4th of July

We had such a fun 4th of July weekend, and Alida had some of the cutest red, white and blue dresses I've ever seen- which made it even more fun!

Sunday, July 3rd

Monday, July 4, we started the day with the Pegram City Parade. It was a small parade, mostly made up of pick-up trucks with youth baseball and softball teams, but we got so much candy! It was great.

 

  

In the evening we were invited to our Bishop's home for BBQ and fireworks, though Alida and I spent most our time on the jungle gym in their backyard...

Grandpa and Grandma Blackford can be spotted on the balcony here if you look real close!

Happy belated 4th of July!

See-attle Ya Later

We had the chance to be at Aunt Katie's farewell a few weeks ago, here are some pictures of the fun we had. We wish Katie all the best as she goes to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Seattle, Washington!

Alida and Aunt S in the kitchen

Farewell party at Katie's work

Zombies playing Wii :)

Coloring with Grandma Stout

Alida and Aunt Katie

Playing with friends, Matt and Austin

And here we are almost 2 weeks since Katie has entered the Missionary Training Center, mailing off our first letter!

Popcorn Alida

We got this CD in the mail (thanks Leigh!) and Alida totally loves it...here's a little video we put together of her dancing to one of her favorite songs:

Reading

Just the other night while reading Alida's favorite books (The Boy Who Ate America and The Big Fib) Travis was able to capture this video on his phone:

...She was licking her fingers after turning the pages.. too cute.

Reference Point

Here's where we've been hanging, and will continue to hang, until Travis starts school this fall.. (we will forever be indebted to Gma and Gpa for letting us crash at their place this summer)

Grandma & Grandpa's House-

We've been lucky to find a great second car.. meet Pockets-

It's surreal being surrounded by so much GREEN!

Alida has her very own swing here, built by Grandpa himself, it is so cute!

Alida is loving having 2 dogs and a cat around

Recent happenings:

@ the TN Renaissance festival-

Around town..

Good Guys car show, and first official tan of summer :)

And finally, a trip through time.. this is me just 3 months older than Alida now. Note how much hair I have! And how much hair Alida doesn't have..

2 years old!

Happy 2 year birthday to Ms. Alida.. here are some belated pictures of our festivities!

We can't believe we have a 2 year old!!!

Trip to the Nashville Zoo-

Bday party at Chuck E. Cheese-

Great pic here, this is Grandma and Grandpa having a blast. Confession: they won most of the tickets Alida was able to cash in, Travis and I need practice on our arcade games :)

Our Justin Bieber look, she was so sad to leave this ride at the end of the night-

These are a few of the pictures from our after party- bday party

Our very first bike!!

A week or two after Alida's bday we had an Easter Egg Hunt at the house, I don't think there's anything Alida loves more than to collect things and keep them organized in a bag/purse/container/etc... she totally loved hunting for eggs-

And finally, after playing with her new nail polish-

So much fun :)