Yard Fun

We enjoyed having our garden plot in Poughkeepsie so much that we knew we would add a garden in our CO yard at some point. The time has come and the garden boxes are ready! It has rained almost nonstop since we put the raised beds in, but we will plant some fruits and vegetables soon!

With the rocks and landscaping fabric removed it is time to modify the sprinkler system.

Timothy keeping busy while Mommy and Daddy work on the garden.

The first box is ready to put in place. Timothy is never far from the action.

One down, one to go and the new sprinkler heads are up and running.

The flowers in the front are in bloom for only a week or two, but they are lovely for during that time.

Nice job boys! We are ready for some plants.

April Fun

Charlotte holding Rosie the Tarantula at school

We sure are happy this baby joined our family!!

I am ready to do some gardening!

Charlotte harvested daylily seeds last Fall and wanted to try to plant them. She picked out the pot and planted her seeds.

Timothy supervising the watering of the seeds...

...and the roses after we put some fertilizer on them.

While looking at the blog when Marin was a baby, per her request, I was reminded that I use to fill the sink and let her play to keep her busy while I made dinner.  Timothy loves this plan!!

The girls getting in on the water play.

He is just a "little" wet!

Timothy now pushes the chairs around to use as stools. He was watching birds in our yard on this morning.

Our little clam helper! Charlotte will eat as many clams as we give her.

Hmmmm, I wonder why Timothy thinks he should bring mixing bowls and kitchen tools to the living room?

Frosting Helper

Every morning when Timothy and I come down he squirms out of my arms to run to Daddy for his morning hug.

Carefully watching the process of making "chalk paint".

Charlotte's cup is filled with chalk dust that she made.

New bathing suits arrived for the summer! Time to fill the water table.

Kitchen helpers hard at work.

Marin breaded these pork chops by herself and I just cooked them.

Good morning Sister!

Spring Break 2015 - Fruita, CO

For spring break we wanted to go camping, but the first week in April is still pretty chilly, especially in the mountains! We headed out to Fruita, CO, which is a dessert climate and typically much warmer than the front range where we live. The day we drove out was very windy, but otherwise the weather was beautiful! The nights were cold, but we were warm in our tent and enjoyed hot breakfasts each morning. The days warmed up quickly and  the terrain of the Colorado National Monument was amazing.

A chilly and windy lunch in Glenwood Canyon

It feels great to get out of the car and stretch my legs!

The very cold Colorado River.  

"I really want to touch that water!"

The tent all set up - what a challenge with all the wind!!

We were at a walk-up site and they provided these wheel barrows that were pretty awesome.

Time for a round of Go Fish.

This is serious business.

Good morning!

A little sand play before breakfast.

The inaugural use of our very own two burner coleman stove!

What a beautiful setting.

Official bacon cookers at work.

There is nothing like a hot breakfast on a cold morning when you are camping.

Day 1 at Colorado National Monument on Window Rock Trail - check out that view!

Check out my treasure.

Coke Oven Formations

Start of our second hike on the Coke Oven Trail.

The rock is smooth.

Lunch bread

We made it!

Almost back to the car.

Thanks for the lift Daddy!

We always need sand handy. They happily play in it for hours.

Yummy breakfast in the works.

Day 2 - Heading out on the Corkscrew Trail, one of the original trails created by John Otto in the Monument.

Hi little friend.

Super Hikers - the new backpacks really helped!

A rock we can sit in!!

The highest point on the hike - time to go down the corkscrew.

This was really incredible and a corkscrew is the perfect description of what the trail is like.

We made it down, now for the last half mile on the flats. Of course, this is when our little hikers legs got tired so fortunately we had two sets of shoulders to carry two tired girls. Not bad for the girls longest hike to date, 3.5 miles.