Colorado Springs

Sorry for my lack of chronology here -- I'm planning to slurp my blog with blurb (okay, I just had to write that because I love the crazy lingo! A few friends have told me about turning your blog into a book with blurb.com, and since I'm blogging more than I'm scrapping these days, I think I'll just call it family history and print it! So I'm playing catch up for posterity's sake).

These pictures are from our little family reunion with Joseph's fam in Colorado over Memorial Day weekend. We were only missing one of his 6 siblings, so we had a good sized crowd (I think there were 29 of us?), and my kids LOVED playing with their cousins! We went to Colorado Springs (Colorado seems to be the best mid-point for our gatherings), and enjoyed gorgeous weather and great company and good food and good times.

Father's Day

K, J-boy and I made this book for Joseph for Father's Day (can you pick out which pages were colored by J-boy??). It was really fun to think about all the wonderful things he does as a dad -- he has a great example in his own dad, and it shows in the way he plays with and teaches our kids. I am so grateful for my fabulous husband!
We had a fun visit with some of my in-laws on Father's Day -- the weather was actually relatively cool, and we enjoyed a thunderstorm from the picnic shelter (in between rounds of badminton and lacrosse).
After the storm the kids enjoyed 'skating' at the skate park nearby. No, not on skate boards or roller blades - they used good old fashioned mud. :)


Our little nephew had a grand ol' time - I love his laugh in this clip.

Labor Day?? More like PLAY DAY!

I love reading all your blogs out there in cyberspace, and decided it was time to make my own. So here you have it!

We had a fabulous time Labor Day. I've decided it's always a good thing when Monday feels like Saturday. :) Joseph got home late Sunday night from an ASDA trip to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, so Monday morning we caught up on everything he'd missed (around-the-house projects). Then we headed off to Enoch & Bev's house for a picnic/swim party with family.

The pics are of my kids and their cousin Taylor. By the end of the day they only had once complete outfit between the two of them (J-boy had the shirt and Taylor had the shorts). I guess that's sufficient when you're playing with watermelon and sprinklers!