take me out to the ballgame

It was our first family ball game outing. Unfortunatley the Rockies did not pull off a win but fun was had by all.








Go Rockies!

oh, the attention span...

of a 6 year old playing baseball.





He may not pay attention the whole time...but he loves playing!

happy jeffmas to you all...

This past weekend we celebrated Jeff's big 40th birthday with
a fantastic dinner out the two of us,
kid creations and



a bit of gardening...


Could not have been better!
Happy birthday my love.

science projects and baseball

Ryan participated in her first science fair project at school. As we were driving down the mountain from our hut trip we ended up stopped on I70 due to rock blasting. The questions starting coming in...hense the beginning of a science project! It was so fun to see her so excited about her project and yet she didn't "win" at school she says she will try again...love my little scientist.



And tis the baseball season...or should I say COLD spring ball. Cole had his first machine pitch game this weekend which ended up being called after an inning and a half due to snow flurries. We lovingly called the game ~cheers and then tears. It was so cold but the kids were troopers.

more spring break

My parents came for a long awaited visit in March. The kids had endless amounts of fun...having someone to play uno, kurplunk, dinosaurs or just having their backs scratched at all times! As always we packed our visit with fun things to do...

a walk around red rocks


Garden of the Gods

going out for pizza at a favorite spot

or just laying in a sunny spot with a book

You filled me up and reminded me to smile...love you and thank you. thank you for coming.

walter...

thank you once again.

We snow shooed into Walter's cabin in the 10th Division Mountain System again this spring break. The kids once again plowed through the 2.7 mile hike in with about 1000 feet in elevation gain. This year however we had the added bonus of snow...a lot of snow! The hike in was in a complete blizzard (hence the no photos) and when we arrived we were greeted with 10 foot snow drifts.

We spent many hours in front of the gas stove to warm us up (turned out to be the most popular place in the hut).

We stole moments of lighter snow outside to make snow caves.

We passed the time with mountain snow cones,icicle hunting and


many many games of uno and war.









A wonderful wonderful few nights in the wintery snow filled solitude of Walter's Cabin.

summer dress

Thank you Mirjam!