Getting Big!

Here is Oliver at 8 months. Hangin' out in his crib. :)

Buckle up, I'm ready to drive.

At a rest stop on the way to Denver.

With Daddy & Cuz (Annette)

Eating out

At Aunt Sharon's house

At the mall

Trip to Denver, Colorado - August 13th - 20th
My Grandpa Rasmussen passed away August 10th. We had just got back home from visiting Heather and Aaron and Mom called us at around midnight. Grandpa had caught pneumonia in March but he had been doing better so it came as a surprise. I am just thankful that I got to know him really well, since he came to Tucson every winter since I was around 13 or so.

Thankfully our work gives us bereavement pay so that Ethan and I could both drive up to Denver to spend time with the family and go to the funeral and burial. I love what was mentioned at the funeral that family meant everything to Grandpa and that it wasn't so much what he did but what he didn't do. I am very thankful for Grandpa's example and I just want to keep true to the end.

Cousins

Oliver loves his Auntie Heather!

Trying out Auntie Heather's fun bathtub

My little sis & her family

My adorable Niece & I

Group shot in the parking lot of the golf course.

At the clubhouse where we had lunch after the Golf Tournament

Oliver & Daddy at the Golf Tournament

Golfin' Tournament - August 8th

Some of the friends in California have a golf tournament every year which Aaron plays in. He asked Ethan if he wanted to play this year. We decided it would be fun to take Friday off and spend the weekend with Heather and Aaron. Aaron and Ethan played golf on Friday while Heather and I hung out with Madalyn and Oliver.

Naomi & Oliver

Grandma, Thor, Mom and Oliver

Oliver and Thor checking each other out!

Thor & Great Grandma R

LeAnn and Thor

Baby Thor - 2 months

Another Tucson Trip

We went to Tucson the weekend of August 1st to visit with LeAnn and Rex and to see Grandpa.
LeAnn and Rex wanted Grandpa to see Thor (Thor is named after Grandpa's Dad). It was great to see Grandpa and spend time with LeAnn, Rex and baby Thor. We see Rex and LeAnn at family get-togethers etc. but we have never really had much time to get to know each other. Rex and LeAnn spent all of Saturday with us (at Mom's house). We visited Grandpa and they taught us how to play this fun board game.
Then Sunday evening instead of going home we stayed in Tucson and went over to LeAnn's brother's (Doug) house and played the game over there. It was fun to spend time with Doug, Melissa and their daughter Naomi, who is only a few months older then Oliver.