

We hope you have a wonderful day Roger and feel celebrated on your special day! Hugs from all of us!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jackson!!

Happy Birthday to Grandpa Jackson! We hope you have a wonderful day and know we are thinking of you. We love you and look forward to when we get to see you again soon!

Long time, lots of fun, and more to come!

Well, it had been quite some time before we updated with a Father's Day greeting, so we had to pull out the calendar and see what we had been up to!

-Erin traveled to the Netherlands to visit family and celebrate Denny's graduation from High School. It was a wonderful trip!

-Marc and the kids stayed in OK, enjoying each other and the warm weather.
-During the time that Erin was gone, Marc had a trip to Seattle where he got to see his parents who had just gotten in from Nigeria.

-Erin's mom and friend Tracy got to stay with Samuel and Merideth for a couple of days while Marc was gone, it sounded like a great time was had by all!

-Samuel had a week of Vacation Bible School at our church.

-When Erin got home she started working, yes working, but very part time, filing in for vacations in a Reumatologist's office.

-Marc's parents came through OKC for one night on their way to Sherman, TX to visit her parents.

-Our good friends, the Savages, are here now for a visit.

-The kids and Erin leave tomorrow for a quick trip to Dallas, via Sherman to visit Marc's grandparents, to see Heidi, Denny and Kristofer as they stop for two nights on their way to MO.

Whew, all is great with us. It is pretty much constant with us until the end of July. We are so looking forward to time with family, a drive to Denver and then on to Seattle. Here are a few pictures of the last couple of weeks:Denny and Kristofer in Edam, yes just like the cheese, being brothers.

The infamous wooden shoes. These were a bit to big to bring back on the airplane.

Denny, dad, and Kristofer napping.

Samuel at his VBS program.

The kids with Grandma Paula and Tracy.

Home grown tomaters!

Trying to stay cool!

Merideth has the right idea, clothes make you hot!

A hot visit to the zoo with Lucas.

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day Dads! We hope you all have a great day celebrating all that you are as father's in our lives. We love you and are so grateful for the gift you are to us.



Here is Samuel's card to Marc stating that Marc is his hero among all the superheros out there. The drawing is of Marc.

It's gettin' warm!

The weather here is starting to get pretty warm. Anytime we mention that this is our first summer here we hear, "Oooooh, it will be an adjustment..." Most people here say you find a pool and sit in it ALL summer long. We are starting to feel the warmth and figuring out the best times to be outside.

Samuel and Ben intently discussing the giant T-Rex at the zoo.

Yep, early morning park visits are going to be best for us!

Samuel having fun with a few too many leis.

We went to closing day at the horse races. Here is Samuel giving one of the past jockeys some knuckles.

Merideth chose the little lady pose instead of knuckles.

Marc and Merideth checking out the horses.