:: The best part of waking up is...

folgers in your cup diarrhea on your floor!  Hello!
So, usually mornings here are pretty mundane.  Wake up at 6:30, rouse a sleeping boy to get ready for school, calm a fussy 2yo who just *hates* mornings, tell boy to quit messing around and get dressed about 547 times (conservative estimate), tell 2yo to stop bothering brother so he can get ready for school, make school lunch...yada, yada, yada.  Like I said, normal morning.

:: Snow! Finally!

Yesterday we finally got the kind of snow you'd expect here in Denver...just a few months late. I guess this season all the snow is going east.

Family Hike

Once in awhile Tom has a Saturday off. This day was one of them. We decided to pack up the kids and take in some fall colors of the Rockies. We didn't find much of that (too early or too late?  Can't say...), but we did have a great family hike...

  Aaaah, Colorado!

 

 Looks kind of like C's resisting strangling E...a subconscious thing?

 Argish LOVES the outdoors

 ...and this is why we love it here in Colorado.

 My favorite photo of the day. :)

June Misc. Stuff

(misc. stuff...is that redundant?  Oh well)
Hard to believe it's only June 17th...we've done a lot this month! Water-logged camping trip aside, we have had a great time with Grandpa Al this week. Let me share some pictures with you since I now can unabashedly show off my new camera. Although, you'll have to forgive me for the ones that have focus or lighting issues. I'm still learning...




I love these Pics with Grandpa and the kids reading a book...

We also purchased a new addition.  We bought a new (used) playset for the kids.  This was a gift from Grandpa and us in order to get the kids to play outside more because these kids deserve it.

 

The fun part of assembly
(I forgot to take pics of the wood-strewn-across-the-yard phase)

 The finished product.  This was put together in 1/2 a day...not bad, boys!

Argish was a bit perturbed that we were building this contraption where he typically goes the bathroom, but throwing the ball a bit made it seem not so bad and his attitude got better.

C also had his first t-ball game today.  He did really well, aside from the fact we had to talk about not doing somersaults in the field while he waits for kids to hit the ball.  For those of you not familiar with t-ball games...it makes professional games look like non-stop-adrenaline-pumping action, by comparison.

So, that's our summer so far.  Hope yours is fun and exciting too!

A day in pictures

         

                        Can you guess what this is?

Or this?

No?  Perhaps this will help narrow it down...

It's the downside of having a German Shepherd.  Yes, that's his fur all over the yard from a good brushing.
Too bad they don't do "Locks of Love" for dogs, Argish would be a gold mine.

And since I was having fun with my new camera, here's some other (more enjoyable) pics:

He is going to be SUCH a heartbreaker!

I think she will be too! :)