Fun...fun...fun in the leaves

The kids absolutely loved playing in the Fall leaves. Brody was so good with Camilla and was very careful to NOT jump on her head.

Halloween

This year for Halloween we decided to do things different and make our costumes. Elena had this grand idea and made Camilla a black widow spider using the Bjorn and she was the wall with cob webs. We used tights for her other legs. Brody was a stick figure and I was Ronald Weasley again.

We had a few minor glitches with Brody’s costume. The first run through we used glow sticks with tape. That idea soon was disaster because anyone who knows Brody will attest that the boy cannot sit or stand still for longer than 2.1 seconds. So for the second run around we used silver reflective tape. It was a success!!! Overall we had a blast for Halloween and Brody loved running around saying,”trick or treat!!!”

Take time...

In life, it is always important to stop and take time to smell the flowers. UNLESS you are covered with 2 feet of snow and the only way you can smell flowers is to drive to a grocery store or flower shop, and you can't do that because your car won't start because of the snow and the fact that it is 20 degrees below zero. Otherwise you will have to wait for the Spring.

Random FUN!!

Kids grow too fast.

Thought you all might enjoy some random fun AND adorable pictures of our kids that we have taken in random fun places.

Hot Air Balloon FUN!!

September 4-6, 2010...Labor Day Weekend.

For Labor day weekend here in Colorado Springs they have this awesome tradition for flying hot air balloons. We decided to join in the fun and went balloon chasing. Janette, Eric and the girls were doing the same thing when they found a balloon owner allowing the children to go for a ride. Brody had a blast riding in a balloon while it was tethered.

At night, they have a balloon glow. It was sweet to see all the balloons up and glowing in the dark. There were thousands of people crammed into Memorial Park that night. People were stacked on top of each other. It was amazing.

Camping!?!?!

We took our little ones camping for the first time. Oh, it was great... OK really it was a little crazy. Definitely something that we'll have to keep practicing. I think we might have tried to much to fast for them.

Camilla and Brody loved being in the outdoors. Camilla loved hanging out in her baby sling. She just loved looking at everything. Brody loved being adventurous and looking at every bug or leaf. He also thought it would be cool to go running and try to jump off a little cliff. We are truly working on boundaries now. I guess at the age of two he didn't understand the danger... He will learn in time.
It was great we had a great hail and rain storm the first afternoon so we ended up in our tents for sometime. We brought a portable DVD player and a game boy to help keep Brody occupied while we were doing things this was a great time use them. He had to get in watching his Finding Nemo. We then had to dry out and clean up the campsite. That was fun!

Then that night Brody really struggled sleeping. He cried almost the entire night. That was fun. I'm sure all the other campers around us just loved hearing him cry and scream all night. Camilla did really well sleeping she woke up to eat more than she normally does, but at least she did not cry all night. The funny thing about the next morning Brody kept trying to get into the truck and he would say "go". So we ended up not staying as long as we wanted but we still had fun. We'll just have to practice out in the backyard more, before we go camping again.
I really was fun watching my kids enjoy the beauty of the earth and love being outdoors like I and Mike love.

Brody and his dirty face!!! So cute.

campsite.

This the view from our campsite. Gorgeous!

Morning at the lake

Camilla sitting on a stump with Mallory in tow.

We ended up going through Victor and Cripple Creek, small mining towns up where we were camping. They are fun little towns. Brody was able to pan for gold, He got some fun rocks and gems he loved playing in the water.

Catchin' UP!

Well I have not been as faithful at keeping the blog up to date. I am trying to be better, just isn't working. So I am hoping that I will at least get one up a month. If I can get more that is great, sorry if I don't.

There will be more to come also!!! Lots to catch up on...