St. Patricks Day

I made an order from Oriental Trading way back in February, and it came with this free St. Patricks Day blow up limbo thing. Well, Kendra saw it right away, and wanted to use it. I kept using the excuse that you have to put water in the bottom to make it stay, but the other day that excuse was no longer working. So, I blew it up for some backyard entertainment. It worked just dandy as long as I stood there and held the "stick" up. :)

Helping Dad

Mike was edging the lawn the other day, and Collin decided to go and get his truck to help out.

Birthday Party

The kids were invited to a friend's birthday party a couple of weeks ago. They had lots of fun.

They played a game where you had to see how fast you could dress and undress the baby. Collin wasn't quite sure about that one. :)

They had water balloons and were supposed to see how high and long they could bounce them in the towels....Collin was more interested in seeing them burst. I'm sure his partner loved that!

10th Anniversary Vacation Part 2

This is the cabin that we stayed in. It was SO quiet!

We sat in the hot tub every night. It was fun to watch the stars while we sat in it.

The second day we were there we went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. Very interesting.

Then we shopped and ate downtown historic Manitou Springs. It was very cool. I drank out of this spring. It tasted carbonated. They have several different springs throughout the town.

This is the clock right in the middle of the town.

Then Mike talked me into going up Pikes Peak....

Very pretty.

And then the clouds rolled in

We didn't get to go up the last 3,000 feet, because they closed the road. This is as close as we got. It was 50 degrees and raining where we were. At the top it was snowing and lightning really sharp.

This is the view from the front of our cabin.

10th Anniversary Vacation

Mike and I went to the Colorado Springs area to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We had a great time, and I took lots of pictures, so I will break this up into more than one post. The first day that we were there we went for a scenic drive down one road towards Canon City, and then back up another one. It was beautiful, quiet, and peaceful.

This was called "Shelf Road", and that is exactly what it looked like we were driving on was a shelf on the side of the mountain.

When we got to Canon City we had to make an ice cream stop...yummy!

Not a really great picture, but with the wind blowing, and a self timer on the camera, that's as good as it was going to get!

We stopped in Cripple Creek, and got some awesome fudge at a fudge shop there. mmmmmm!

Baby Bunnies

When Maycee and Ashton were over the other day, they found a whole nest of baby bunnies. They caught this one, and had fun holding it for a little while before we made them let it go. I have seen some of them running around the yard on occasion. So cute!

Trip to Aunt Becky's

2 weekends ago the kids and I decided last minute to ride along with Mike's mom to see his sister, Becky and kids in Colorado. We had a great time...the kids playing, us visiting. We did a little bit of shopping, and went to the pool in her neighborhood. Collin made a build-a-bear. The only problem is that my camera battery died shortly after we got there. Here are the few pictures I got.