Friday, November 14, 2014
The yellow chair photos
For a while I was taking photos of the boys in the yellow chair. I've neglected this task of late until yesterday...
Gavin 5.5 and Trevor 3.5
Halloween 2014
The kids were excited for Halloween this year. Gavin wanted to be Super Mario's brother Luigi (after being Mario for two years) and Trevor wanted to be Batman. Someone at school asked how is this costume any different than Trevor's daily attire-it isn't. He's a super hero every day-he usually wears a cape or super hero shirt!
I asked the kids what I should be since I was going to help out in their classroom on Halloween. Trevor said Wonder Woman. Of course! She's the most scantily clad of the super heros. I'd figure out how to tone it down for a preschool audience!
We carved pumpkins and decorated the front windows at home. Went pumpkin picking with school and Grandma Joyce. We were ready!
I spent the day at school helping the kids do holiday crafts and activities. Then we picked up grandma. We hired her to hand out candy so I could go out with daddy, uncle David and Amy on our candy retrieval mission. It was a success. This year there was no stroller, no wagon and no carrying. Wow! Gavin, Trevor and the neighbor kids raced from house to house and quickly filled their buckets. We returned home tired and ready for bed. The day was a success!
Later I let the kids pick out a few pieces if candy and daddy took the rest to work!
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Beam boys funny videos
Now that I've finally downloaded my phone images to my computer, you can enjoy a few silly videos compliments of Gavin and Trevor.
Road Trip!
We went on our first road trip around Colorado with the boys last weekend. We were invited to Esther and Steve's daughter, Jenny's, wedding in Cortez. If you don't know where Cortez Colorado is - think 4 corners - AKA - southwest corner of the state. About 8 hours from Lafayette. A road trip!
We left on Thursday morning and headed south on I-25 to Amalia, New Mexico. Our friend Jonathan moved down there a few years ago. (He was the officiant at our wedding). We got to meet his horses, chickens and dogs. The kids enjoyed chasing the chickens and meeting the horses. (Sorry, mom was too busy making sure the horses didn't step on the kids to take photos). The horses really liked the kids though and vise versa! The kids got to gather eggs from the chicken coup.
On Friday morning, we had fresh eggs for breakfast then hit the road. We were headed to the Sand Dunes. We brought a snow sled hoping to be able to sled down the dunes. Only 38 lb Gavin was able to get the sled to move! We hiked up a few dunes and sat and ate lunch. The kids enjoyed pushing the sand over the edge of the dunes. The amount of sand in their boots equaled a few table spoons each.
After an hour at the dunes, it was time to hit the road again. 3 hours later we made it to Durango for dinner then our final destination, Cortez, Colorado! We made it! Along the way we saw lots of Aspen trees with their bright yellow leaves. Joel saw the campground where Chevy Chase and family camped - Shady Acres - or whatever it was called in the movie. (I took photos on the way back at 60 mph). We pulled into the hotel parking lot and Gavin asked if he and Trevor would be sleeping in bunk beds. I told him to ask at the front desk. He asked and the girl politely apologized saying that they didn't have bunk beds! I was impressed that he asked.
On Saturday morning before the wedding, we went to Mesa Verde to see the cave dwellings. I visited Mesa Verde with mom about 11 years ago. The cave dwellings are still there! We took a steep path down with the kids to see one. Pretty amazing structures.
Joel took a few photos at Jenny and Fabian's wedding. I got to see a few former co-workers from Children's and the kids got to see what a wedding was all about. "Is it time for cake yet?" On the way back to our hotel, I made sure to get a photo of the kids with shirts with buttons - one small step for mom-kind. (the boys won't wear anything with buttons, zippers or snaps).
On Sunday, we headed east to Alamosa. We stopped at our hotel to check-in then made a bee line back to the Sand Dunes. This time we stopped at the visitor center to use our souvenir money from grandma. I'll let you figure out what we bought. (They rode in the trunk back to the house!). We took a nice hike down a path to the sand dunes and the river.
(The little dot at the top of the hill is Joel!)
We continued our journey home on Monday. The whole way Joel and I kept saying how beautiful this state is. There is so much diversity in the landscapes - from high desert to mountains to plains. Beautiful!
Home again, home again, jig-a-dee-jig!
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Apple Picking
The day after daddy's birthday we went apple picking in Longmont. The kids and I wandered through the orchard and daddy picked the best apples from a variety of trees.
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