Introducing...Nooma!

We cannot believe it is July!  And the last time we wrote was February. How does that happen?!  Us Williams have stayed nice and busy, though.  Since February we have ventured to Texas for Taylor's cousin's wedding--so beautiful!; we have outfitted both of us with bikes so that we can journey into town the healthy way (very rarely, but it's an option!); we've attended a 'boot camp' class twice a week which consistently makes us sore but oh-so-tone;  Stacia finished her 3rd year of teaching and joined Taylor on a 9-day mission trip to Cortez, Colorado with his high schoolers;  we celebrated 6 wonderful, amazing, and FAST months of marriage; Taylor turned a long awaited 25 years old; and lastly, we have grown our family!  Nooma, our beautiful, hyper, but sweet Boxer is now 13 weeks old.  The last month has been one of learning, carpet cleaning, and middle of the night bathroom trips!  We are so looking forward to having her with us for years to come--and I think we'd both be ok if those 'older' years would come ULTRA soon!  When we're not walking Nooma and playing ball, our photography company has started to blossom. We've chosen to name it Parakaleo Photography.  Parakaleo is Greek for 'to encourage' which we both felt was what we would love to always be to each other, and our customers.  We've had about 7 senior portrait settings this past month and are looking forward to a few family and baby settings.  Our website is coming along and will soon be ready for viewing!  Our most favorite thing to do lately is catch up on episodes of Lie to Me, House and Fantasy Factory.  We enjoy each other's company so much that there is nothing better than just being home; together!  The next month holds the new school year for Stacia and the school year routine for Taylor's youth group.  We're really excited for more months of settling in and just enjoying where we're at right now.  Minus the triple digit weather we are currently having, there is nothing better than summer!

Here are some of the memories from the past few months...:

We were able to coerce our wonderful friends and Taylor's brother to let us take their pictures--here's a quick snap of us up in Red Rocks.

The birthday boy and his new grill! Bring on the summer weather!

Enjoying a night out together :)

Our little princess at 6 weeks--before we could bring her home.

Sweating in the summer sun at the chalk festival in Denver

Precious!

The Rockies game with Stacia's family!

We were able to spend some time with Taylor's family at their cabin in Sedalia, Colorado.  A man and his dog...

She is lovely!