Water Park

The kids really enjoy going to the water park. I really enjoy the fact we can go in the middle of the day when there are fewer kids. I'm not ready for other kids to be mean to my children. I know that it is going to happen but just not ready to deal with it. Today a kid yelled at Andrew for really no reason at all. Andrew just stood there and looked at him with a look like, What are you talking about? It didn't phase Andrew one bit but it really gets under my skin! ;)


Lauren is much more reserved than Andrew. She doesn't particular like getting her head wet.


Andrew on the other hand . . . he could care less. The wetter the better.

Face Painting

We waited for what seemed like an eternity to get their faces painted but it was so worth it. Lauren was so thrilled with her stars. My parents came to visit and have supper with us that evening and she couldn't wait until they arrived to show them. Then she got to wear them out to eat and couldn't have been more tickled about it! :) When bed time rolled around and she had to wash them off, it was a sad good-bye. We promised that she could have her face painted again so she's been on the look-out for another opportunity.

Andrew sat patiently for the girl to paint a flag on his face but after that he could really care less about it. His was gone about 2 minutes after we came home because he rubbed it with wet hands.

4th of July Play Day in the Park

Our Parks & Recreation department puts on a Play Day each 4th of July. This was our first year to attend and the kids really enjoyed it. It was plenty hot but they didn't seem to mind too much. There was 20 old fashion games and free food for everyone. Here you see Lauren playing Quack Attack. At the completion of your first game of the day, you received a medal & ribbon to wear. Then upon completing any further games throughout the day, you received pins to place on your ribbon. Lauren came home with quite a few pins.

Lauren & Andrew both enjoyed the parachute. I felt sorry for the girl running this one because she was working hard with the kids and in the direct sun. It was hot!

Harvest

Seeing my children riding the combine with Grandpa brings back a lot of memories. I spent a lot of time sitting on my water jug seat. There was no such thing as a 'buddy seat' when I was little so I used the water jug or curled up with a roll of paper towels and snoozed away.



Andrew wasn't so sure about riding but once the combine was close enough that he could see Grandpa inside, things were good again. They both loved the ride and I think would have spent several more hours out there if time would have allowed.





You can see it was kinda dirty out there by the looks of Grandpa's shirt. Lauren got filthy getting off the combine and was quite delighted by it! :)

Backyard Pool

Lauren is so excited that our new roof is complete so we can ditch this 'kiddie' pool and break out the big pool. We really couldn't have asked for better timing either as the water will be nice and warm for our 3 day weekend coming up! :) I'm sure setting up the pool with be our project for tonight. Now, I just need to locate the chemical. . .


Andrew loves to splash. Really he just loves the water. He has no fear which is good and bad. He managed to dunk himself the other night and it didn't even phase him.

Wild Animals of Estes

Big Horn Sheep
Elk













We also got to see a bear but he/she was too quick for us to get a good picture of. We were quite lucky and pleased to see so much wildlife in our short stay.

Estes Park

Elliott and I took a little road trip to Estes Park to visit Craig & Anne a few weeks back. We left the kids with the grandparents and I was kinda nervous as this was going to be Andrew's first overnight without me. Well, I had nothing to worry about as he did great. His only new trick of the weekend was to climb out of his crib at my parents house. They devised a game plan to head off his efforts and all was good again. So many 'thanks' go out to our parents for offering to care for our children so we could take a much needed adults only weekend. And 'thanks' to Craig & Anne for being such great hosts and tour guides. We had a blast! Just wish you guys lived next door instead of 7 hours away. :)