Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Little Hero



Leo wanted to be superman tonight!

"I'm gonna be superman, you see?" "I can fly now!"

"Don't worry June I save you"


Monday, July 15, 2013

Babysitting Brooke

Brooke kept us company for 8 hours over the weekend! She is a really sweet age and even though she is still breastfeeding  she is a good little baby food eater so she was pretty content as long as she was full of food!

Leo "wuvs baby brock" Lily on the other hand could really care less at this point BUT I was able to snag  a  picture of the two girls (it only took 4 months)

Kids and their security toys Brooke with  Olivia the giraffe and Leo with Buzz

Gotcha! 

IHOP for Dinner

Leo was priceless at dinner, we sat down and the waiter came over and without  hesitation Leo shouts "I would like water and ice cream please!" He got pancakes and eggs...no complaints though!

Coloring King

Don't worry she has more than just cheerios!

Back home watching a movie now 


Thursday, July 11, 2013

New Cousin Chase

We did a hospital visit to meet my cousin Scott's third child Chase, he was born late Tuesday night after Alicia pretty much did 24 hours of labor! He was a whopping 10 lbs 5 oz, he already looked so grown up with hair and wearing a little polo.

Lily wasn't sure what to think at first...she actually ended up taking a nap while we were there, new babies must bore her.

Leo also wasn't as interested in baby Chase as I thought either, he was too busy meeting his new girlfriend Avalon. 

Lily liked talking to Granddad 

He gave me a little baby fever...

A-DOR-A-BLE 

Monday, July 8, 2013

First Movies

Movie Theater

Before leaving for Colorado Leo and I went on a Mommy & Me date! I took him to Monsters University on opening night. I wish I could have videod his reaction to the movie, priceless! We stood in line and he ordered his popcorn combo got his ticket and was literally shaking with excitement. When he handed his ticket to the guy he was yelling "which one do I go, which one do I go!?" 

He laughed hysterically at all the jokes and was very good at staying his seat, growing up so fast! 

Dinner at Micky D's


Excited!


His Ticket












Drive-in

We took the kids to the drive-in movie theater for the first time on Friday and to say the least Leo was pumped! He was so excited about watching it outside and since we have been blessed with amazing weather this summer it really was the perfect thing to do. We watched Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University(yes again!), we didn't get home with them until after 1am...special treat for sure.

"We get to watch it outside!?"



Eating dinner before the show.



Lily didn't last long, Mike ended up putting her to sleep during the previews.

He is holding some rocks, he wanted them to watch the movie too...


Fun times!

Experiencing Colorado

Mike and I were able to get away and make a trip to Colorado (my first!) It was wonderful! We are very grateful to my parents for watching the kids for the four days we were gone because I can't imagine doing that road trip with my precious children ;)

Me packing...
 Downtown Denver

Just what I needed.
We drove in late at night so when we woke up we were ready for our Denver adventure! We walked around downtown, went to a movie, swimming and then ate dinner at the Denver Aquarium. Denver was super laid back and even though we were walking around a ton of businesses it seemed so calm and relaxing. Also the weather was amazing, no humidity! 


Denver Aquarium


This was our dinner view, we sat in the "water room" which was just a narrow area with tables so that you were surrounded by the tank. Mike was in heaven. If  he could have something similar in his house I know he would!



Then we walked around the aquarium, which of course I ended up getting sick after we ate,  no worries though it passed after about 10 minutes and we were able to enjoy the rest of the evening. Not sure if it was altitude or the food but I was happy it didn't stick. 

Touching Sting Rays! 

Creepy to me but fascinating to Mike.


Aren't we glad there was thick glass between us!?

Coors Brewery 

 Next we hit the road for Golden Colorado and did a tour of the Coors Brewery where we were able to taste free samples and even though it was only 11am we sure did enjoy 3 samples a piece! 




While we did this tour we were graced with a lot of interesting company including a very chatty older gentlemen that made Mike's day with all his stories. We didn't even catch his name!



Mountains! 
On The Road

We drove to Estes Park next where were going to be staying at a Bed and Breakfast. We took a scenic highway so that we could soak up all the beautiful sights. The roads were curvy with tunnels and surrounded by mountains and running streams along the road, very peaceful! 





Ignore our dirty windshield please

Wildlife everywhere!
Lily Lake

We were adventuring and came across this Lake so of course we had to stop! 




Estes Park

The bed and breakfast we stayed in


The town was so pretty, we ate dinner right by the stream and enjoyed walking around the town that seemed to be surrounded by mountains.

Pizza and Salad!






Mike thought this dessert was worth it

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My shoes for our walking around the town.





Gorgeous!


 The way out of Town
We had to wear hair nets during the tea tour, I know we look ridiculous. 

Before we left we met up with Blazey and Tyler since they live in Longmont and we did two more tours, a celestial seasonings tour (tea) and a boulder beer tour!

12 4oz of boulder brewed beer. 


We had to stop for some breakfast and shopping on the way out of Colorado.

I am not kidding when I say the Ikea stop was seriously the most exhausting thing, I don't know if it was because we did it last or because we were so overwhelmed with decorating decisions! We started thinking  since Ikea is so cheap we would buy out the whole store BUT because we are so cheap we ended up only getting two end tables, silly us. I want to go back. 

See you later Mountains! 



We were glad to be back home and love on our children we missed so much!