The girls ( minus Rylie who was in school) and I were invited to take advantage of the Free Day and the Denver Zoo. I love this picture! There were 8 kids and two adults, and I must say that with that even with that many kids and the extra crowds, that trip with off without a hitch!
A big THANKS to Melissa for donating her time so willingly! She did soccer again this fall for both Rylie and Abby's age groups, in addition to coaching her sons middle school team. Crazy I say, but she just smiles. The kids loved it, and I might add that I enjoyed the mommy mingling that went along with it. I don't know what I am going to do with my Wednesdays now.
I love excuses to get out of the house!! My friend Rachel found out about Discovery Days at the Museum in Longmont. It was great...and Sydney enjoyed herself too:) Tons of projects, you just rotate from one table to the next, and of course it left for picture opportunities.
We scored free passes to the Butterfly Pavilion from the library earlier this summer. You can't turn down free! It was crazy packed..you get what you pay for I guess!! The butterflies were our favorite. The tarantula's seriously gave me the ebee-geebees!! At the very end of our tour a butterfly landed on a little girl, and the kids just passed it around. Sooo, we got great pictures, which made the trip worth it for me!!
We spent the day in Colorado Springs. We went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings and The Garden of Gods. I love the red rock and all the textures combined with the green of the trees. I went a little over board with the pictures:) The kids were hesitant to begin with, by the end they were coming up the poses themselves. It was a great day!
I had been told that there were little frogs in our neighborhood. Aaron was mowing the yard, and he came across our first. I was surprised that the kids would hold it. So cute and small!!!
I was really excited to make the trip to Idaho, but nervous as well. We were gone three weeks and two of the three weeks I was a single parent. It turns out that my nerves were for nothing. The trip went off without a hitch, and we loved every minute, rain and all!! The first week was spent with Aaron's family. We were in Inkom with his parents for a few days and then ventured to Island Parks for his family reunion. Arron then flew back to Colorado, leaving the girls and me at my sisters house in Idaho Falls for a week. We were able to get together will all of our friends that we have missed dearly. From Deiree's we traveled north to my mom and dads house. We were there for a few days and then went on our annual family camping trip to Redfish Lake. A little rain, a little sickness (not my kids thank heavens) a ton of fun and relaxing. Sorry the picture slide is so long, turns out I can take a lot of pictures in three weeks, and this the narrowed down version! I have a cd of pictures in the mail that I left at my parents house, so the week at my sisters house is missing.
We have participating in the S.O.S club, and this is the only activity that I remembered to bring my camera. We pulled weeds at a park the first week, made birthday bags for the food pantry and this week let our firefighters know that we appreciate all they do for our community. I love this club and what it teaches my little ones!
Yes, the drawing is of my girls. I can see resembling characteristics that he choose to focus on, they are just not their best or flattering I guess. I know that caricatures are suppose to be goofy, but I was a little disappointed. Either way they had fun and it goes down in the memory book! The day was crazy and hot! The kids had a good time between the parade and festivities, afternoon neighborhood BBQ, and then to friends BBQ accompanied with fireworks and show, they were beat by the time we got home. This was our first time away from family, but we survived, turns out everyone celebrates our countries independence!!
She is smiling in the picture, but it had been three days since the tumble. She was riding her scooter and went DOWN! Aaron and I didn't see it because there was a truck parked in our view. All I can say is that the marks on her face are the only battle wounds she walked away with. Not a scratch on her hands, arms or legs. It was all face. I really thought she was going to have a black eye. Her two front top teeth were knocked really loose, and the dentist says they will fall out prematurely, but at least they are not her permanent teeth. The bottom hole is from a already existing loose tooth that was given a little nudge from the fall. So the verdict is in, Abby vs. Sidewalk...Sidewalk WINS!
1 eighteen month, 3 two year olds, 2 five year olds, 2 seven year olds and me. Believe it or not it went well. Suiting up and sunscreen was a little crazy, but the pool time was a success.
So it has come and gone already! It seems like forever before the date on the calendar comes and then BOOM, it is gone. My sister and her family were in town for four days. We had planned to go to the Denver Zoo Thursday, but when we got there, we found out they were closing early to prepare for and event that evening. Fortunately we were in Denver and there is plenty to keep busy. We ended up next door at the Science Museum. Probably the better choice anyway, no sunscreen required and air conditioning! Friday was Ry's birthday and she wanted to go to the water park. They settled for the pool at the rec center. Yeah we sound mean, but they have quit the setup. Lazy river, Big slide and a kiddie pool. Water World is quit expensive for the amount of activities my girls would have actually participated in, maybe in a few years. Besides, no sunscreen required, no traveling and they had fun. Poor Elleree was sick with a temp the whole trip. Des and I ended up taking her to the doctor Sunday. Turns out she had pneumonia. Can you believe it, they just can't catch a break! So the visit was a little stressful, but fun and we will be heading to Idaho in three weeks. Yeah!!
