moving....and getting behind!!!!

ahhhh!!! i am getting behind on pictures....and i have SOOOO many!!! it has been a great, crazy, hectic, hard, but fun week. We are mostly "moved" into our new house...now just to do the actual unpacking part!
This is a picture of the ridiculously amazing cupcakes i found at a little cupcake boutique in Denver...aren't they just gorgeous!!! One of the highlights of our move back is getting to hang out with our dear friends in Denver. Unfortunately, just as we move back to Colorado, their family is leaving for Wisconsin, but at least we get a few weeks to hang out!!!!
Nova was thrilled to get to hold the SECOND little baby in her life!!! Griffie! isn't he just the cutest. He is seriously soooo chill...i guess that comes from having 3 toddler siblings running around 24/7! He is honestly so relaxed and easy going, and just the cutest little thing. Nova now considers herself a "baby expert" :)

Juneau and Nova haven't really had much of a chance to try riding bikes. The goods have a garage full of bikes, and actually gave the girls this RIDICULOUSLY cool Specialized Balance Bike (it doesn't have any pedals, so it starts to teach balance very early!) I actually looked all over the state of virginia for a balance bike for Nova's birthday and couldn't find one, so we were all thrilled to get this amazing one!

Juneau is working hard to get the hang of it!

Nova and Finley must have run a mile chasing eachother around the park!

They had a blast (and still look like sisters!)

Jackson was soooo sweet to Nova....she calls him her "New Prince" (Daddy is her "old prince!). He even pretended to take her to The Ball, and danced around with her. I think Nova truly believed she was a princess!
Daddy helping Nova ride down the huge hill!

Isn't this just exactly what Daddy's are for??

Yep....this is the crazy crew at dinner...I wish i had my video camera so you guys could hear some of the ridiculous interactions between these five! At one point Jack (Sweet, calm, rational little jack) said "why is everybody talking at one time?" excellent question jack!!! The Good's house is FULLL of dress up!

In fact, at one point every single kid was dressed in full-on dress up garb....what else could we do except have an impromptu trick-or-treat??!!! haha! the kids LOVED it!

mmmmmm.......licorice directly into the baby-birdies little mouths :)

of course it makes PERFECT sense for an astronaut to be having a sword fight with a pirate! The cutest thing of the whole fight was everyonce in a while one of the participants would pretend to "die", then one of the princesses (Nova and Fin) would have to give them a kiss of true love to wake them up so they could continue fighting! the imaginations on these five are sooo cute!

In Nova's world Buzz Lightyear certainly doesn't need any pants!

or a shirt, for that matter!

haha! not sure what these guys were looking at out the window (i think it was at the Colorado Moth Infestation!)...don't you just love that "tinker-butt!"

more of a typical scene in the living room.

our little princesses...as ridiculous as it is, this is the best picture i could get of the two of them!!

well, maybe this one is a little better :)

The Bugs (june-bug and shane-bug) holding a bug :)

The next day we went to Jackson's International School concert/festival. This is Juneau's typical look when i say I am going to take a picture. Seriously CRACKS ME UP!!!!!

ahhhhh sweet Griffie boy. So happy to be swinging.

These two are the little cuddle-bugs out of the bunch. There is nothing better than a Shane hug or a Nova hug. Absolutely love them.

Most of the gang :)

this one just cracks me up. Classic.

Yep, this boy loves to hug.

Jackson was awesome in his little show. I think he loved having an audience. He played his little heart out on his pretend trumpet, and was by far the best at the twirling partner dance :)

The festival was complete with bouncey-house slides We had to say goodbye wayyyyy to early (we had to meet the rental agent for our new house). There were hugs and lots of tears, and promises to come back soon (which have already been kept! stay tuned for some more ridiculously cute pictures from our 2nd visit with the Goods!).

It is hard to believe the bond these 5 kids have, and that even after 7 months of not seeing eachother, they jumped right in where they left off. We aboslutely adore this amazing family, and will truly miss our time with them when they leave in a few weeks! But we are thankful for the hopefully lifelong friendships we have made!