Georgetown

Dave and I were itching for a little vacation, and after looking through all the travel books we realized that we have a wonderland here in our own Colorado backyard! It was the last weekend for the Georgetown Loop railroad and turned out to be beautiful! Enjoy the picutres!

We even got wet from the steam, the fall colors made it gorgeous and it was perfect weather. We're so lucky!

I can drive!!!!!

I was waiting for a really cute picture of me behind the wheel before I posted this blog, but I rarely look good for long and DAve wasn't fast enough with the camera :) But, I can drive again! IT's been 4 1/2 months and I've only cheated twice :) Not bad huh? We're all very excited, Alex didn't want to come home today after driving to the grocery store, so we didn't! Ah, freedom!













I had a really intense sharing time presentation where our teacher threw away a whole cake that I gave her...if you want the lesson I'll tell you the details later. Anyway, all the primary kids were shocked, some almost cried. I knew the cakes would be thrown away so they didn't really taste that good, and I had Alex help frost and decorate...this one he started eating, with the gross frosting and everything! This also was put in the trash before too long! :)













Alex just wanted a picture with him and Lydia. Man, she's tough! She just lets him hug and cuddle but she only smiles at him from a distance. Dave is doing fantastic, we're all really excited for fall!

Action shot

here she is! She learned how to roll from her back to her front, and is starting to like her belly more and more, she hasn't rolled from belly to back yet, so she does get stuck :)

Moab

Hello!!!!! We just had a fun trip to Moab with the whole Mauger family. We only got a few pictures of Michelle and Daniel (and Michelle's eyes were closed) and then we forgot the camera on the bike rides. So it just looks like it was a vacation with our little family, but really, the whole crew was there!

The first picture was when I was camping and Alex decided to get ready in his bike riding gear (dave's), unfortunately he didn't get to go on many bike rides. The one he went on was in a trailer and Lydia screamed in his ear the whole time...poor kid.

The next is outside of our hotel, which we got to know really well. The heat made us stay outside and play "throw the ice cube" games in the parking lot :) Alex LOVED that!

The last two are on a hike to delicate arch...it's a classic. Al did great and was only carried about halfway, and Lydia could've kept going forever!

I love the last picture except the arch is a little sloped so it looks like Dave and I are leaning to the left. Oh well! just tilt your head!

Kiddos

Every sunday is really hard for Alex and Lydia. Alex never gets a nap and Lydia rarely gets one because she's so stimulated by all the grandparents and surrogate grandparents. After we got home from church they both climbed up onto me and in about 2 minutes this was the scene...poor kiddos. Of course as soon as I started snoozin' they both woke up...darn!
This is an outfit Aunt Linda gave to us, Lydia is now finally big enough for the hat, but she's too long for the outfit, so this was the pair together for the first and last time. Thanks Aunt Linda! While I was cooking dinner Alex kept saying, "Lydia, Lydia, bakersman" I turned around finally and saw this! It's a measuring cup, but I have to admit, it does look like a bakers cap :)

smiles

Yea!!!! We finally captured a couple smiles for everyone! Each day she's smiling more and more, no laughing yet, but we feel it's coming on soon!
Grandparents and parents are the most excited about the smile. Alex really doesn't care, but he's pretty much a ham all the time, so she smiles at him a lot.
This last photo is a full body shot, because she's so darn cute and we thought you folks out there would like to see her fat thighs :) Hope you all are doing well!!!

I don't know where Alex got this cowboy craze but here he is! He puts on a plastic cowboy hat that's about 3 sizes too small, sits on his horse and says "giddy-up" and "ride 'em cowboy!" Those are the only two phrases I know, so he's pretty limited. He is also learning to dress himself, that's why his shirt is on backward. A few more Alexisms... he loves the old church hymn "come thou fount of every blessing", but he calls it "come thou fountain". We're just happy he likes good music! He also really likes Lydia, sometimes a little too much. When he gets really close to her face I say "give her space" and he says "where's space?" and looks around. I guess when you take it literal...he'd love to give it to her, but he doesn't know what or where it is!
Other than proud parent stories, we've got nothing! Life is good here, I'm starting to feel better and Dave is still loving work. Oh, and Lydia slept 6 hours straight last night!!!! Yipeee! We were in heaven!

Baby Blessing

Lydia was blessed on July 1st in our ward. It was really nice to have both grandparents there...it would've been nicer to have all of our family, but summer time is a hard time to get away, as we found out already! We braved the heat to snap a few shots right before we had to run to our various callings. That's why we look so rushed. And Alex is wondering why we're not going straight to nursery - his favorite part of the week :) I hope these pictures make you who haven't seen Lydia want to come and hold this little sweetheart...we'd love to share if you can make it!!!

Baby Lydia

Hi everyone!!! WE've really been trying to take pictures of Lydia, but there's no way we can take as much as we have of Alex. The first picture is her with her ridiculously large pink bow...so girly. I thought it looked so funny I had to take a picture of it.

When I was talking on the phone with Melissa Lydia was crying and Alex went to her crib and took her hand to calm her down...it was so cute I had to take a picture! Sorry Melissa for not giving you 100% attention on the phone! :)

And this last picture is a great shot of what she looks like now. She just turned 1 month on Friday and is starting to get a little chub. She has a little bit of Alex in her, but not completely, we're excited to see her grow.

Other than Lydia and the emergency rooms, we're pretty much the same ol' Maugers. Dave likes his job and wants to go on vacation, and it's getting really hot here in Colorado! Alex is loving summer break having Jaynie and Marty to play with all the time. I can't drive so I love it too! Keep in touch!

I know the pictures might be a bit overwhelming!!! I decided today was a great day to catch everyone up on the Mauger happenings. The first picture is Alex sneaking some fresh baked sugar/cinnamon bread. He has eaten the whole candy coated top already by the time I caught him, and his face was so cute I thought I'd snap a photo :) WE were gonna give those to our friends...oh well.

The second picture is a month early, this was about 2 days ago, so 36 weeks. But, I'm already large and the red dress was there, so here it is! I tried taking a picture from the front to show everyone how skinny I look from the front compared to the side. But, the red dress isn't that flattering and it made me feel fatter than the side picture!!! Impossible? I used to think so too :)

The last three pictures are our home improvements. I painted our bedroom wall red. It only took 2 weeks of texturing and then 5 coats of paint....but it's done! WE love how it turned out. WE feel quite posh now. The big sand pile in our driveway is for Alex's new sandbox. Dave hauled about 35-40 wheelbarrows of sand to the backyard and as you see the finished product it looks magnifique! Alex loves it, and he calls it "my rock". Now Dave is sore, I'm large, and Alex is living happy! Love you guys!

Kendra, Dave, & Al

crazy Al

Hi Everyone!

I haven't taken pictures for a while, so I found a couple good ones for the post today. The first is Alex's first bandaid :) It stayed on about 2 seconds after this picture was taken. IT was a really bad cut from falling off the bed, but for some reason a clifford bandaid makes you forget all of your ouchies! The second picture is when I was soaking my feet and went to answer the phone, Alex jumped right in! HE even took off his socks before. It was really cute, he stayed like that for about 10 minutes...I guess even little boys like a good foot soak, ahhhhhh. I'm due in 10 weeks, so I'll get a good sideways picture on here in a couple months with the red dress (I know you've all been waiting :) Dave loves his job, and he gets to go on a business trip the last day in March through a few days in april to Florida. I was going to go, but it got pushed back a few times and that's only about 2 weeks away from my due date, so I'll be sad and cold here in colorado!

I hope you are all doing well and write us if you get a chance!

Kendra

Birthday!!!

DAve turned 26 this last week! Alex was a little disappointed the cake and presents weren't for him, but he got to blow out candles two days in a row...so it all worked out!
We also went down to visit Steve and Kass in Colorado Springs. The top picture is on the Air Force Academy campus, on the trail to their chapel. I thought my boys looked especially like clones with this shot. And the family photo is right outside Cave of the Winds, overlooking a HUGE canyon.
It was a blast to see Steve and Kass again and Alex actually behaved really well in the cave, which is impressive since you're not allowed to touch anything! Dave is feeling good, despite the old age :) And we're all very excited for summer to finally start and to try our hands at gardening. We hope all is well with everyone!

Christmas Break

Merry Christmas!!!!
We had a really fun christmas break. Dave was planning on working for most of it, but mother nature had other ideas. Alex and I didn't complain.
We got around 3 feet of snow fall, but the drifts on the side of our house were 5 feet tall! It was a blast, and we still haven't gone into our back yard yet, we'd get lost!
This was about 36 hours after the first blizzard, it just finally stopped snowing and our whole neighborhood was out shoveling, Alex decided to work too, although he might have done more harm than good :)
We celebrated Christmas with almost all the family in town, and Alex really enjoyed opening presents at THREE different houses! oh boy. Unfortunately we caught the stomach flu from someone during the parties and DAve got yet another day of work off (not as fun as snow though)
WE also found out that we're going to have a little girl on May 15! The ultrasound was so fun to see and as all proud parents, we have the video if you ever want to really see how a baby moves at 20 weeks. WE have no idea about names yet, but we'll keep you posted!
I hope everyone else had a great christmas, minus the flu :)

Ah winter time! We went up with mom and dad to cut down christmas trees on their land. IT was a lot of hiking and Alex refused to wear anything but his hat and papa's gloves.
WE did get a couple good pictures of the scenery though, and some AMAZING fudge at the small little town in south park.

OH, and the top picture was taken at home by our very own photographer, DAve. I was really impressed how professional it looked, so I wanted to post it :)

New house pictures

I hope these pictures aren't too dark. This is our new home! WE moved in right around Halloween and the pictures were taken just a couple weeks ago when it was still beautiful green! The top left is of our kitchen looking in through the dining room/living room. It's all open and very pretty. The top right is Alex's bedroom, it's a really bright green so it's better if you see that in a dark light :) The bottom pictures are front and back yard. WE love it! Oh, and you can see the new/used car we bought behind Alex and I in the picture. It's a jeep and it broke down the day after we bought it! ARGH! Luckily it was an easy fix and we feel really spoiled!

We are finally in our new house! We closed at the end of Septebmer, but we had some work to do on the house before we were ready to move in. After a day of jackhammering, weeks of paint and caulk, we are here.

Alex is Superman for Halloween this year and he enjoyed dressing up for the church Halloween party. He called himself "Super" but cried everytime a kid dressed as a skeleton walked by. Today in church, Alex was very reverent during the sacrement prayer, bowing his head and being very quiet. After the prayer ended, he said, " Amen. Rock ON!" Our giggling only encouraged more "Rock ON!"

Alex enjoys getting dressed, even if we can't take him out in public. He especially likes mom's shoes. He also loves the leaves and the snow we have received this year. He is a lot of fun and we love having him around.