Camping at Vega Dam

We went camping up at Vega Dam for Father's Day Weekend. We were lucky to get a spot since we hadn't reserved anything.  There were only three spots available by the time we got up there. We rented a pontoon boat for Saturday afternoon. Mimi and Pa came up to ride in the boat with us. Pa was supposed to play the guitar but was being difficult! :) We never got to hear him play!

 This little dude is liking the fishing thing. BayLea doesn't really like it, but will throw in a pole and enjoys reeling it in, but insists that we throw it back.

 "Look, Ma! No hands!"

 Sassy was a bit confused about the boating experience! But she handled it very well.

 I love this picture!

 Happy Father's Day!

The fields of flowers were unreal! We did a mini-photo shoot.

Playing handgames with daddy

I can't remember the rhyme they were doing, but it was just so cute! I love their faces...I don't really love the salsa jar I didn't notice though! GRRRR...






Look at those little muscles in her arms...thanks to gymnastics.


I love this picture...so much that I cropped it and it's now below...


Doesn't that show pure happiness and fun?

Putting in a Garden

We began a garden the other day...well, we really shouldn't say 'we' should we? Since I sat on the deck and drank a beer and read my book! But hey, WE put in a garden the other day. Aren't they cute? I think that the kids weren't too much help really...mostly they were in the way. But Daddy, being wonder Daddy, did a pretty good job of having patience with them!










And the puppy spent all day outside, running around...she was exhausted when we came in. She ignored everyone and slept, using BayLea's black shoe as a pillow!

Breccan and Daddy playing a little football...just before the Broncos got smashed!

Breccan is all boy! He wanted to throw the football while he was wearing his Broncos shirt. He and daddy played outside for a while. I was trying to get a backlit shot, too, but that didn't work!

COLD weekend getaway to Georgetown and Denver

We headed to Denver the other weekend for a Broncos game. Of course, it decided to get cold and wet for that trip! We went to Georgetown and spent Friday night there. The next morning we got in the pool. The water was really warm...nice surprise for an indoor pool. They aren't normally very warm.



I am always on a quest to get the perfect jumping picture! These were both TERRIBLY over-exposed, and so when I darkened them in Photoshop, Breccan's turned a really funky color. I tried to fix it, to no avail. I'm wondering if the sun didn't come out about the time he jumped and that's why there's such a different color.

My kids are fish.


This shot I thought I'd try for a Christmas card picture. Not happening!
So Saturday morning I got up and got online on my computer to check the time to get on the train. I made the reservations for 12:45, thinking it was 12:45 from Georgetown. It wasn't. It was 12:45 from Silver Plume. Good thing I checked. We had to drive back to Silver Plume, which was only about 7 minutes or so. When we got to Silver Plum, we needed to find a place to eat and there's only three places. We settled on The Tea Room and it turned out to be a pretty good meal. The flowers above, and this pic of BayLea and I are taken there.

Then we got on the train, in the wet, drizzling rain.

Breccan fell asleep about 20 minutes into the train ride (no wonder, he goes to bed late when we're in a hotel room, but STILL gets up at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m.).
It was a great little ride. I'm excited to go again when it's WARM!

Breccan was still asleep when we pulled back into the station.
In Denver the kids did a little more swimming. Did I mention they're fish?


And then off to the Broncos game.

Look at how high we are...

way up there.

We had a great time, cold and all!