Sweet Sound

Tyler came home at the beginning of the school year and told us he wanted to be in choir. I was a little surprised but happy that he wanted to join. He has to get up extra early one day a week and get to school 45 minutes early. I thought it was going to be a struggle to get him going so early in the morning. So far he's done awesome! They just had their first choir concert a week ago. For this concert they were joined by one other elementary school and our local Childrens Choral. There were over two hundred children on the stage when they joined for their last song. All of those beautiful little voices filled a very large auditorium. They did a great job.

Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

I had forgotten how cool this zoo is!! They have all the best exhibits. Sure, it's a lot of work to get around this zoo but its way worth it. We spent our entire Sunday afternoon checking out all the new additions since we had been here last. Nearly three years ago! It was a little cold but we still had a nice time.


Tylers reaction to the giraffes tongue....priceless!!!


The giraffes were their favorite stop


All together they weigh what a female Orangutang weighs.


We were looking at the tigers, so everyone (except Tyler) was growling like a Tiger. It was pretty cute.

Whoo Whoo

In preschool the boys are learning the letter "O". So, this week they made owl masks. My little John was pretty excited about this mask. So excited in fact, that he took it to bed with him and then put it on again first thing in the morning. He went to school in the mask :o) I could have made him leave it at home but I just didn't have the heart to tell him to take it off. He's so cute in it!!! The teachers got a kick out of seeing him in it again. I just hope it doesn't cause too many distractions in class.

Strike

We were able to go bowling this weekend with some old friends. Jason has known Jason C. since elementary school. So, this friendship goes way back. Luckily for me Jason C. married a cool girl that I enjoy hanging out with too. Bonus! They have three kiddos themselves so they don't mind the chaos that goes with hanging out with us. We had a great time, thanks guys!


Go Nicholas!!

Taylor and Matthew returning from what I'm sure was an exciting roll

Tristain, Nicholas, and Tyler. Not really smiling makes you a way bigger stud! pre-teen boys...gotta love em!


The bowling pros. Matthew was thirsty :o)

Bailey

This is pretty nutso. I am the first to admit that. With that said, I would like to introduce our newest family member. Ten week old, Bailey. She is a Sharpei (wrinkle dog) and I completely fell in love with her on this very random day.
Here is the story..... Jason had taken the two smaller kiddos with him fishing (ha ha) and I had the two older boys. We were spending some one on one time with them. I had a great day out with my boys!! Our last stop before returning home was at the good ol' Walmart for a new ink cartridge. When we pulled into the parking lot I saw the cutest puppies I have ever seen!!! I knew there was no way we could have a puppy but I wanted to at least pet one. They really were that cute. My biggest reason for never wanting a puppy in the past was that I DO NOT have the time to potty train a dog and I would never have an animal that messed on my floors. As I was doting over this puppy I mentioned that we just can't have any dogs because I don't know how and I can't spend the time necessary potty training. She said "Oh, well they're already potty trained!!" This was too perfect. Ever since I can remember I have wanted a wrinkle dog. This was my opportunity :o) As you can imagine Jason was in shock that I actually brought home a dog. Much less a puppy. She really IS potty trained and I just love her!!! She's really great with the kids and Ramses is slowly getting the courage to check her out. Soon enough I just know they will be best friends.




Welcome home Bailey!

Pumpkin Patch

We took our second annual trip out to the Pantaleo pumpkin patch this weekend. I really don't remember their pumpkins being so huge last year. We might have gone later in the season or maybe they just had a great harvest this year. Either way we had a hard time finding smaller pumpkins that the kids could actually pick up. The kids didn't seem to mind :o)







This was a bonus! Tyler actually wanted to pull the kids. This left Jason and I with empty hands and no one to be chasing. So nice!




Isn't this pumpkin huge!! Tyler was pretty stoked. Okay, Dad was too.

Sand Dunes

Well, the day started out sunny and beautiful. Great day for a trip to the sand dunes! We noticed that it started getting more windy the closer we got to our destination. Which by the way, was two hours away from home and we were almost there. So, by the time we actually got out on the sand and were climbing the dunes it seemed like an outright sandstorm! Crazy. The kids were saying "ouch! ouch!" to all the sand that was pelting them in the legs. Mom wasn't so smart and put them in shorts thinking it was going to be nice. HA! It was still a fun trip but we will have to go again when it's not so windy.



Tyler with his boogie board. Seemed like a good idea! Well, it just sunk down into the sand. Bummer!

Great day for kite flying.

This picture was taken about two seconds before the wind knocked him down the side of the dune. Too funny!!

Buggy Ride

When we showed up for horse riding therapy last week we were greeted with this fun surprise. Okay, so I don't know the official name of this cool little buggy thing but I do know that Nicholas thought it was great. They spent the entire lesson in the buggy learning how to steer Apache. By the end Nicholas was able to drive all by himself!