Fall Activities 2010

With sports activities, work activities, and school, the last few months have flown by!

The first lost tooth!! What a dramatic experience...and how many more to go?!

Allen with his new toy!! I have never seen him so excited to mow!

This is Keara and Easton at a banking tailgate in Lincoln.

Easton was the star student for the week in his Kindergarten class!

Our little dancing queen!

Flag Football

Soccer

Allen was suckered into coaching a couple games :)

Allen & I in KC at a corporate event.

Our gold at the end of the rainbow!

The FIRST day of KINDERGARTEN!!

At long last, the first day of Kindergarten! The joy, the tears, a bittersweet day. It's a whole new chapter for our family.

Rocky Mountain National Park

In early August, we traveled to Rocky Mountain National Park with my parents. Since Mom and Dad travel out there almost every year, we had built-in tour guides! We hiked, played in streams, and explored the area. We participated in the ranger programs and Keara and Easton earned their Junior Ranger badges! I think they still had mine on file from 1984!! We had great weather and had a wonderful time. I keep hearing from Keara and Easton, 'when we going back to Colorado and roast marshmellons?'

Allen and I took off one afternoon and hiked up Deer Mountain. This is from the top.

We drove up Old Falls River Road and took a couple trails on the way up.

In front of Chasm Falls.

All of us in front of Chasm Falls.

Allen being "a good example" (huh-um) and crossing the stream!

Building dams.

Hiking up to Mills Lake. We hiked 6 miles that day- pretty good for little feet!

In front of Alberta Falls.

At Mills Lake.

A growly bear at the end of the trail!

Mmmm...

...smores!

The Fleeting Summer of 2010

Time flies when you're having fun! And, maybe, that is why I am sitting here at the end of July wondering how the summer went so fast, not to mention the last five years. With Keara and Easton starting school in August, I feel like we have to squeeze everything in and make everyday fun like I'm sending them off to a boarding school and won't see them for six months! So with trips to the zoo, the Childern's Museum, playtime at the park, bicycling trails, swim lessons that have them actually swimming, several evenings of tee-ball games, two trips to Colorado and lots of lazy afternoons at the MO Valley pool, I hope they remember all of our fun!

Boulder/ Eldorado Canyon State Park

In July, Allen headed to Colorado University in Boulder to begin year one of a three-year program in the Graduate School of Banking. He was there for two weeks, so Keara, Easton and I packed up and drove out to visit for a few days.

This is in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder. We took a morning to explore a few trails.

This is in downtown Boulder, an entertainer who sets himself on fire and juggles knives at the same time! Easton was amazed and we had to keep reminding him that this was this man's special talent and probably (hopefully) not his!

Pool time, and our dare-devil children...

Miss Sophisticate!

Getting ready to watch a movie by the pool!

The hotel we stayed at was between Boulder and Denver and it was wonderful. They had movies and popcorn by the pool, cookies and milk before bed every night, a morning with the chef creating an ice sculpture, and little backpacks filled with trinkets when you check-in. We will be there in July the next two years!!