Happy Birthday, Ezra!

 Ezra turned 3 on our final day in Colorado Springs, so he got not one but two parties!

Lunch, ice cream, and general silliness at Grandma and Grandpa Boaz's house.

And after a nap to recharge, Ezra partied with Grandma and Grandpa Stata.

Ezra first and current favorite movie is Peter Pan, so his siblings gave him some play figures from the movie.  He does a great Wendy impression!

His "cake" was a pile of cream puffs.  You've got to "think outside the slice" when you have five birthdays in a row!

 

Happy birthday, little buddy!  You bring us so much delight with your quirky comments, unbridled enthusiam, and general cuteness! 

The Big Event

The main event of our trip was our niece Rachel's wedding.  Three days before the big day, though, a wildfire started in Black Forest, very close to their wedding venue.  The fire soon grew to devastating proportions, and it was clear there would be no wedding at that location.  But God provided a last-minute, new location at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, and the wedding was beautiful!

Johnathan, Naomi, and Kayla... and the bronze bear!

The little and middle Boaz cousins

Kevin, Randy, Dad, Mom, Karen, and Lori

 Congratulations, Rachel and Aaron!  We can't wait to see how God will work in and through your marriage!

Camping with Grandpa

 

Johnathan and Grandpa slept in the tent in the wilderness of Grandpa's Colorado Springs backyard!

Riding

 

We spent a fun Sunday afternoon with Auntie Erika and Uncle Randy riding Chippy.

BBQing with the Boaz Family

  
The whole Boaz clan convened on Colorado Springs for the big event:  Rachel and Aaron's wedding!  So the cousins got lots of time to play with aunts and uncles - and each other.

Abby and Zachariah had met in Austin a few weeks before this trip, but now they got to play together.  Here they are doing what appears to be a baby bonding technique - as the played, they kept pressing their foreheads together!

Abby got to meet Auntie Lori and Uncle Rick

BFFs Kayla and Naomi enjoyed lots of girl-time and a couple sleepovers.

 Carolanne and Johnathan showed off their skills at this fling-the-ball-at-the-bars game (anyone know what it's called?).  They were pretty good!

 Grilling and playing in Uncle Randy and Auntie Erika's backyard.

Here's a picture of the newest cousins:  Abigail, Zachariah, and Sarah, all born about two months apart.