The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Rapids!!

posted by: emilie
It has been an action packed weekend! We are still a bit in the organizing/unpacking phase, so things are still a bit crazy around the house. Adding to the chaos has been a bit of a crazy (and fun!) weekend....with more still to come!
This weekend several of my friends from deployment (the Dentist, the PA, the Physical Therpist, and another OB/GYN) were able to arrange to all meet up this weekend in Colorado Springs! We decided it would be totally awesome to go on a big white water rafting trip...and it turned out to be amazing!
Cris, the girls and I had been to the Royal Gorge on a couple of occasions, and we always see rafters on the river. I always thought it would be super fun (cris had actually been rafting on that trip many years ago). So it was really cool when it all worked out to go with my friends from deployment.
We have been slacking a bit on taking pics of the girls the last couple of weeks, so our faithful readers will have to settle for some white water rafting pictures :)

The gang getting started on the rapids...

Having tons of fun!
the water was COOOLLLLDD (in the low 50's), so we geard up in wet suits and jackets to stay "warm"
Physical Therapist, OB/GYN, and Denist - reunited! (only in a much more enjoyable location!)
Most of the gang
The WHOLE gang!
Tomorrow the fun continues, as we head up to Denver to hang out with Dee, Justin, and Baby Luca. Nova is already excited to keep practicing her "mommy" skills with Luca :) Then we try to whip the house into shape for the arrival of our new nanny on Wednesday!!!

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