6th Anniversary

Today is our 6th Anniversary- almost 10th of dating (officially in August). We have never been Anniversary celebrators- if it wasn't on our calendar we would never know when it has come and gone- but we noticed it a week ago on the calendar and I thought, since we did, I would write a little about the last years of our lives.

We have called 6 places home. ( 7 in t-minus 28 days)

We have bought 3 houses.

We have lived in 2 states, 5 cities. (AZ, NM: Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho)

We have had 4 dogs... Tank our first tiny love- we got just 4 months after we got hitched. The other 3 we had less than a month each and had to re-home for various reasons.

We have owned 1 pizza shop.

We have had 12 cars. (VW bug, Saturn SL1, VW cabriolet, Honda Civic, Ford Focus, Ford Explorer, Nissan 200sx SE-R, Ford F150, GMC Sonoma, Cadillac CTS-V, Toyota Prius, Ford Excursion)

We have landscaped 2 backyards.

We have vacationed in 7 states. ( AZ, TX, CO, IL, WI, CA, NV.)

We have had 4 phone numbers.

We have been blessed with 2 beautiful bouncing baby boys. ( How's that for alliteration.)

We have been happy and in LOVE!

Happy Anniversary!

Trip to Hotizona

Arizona is SO hot we almost didn't survive... You really forget just how overwhelmingly warm it is there! Luckily we had enough fun with family and friends to keep our minds off the heat, no.. more like we had enough people around to share in the misery of the heat and tried to have fun despite it :)

Dani had her baby just a day before we arrived. Here is a picture of Vander Ward Talbott- born on 7/8/9. He weighed 7 lbs and was 19 in long. He is just precious!
Here is me holding Van- our first stop when we got off the plane was the hospital!
Here is what is really happening as I am holding Vander- got me some jealous boys.Keston loved Vander, he always wanted to hold him. Calon just wanted to poke him in his tiny baby eyes!Kes and Mia were GREAT friends this trip. Imagination really brought them together.Kes turned a tutu into a cape- good idea!
Rue and Chad making fresh grapefruit juice.
Playing with superheros from Grandma and Grandpa Cocking.
Dinner time at Amazing Jakes. Fun place to go in Mesa.
Kes loves playing ski ball.
Cal loves playing ON ski ball.
Toddler Corner at Amazing Jakes.
Playing water guns with Mimi.
Peek a boo.
Chad trying to give himself a dimple.
The smiling devil.
Swimming in the dark.
Breakfast with Mimi and Papa.
Funny faces.
Ange's view of Calon.

A Monica Moment

Here is a funny moment from when Monica was here. So sad that she is gone, but we made some great memories while she was here- love you Monica.

Chad and Monica got a box of Bean Boozled: Dare to Compare Jelly Beans from the Jelly Belly plant on our WI trip. They are a box of jelly beans with 10 different color jelly beans- 2 flavors of each color. The box gives this warning, "CAUTION: These jelly beans may look alike but they could not taste more different from each other. Think you can tell them apart? WE DARE YOU!!" The flavors that look the same are: Banana & Pencil Shavings, Buttered Popcorn & Rotten Egg, Berry Blue & Toothpaste, Cafe Latte & Ear Wax, Peach & Vomit, Pear & Booger, Carmel Corn & Moldy Cheese, Coconut & Baby Wipes, Black Licorice & Skunk Spray and Plum & Black Pepper. So, Chad and Monica each grabbed one from the same color and ate them until they were all gone. No one was safe- they both tasted them all by the end. Russian Roulette of nastiness. Here are some pics.

The Line up.
Getting prepared.
Cheers.
Monica gets a Vomit- tastes like pepperoni.Chad scores a Skunk Spray.Time for a Rotten Egg.
Pencil Shavings are not too bad.Still washing out the Rotten Egg.

Fun 4th!

We had a great 4th of July! We got together with our friends, the Brandons (who are also our next door neighbors) and the Pfeifers (who drove down from Pueblo, CO). We had a delicious BBQ and let the kids play in the water slide, ride bikes and run around. We had to go inside for a little bit when it started to rain- but we had a little dance party inside and since the rain passed fast we were able to do fireworks and sparklers before all the kids started to crash out. We had a fun time- maybe even too much fun ;). Hope everyone had a good holiday too!


Here is a slideshow of some of our fun. You can click on the picture to make it expand.

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