8/18/12: Picnic at the Park

Today I wanted to do something special with Elodie but she picked to have the whole family come so we all had a picnic lunch at the park!  Since we were slackers in planning, we picked up P@nda Express on the way so we actually had something to eat during our picnic. :)  We even brought a few books to read.  It was a gorgeous day... warm/hot in the sun, cool in the shade with the breeze.

"napping"

Someone wanted in on the action :)

6/8/12: Callen shortens my life...

Callen shortened my life a little today by falling over 6 feet off the playground. He crawled backwards off the structure and landed on his bottom, as I ran towards him screaming "Oh my God, no!" I made it to him right after he fell and I scooped him up as he cried. By the time I walked back to my friends, he stopped crying. I couldn't believe how incredibly blessed we were that he wasn't hurt at all and I put him down and he walked off.  Praise God!!!!

Here's a picture of Elodie standing under the ledge he backed himself off of:

He had tried to back himself off the ledge earlier, but I had gotten to him in time.

Other stuff from today:

He was so excited to sit in his chair (I just washed some new clothes for him that were still in the basement so he was just in his diaper because I still needed to get his clothes).

Onto sissy's chair :)  (This is a birthday present from Auntie Candy & Uncle Dale)

Elodie had her last day of VBS.  She absolutely loved it.  She said her favorite part was singing inside, especially the amusement park song.  Because the kids brought in enough food to donate, they had a big pie throwing event at the end.

Here's Callen tonight using the dust buster to vacuum the street :)

He couldn't get the dust buster off, so he'd just put his hands over his ears to tell us it was loud.  Cute boy.

4/6/12: Peek A Boo & the park

Callen loves to play peek-a-boo and he loves to hide and be found. Today he actually figured out how to put his hands over his face and do the "peek-a-boo". He thought he was hilarious. :)

blurry, but you get the idea...

I love this photo.

He had lots of fun at the park but gave his mama a big scare when my friend pointed out that he was like 20 feet up the playground. I had to run over there and up the structure and grabbed him just in time before he was dangerously close to the drop off. Ah!

Friday, 3/30/12: Park & Blueberries

Today was another beautiful day. Our choke-cherry tree in the backyard is blooming and looks just gorgeous. Too bad it's only really pretty like three days out of the whole year. These photos really don't do them justice. They are so pink!!

So of course we had to take advantage of this beautiful weather. After doing Elodie's school (all our Bible memory verses and then our Bible story on self control and matching coloring page), we headed out for a trip to the park.

Check out little man in his shades! Too cute!!

It's harder than it looks to take a self-portrait while holding a child and looking into the sun. :)

watching some men (teenagers?) play baseball

On the phone with Grammie

wearing mama's bluetooth so she doesn't get cancer :)

Callen ate a TON of frozen blueberries for lunch. Stained his hands really well. Even after washing them, they were still a purplish blue.

After naptime, we made a trip to the post office and then to T@rget.

How cute is this chair that matches her room? Too bad it's $90! Plus, I think she'd outgrow it sooner rather than later. :(

How cute is she?!!

And the boy one to match Callen's room!

And little ottomans that they totally don't need :)

After dinner, we spent some time outside together while Dave set up the sprinkler thing for the grass. We don't want to turn the sprinklers on yet but we've had absolutely NO moisture this entire month so our grass desperately needs some water. Callen accidentally got hit by the water and did not like it one bit. It was quite funny.

8/13/10...pregnancy & L....

Apparently i can add carpel tunnel to my lovely list of pregnancy symptoms. Yuck. I would love for the tingling sensation in my hands & thumb and the shooting pain up my arms to go away! I totally think God is making sure that we don't have any more bio kids!

This morning I was finishing getting ready and I asked L what she would like to wear today. She came running back in with a brown shirt and khaki shorts, which she had pulled together from different outfits (all her summer stuff is hanging within her reach, all paired together), exactly like what I was wearing. Coincidence? I think not. I think my little girl wanted to be like her mommy. So cute! And she definitely looked cuter than I did!

I'll have to post a pic of her later.

Then we headed out to the park for playgroup. We were only there about an hour since we were having a lazy morning. Our neighbor's daughter Charlotte just happened to be there so she played a bunch with her and then, after she left, L played with Regal. Then when Regal left and only the babies were left, L threw a tandrum, laying on her face on the ground, screaming and crying so that was the end of the park play date.

Thursday, 3/18/09...bike & park...

I had fun taking L to the park on her bike, visiting w/other moms & a neighbor friend while letting L play, then realized on the walk home that she can actually petal the bike...she petaled all the way home :)

I took this pic w/my cell phone as she was yelling "NOOOOOO picture!!!"

She's also picked up the saying, "That sounds great."

Friday, 12/11/09...last day in CB...trip home...

Katie & Derek planned to leave today to drive back to our house in order to get home by Saturday night and we were planning to stay the full week and leave tomorrow, but we decided just to go home with them...that way we'd get an extra day with them. We all packed up our stuff and cars this morning and straightened up the condo before checking out. Then we stopped at the park on the way out of town to let the kiddos play in the snow one last time. I put L's snow bib, jacket, hat & boots on, but she wandered off with Dave before I could get her gloves on. I put my stuff on but by the time I got out to them, L had fallen over in the snow, gotten her hands cold, and then cried for the next 20 or 30 minutes because her hands hurt so bad. Therefore, that was really the end of the park experience for us and Sara hadn't even gotten out there yet. Dave took L to the car while I stayed back and took some pics of Sara before we got in the cars to head home.

We made much better time on the way home than on the way there...I think because the girls didn't stop to pee as much. We did stop in Gunnison to grab lunch on the way out. I kept loosing Derek behind me on Monarch Pass because he was driving so slow. He said he was slipping every time he put his foot on the gas. We didn't have any problems but we have AWD and they have FWD. Anyhow, we got home just before dark and L actually slept for the last part of the drive. We were able to have dinner together and hang out before they left for home at 6am the next morning.

View between Crested Butte and Gunnison.








View from Monarch Pass.