15 Months

As you can see we are back in the swing of things, busy as ever and I haven't posted in a month! Here's a little update on Cohen. We went to the doctor for his 15 month checkup and he was doing well. The only thing she said is to cut back on the milk...he loves his milkies!! He is climbing all over the place, jabbering non-stop, loves music and dancing, is crazy about sports, and is saying about 8 words. Here's his stats:

Weight: 21 lbs. 7 oz. (20%)

Height: 32 1/2 (90%)

HC: 18 1/2 (50%)

Here are some updated pictures of him.

To An Amazing Summer & Daddy

It's official...our summer is really over. Brad is back into football and meetings with school starting next week already. So life will begin to get crazy again, but before all that starts I wanted to post about our wonderful summer. After last summer and school year being so busy and unrestful this summer was a huge blessing. Our family got to spend so much time together. It was good for us to be able to rest, have life slow down a little bit, and really just enjoy each other. I am so very thankful for Cohen and Brad. Cohen is such a happy, busy, friendly boy and rarely seems like my little baby anymore. He climbs all over, waves at every car/person that goes by our house, loves trying to keep up with his cousins and gets super excited when he's getting a food he likes or his milkies. Cohen loved playing with daddy, "helping" him water outside, swimming with daddy and so much more. I know that I am very blessed to have a husband that loves us both, wants to be around, and is actively involved in raising Cohen. Brad, you are amazing not only with us, but with everyone you come in contact with. You have such a generous heart, are a hard worker, and put everything into what you do whether that being teaching, coaching or being a dad. I know that you have already touched many kids lives through both your teaching and coaching and I know that you will touch many more lives. Thank you, babe, for an amazing summer!

Now, on to the video. It is quite long because it is the second half of our summer. We went swimming a lot, went to a Rockies game, had our friend Luke come in town from CA and went to Coors Brewery (which I don't have any pictures of) and the Broncos training camp, had our friends the Lapkas stay with us two nights before finishing their drive home to CA, and spent some time last week in Breckenridge. Hope you enjoy our loooong video. :)

Michigan Trip #2 - Video

Also, here's a video that my brother Kurt put together of our trip.

Michigan Trip #2

Here is our second delayed post from our Michigan trip that we took for two weeks at the end of June. We had such a good time. We had time to hang out with friends at the beginning and end of our trip and spent a week with my entire family at a cottage by Lake Michigan in the middle of our trip. The weather wasn't perfect but we still had a great time playing games (1st Schemper Family Olympics), eating great food (the kids took turns cooking dinner each night), taking walks to the beach, and just hanging out together. It's not very often that we all get together so it was a treat. We took a LOT of pictures....here's just some of my favorites.

Budda and Elia posing after we just arrived

at the cottage

Kate and Elia swimming

Cohen's first experience at Lake Michigan and in

the sand.....he liked it!

Our dinner night, Brad made stuffed burgers.

They were delicious!

Celebrating Cohen's 1st birthday at the cottage.

1st Annual Schemper Olympics

The T-Bones

The Monkey Crawlers

The Good Team

Not Pictured: The Holland Squirrel Sharks: Ryan, Sarah, Paul and Elia

Playing Go Ape

Cohen had fun driving the boat with Uncle Brian, daddy got to wakeboard and I got to tube...fun times!

Michigan Trip #1

We went to Michigan at the beginning of May for a long weekend. One of Brad's college roommates, Brian Kuipers, was getting married. It was a great wedding and wonderful to see my family and catch up with friends.

Brad and Cohen with Uncle Paul

Cohen and Elia really focused on playing

Cohen with Grandma Walcott

Brad, Weaver and Paul at the Rehearsal Dinner (which was the same place

where we had our Rehearsal Dinner.)

Brad and I "hosting" the shoe game

Silly boy...

Mom and Dad at the wedding

The happy bride and groom!

Brad, Weaver and Paul wrote and sang a song

for the couple

Me and Alli

Dad and Mom J and I getting our dance on

Andy, Brad, Mikey and I

Celebrating Elia's, Brad's and Kate's Birthdays