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| Mondays can be hard on all of us!  The gang Every year kids get dressed up and beg for food. Our kids are no different. There was a pirate,a cowboy,an ostrich and a,well i’m not sure what that thing is…
 Kids carving A few days ago I posted the pictures of our trip to the pumpkin patch. Now you can see what they look like during the carving process. Isabel wanted a pirate,Colbie picked a bat,Blake and Carrigan picked ‘normal’Jack-o-Lantern designs. All the seeds were saved and baked,then eaten as a tasty treat.
 Joe Cool  Joe Cool  Fashionista  Check me out...  Our pumpkins For the third year running we have made what is now our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. We tried out a different one this year and it had more activities for the kids and more pumpkins to choose. After we found the perfect pumpkins we went and checked out the festivities. There were bouncy castles,giant slides,a petting zoo and a maze made of giant hay bales. The kids enjoyed themselves and we had to drag them out of there! Stay tuned for the pumpkin carving…
 Aspen Trees Another fall and another trip to Rocky Mountain National Park for the annual Elk Rut. This year there weren’t very many elk. But enough that the kids were able to see some and enjoy themselves. We started the day off with a picnic and then went to see some elk. The weather was cold and drizzly so we didn’t spend too much time out of the truck. It was the rut season and one buck was getting a little frisky! Thankfully the cow wanted nothing to do with him so we didn’t have to explain it to the little kids…or the older kids!
Remember when cartoons were only on Saturday mornings. Somehow they seemed better back then. Maybe it’s because of the 15 cartoon channels pumping out animated drivel 24/7 nowadays. I was/am a huge Bugs Bunny fan. And I’m sure this is what Dickens had in mind when he wrote A Christmas Carol. There’s nothing like spending a warm summer night at the ballpark. The Rockies got off to a great start in April! Then they started a long 5 month downward spiral to finish third in their division. We went to a few games this year. Thanks to inter-league play,which I still hate,we were able to catch the Tigers of Detroit on Father’s Day. As an added Bonus Justin Verlander was pitching! That’s right the AL Cy Young and MVP winner was right here in Denver. And boy did the Rockies get a lesson that day. Verlander pitched a great game,holding the Rockies to 4 hits and only 1 run. Oh wait I’m supposed to cheer for the Rockies,yeah well this year there wasn’t much to cheer for… The Rockies mascot is Dinger,a purple triceratops. Dinger is also another term for a home run,so that makes sense for his name. But why a triceratops you ask? When they were building Coors Field they found a 7-foot,1,000 pound triceratops skull right where home plate is located! There was a movement to name the ballpark “Jurassic Park”. In the end I guess Coors gave more money to someone and the park is named Coors Field. Anyhow,during the third inning you can go and get a picture with Dinger. Which is what we did,but not at the Tigers game. These photos were taking late in the year when the dreaded Giants were in town.  Boys and Dinger  Girls and Dinger OK back to some family pictures…  Isabel Here in Colorado we get most of our snow in late winter/early spring. In fact March is our snowiest month. This past February was no exception. We woke one cold morning to a fresh blanket of snow. After the boys shoveled the driveway and sidewalks it was time for fun. Well the kids had fun,my time was more like exercise. You would think with all the mountains out here a sledding hill would be easy to come by. Instead I turned into a human sled dog and pulled the kids up and down the street.
These musical light displays are becoming more popular. There is even one about a mile from our house that we visit every year. And to think,my Christmas lights don’t even blink! Wizards in Winter –Trans-Siberian OrchestraNutrocker –Trans Siberian Orchestra |
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