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Sunday, September 13, 2009

September BBQ


September in Colorado! You have to love the weather... One day it is in the 80s and the next we are asking who turned off the heater! Yesterday was one of those days. It makes it interesting when you make plans a week in advance to have a BBQ. It was cold and rainy but we still enjoyed ribs and stuff. We took time to go over to the park for a few minutes.




Mariah


Mariah really wanted to go down the slide...



...but she did not check to see how wet it was before going down...





She looked so funny walking in her wet pants, but she did not want to go home despite that.



"Oh, bother!", is what she kept saying.


Winnie the Pooh has been one of her favorite movies lately - I thought it was so cute...


Dominic was having fun on the swings

I am not sure who had more fun at the playground...the little kids or Mac and his friend Zach











Mariah couldn't quite reach...



...but she sure was confused when she heard someone's voice through the tubes!


Mariah kept wanting to go up and down the stairs.

She decided to pretend to take a nap on them.


Each time Mariah comes over she gets more use to Tots.


He loves to give her kisses.




Mariah found the lamp shades and thought they made a great hat...


And Jessica was quick to follow.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Balloon Classic

The Colorado Balloon Classic... We haven't got in years! Now that we are back I really wanted to go. We got up early Sunday morning -- Jacob was too tired to get up so it was Steve, Mac and me. We made it to the park around 6, got a good parking spot, no traffic... The balloons were suppose to start taking off around 7 but we were a bit disappointed when the fog and weather conditions delayed that.

Mac was getting a bit bored waiting to see if we would even see the balloons go up... It was nearly 8 before anything could go up.

Steve and Nicole waiting...

Since we had so much time on our hands, we walked around to all the vendors, signed up for drawings, got free junk.... And we found the Geigo gecko. Mac was a good sport and got his picture taken with him for me. We also found the Pink Panther but he was kinda rude, kept walking away everything Mac tried to get a picture!






Nicole -- with some of the balloons starting to go up

Steve -- ready to go home!

The balloons weren't getting very far at first.
Some even kept running into each other in the air.


Check out the inside of the balloon as it was getting filled up...



Balloons over Prospect Lake with Pikes Peak in the background
We didn't think any were gonna make it over the lake at all with the wind but we were happy when they did.


Monday, August 17, 2009

Dinner at our house

Last night we had my dad, Grandpa Ray, Andy, Jessica and Mariah over for dinner. Our pups found their new best friend...

Xander followed Mariah around the backyard before dinner. When she didn't want to play with him afterwards, he decided to just nap on her backpack. Guess it made a good pillow.




Not sure what Mariah was thinking when she climbed into the dogs kennel and closed the door...

Almost looks like Andy put her in there...



Mariah likes to sit on the ledge under the window, even though its behind the couch...

Why not take the easy way down..



Mariah is still not sure if she likes Tots but ---

He sure likes her!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Garden of the Gods

Seems like we have been so busy since we got back that there has been little time to sit back and enjoy the nice summer weather. Today we did just that, while taking a walk through Garden of the Gods.


View of Pikes Peak from the visitors center

Kissing Camels

"What a long walk!" Tots plopped down on the ground and did not want to continue.





Mac
...carrying a tired Tots

Xander took time to meet new friends



Steve and Nicole

Jacob -- again listening to music

Steve and Nicole

Steve

Nicole

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Funny moments from the rehearsal dinner....

Kris and Todd gave us some really good laughs during the rehearsal dinner! Who would have thought some of that would come from trips to the restrooms...


Really???
Kris really had some shit to say!
Maybe it was all that time she spent in hospital but she really had a lot to share.


What can I say? The video speaks for itself.