Colorado Trip - July 2010

We had a wonderful time in Colorado on our first family trip with our pop-up camper cross-state. I must admit I was quite on edge thinking about the possibilities of bears and making sure food and utensils were put away adequately each meal. But I finally relaxed eventually and we had a great time hiking, picnicking, attending Ranger sessions and making s'mores!

Here are some photo highlights:

Snow in summer!

Momma's first try at cooking cinnamon rolls over the campfire.

Rain won't stop our s'more making!

One of our many lunch picnics while hiking:

I think it's technically a squirrel but we thought more a chipmunk;

they were not afraid to come right up and follow us:

First hike:

First Ranger program; learning about the destructive tree beetle:

LOTS of mule deer:

Fun at the campsite with what we called "sling ball":

Gracie's Baptism & Concert

We couldn't be more proud or more thankful . . .

(Please forgive the camerawoman -

I was taking pictures and videoing at the same time!):

She sang 3 songs but I only had enough space to record one-

my favorite!

Catching Up

Wow! Has it really been since October?! I'm going to do some back-dating on this thing.

Let's see. I need to cover Halloween, Thanksgiving camping, Christmas, all the snow, Gracie's bday, the Daddy-Daughter Valentine Dance, camping at spring break, Easter and Wes' bday. Gotta lotta work to do. Good thing I gave up TV for lent (well, for God, but that's a whole other post) and I haven't started back yet. :)

Here we go . . .

Wes' Easter Party

His last Easter party . . . :(

Sweet baby boy.

Eggs!!

Spring Break!

Camping spring break with the Skinner family at Eisenhower State Park.

Fishing . . . way to go Kathy!

The kids LOVED their s'mores every night!

The play tent!

Daddy Daughter Valentine Dance!

Gracie and Daddy's 3rd annual Daddy-Daughter dance . . . always so sweet.

Gracie's 7th Bday

Her favorite, Sweet N' Sassy, making her own lip gloss . . .

Then off to one of our favorite places, Barnes and Noble for some reading . . .

Lunch with Mop at McDonald's!

Gift time!! Meet Sam, Gracie's new Beta fish!

She wanted a chocolate pink guitar cake, so a chocolate pink guitar she got! YUM!

Could those smiles be ANY bigger! I LOVE IT!!