We decided to take advantage of the perfect weather and holiday from work (for Jake) and went to the local zoo. Although it is much smaller than our old zoo, it’s actually pretty amazing! Elayna loved feeding the parakeets, riding the train, hanging on dad’s shoulders, playing on the huge children’s playground, and seeing the…

Elayna and I found a beautiful new place to explore the other day. Looks like it could be a good place for portraits as well. 🙂 I can’t believe how gorgeous and grown-up Elayna looks sometimes… time is going so quickly. I love every new thing she learns, and she constantly makes me laugh now…

I’m sure this wont be the first post introducing some new little faces to you all. Elayna had so much fun playing with Riley (the sweet little girl), Rory (her fun, super smart, big brother), Oliver (Shea’s adorable little guy) and Sawyer (the cute boy Oliver and Riley’s age). 🙂 It was nice to meet…

Well, Elayna finally got her first tricycle! 🙂 We would have gotten it sooner, but knew there was a good possibility we would be moving, so we waited. It was worth the wait! She was very excited to get her first bike, and liked riding it, but she is going to seriously need some lessons…

So, most kids here in Iowa are sporting quite the tan by this time of summer. Elayna and I seem to stand out glaringly in contrast, having come from the place that forgot to be sunny (before we left at the end of July, that is). 😉  All over in the Des Moines area there…