Go Broncos

Before the Broncos game yesterday we all got on our gear. Kind of cheesy I know. But, it's fun. Faith just got her new Broncos cheerleading outfit and was saying "go Bunkos!" In a few years I know theres no way she will let me put her in something like this so I have to take advantage of it now.



Daddy and his little Broncos cheerleader

Denver Zoo

I decided that it was time to take the kids to the zoo. Faith had never been and for the boys it had just been way too long. I'm not sure John even remembered going before. My friend Rachel graciously accepted our invitation to join us. Not only did we enjoy her company she turned out to be a life saver! What I love most about the Denver zoo is that it is flat. They also have this great section of turtles, snakes, frogs, fish, and seals that do tricks. The kids were able to ride a small train around parts of the zoo also. I think they all had a good time.




How tall are you compared to a Polar Bear?

Rachel and Faith on the train

On a metal hippo...

Nicholas and the elephants

Life With Three Older Brothers

As Faith has gotten older she has also become more brave. Her older brothers, especially Tyler and Nicholas, seem to always be up to something a little wild. Faith willingly participates in these events. In the past she has climbed into a plastic toy box lid and been pushed down the stairs (tall stairs) by her brothers. Of course she was the test run to see if it was really going to work. Thankfully she was laughing at the end of the ride and not crying. Well, this time I'm happy to say they tried this one on their own before they put her on. The ride went smoothly until Nicholas made a sharp turn. Down she went! This in no way has stopped her from riding it again or from "trusting" her brothers. Not sure she should be so trusting of these crazy boys :o)



Yes, that is my princess with a skirt on and riding a four wheeler. Is there such a thing as a prissy tomboy?

Blackberry Pickin'

For something different to do, we took the kids to a farm this past weekend. Its actually an apple orchard but they have other fruits too. They have a schedule of when you can come and pick things. Things like, apples, berries and pumpkins. This weekend they were open for blackberry picking. I guess for the best berries you need to get there right when they open. Well, we arrived in the afternoon. We had a hard time finding ripe berries but still had fun looking through all of the bushes. Nicholas in particular was interested in the fact that they grow on bushes. Tyler had the most luck finding the ripe berries but we still only left with a handful. Next time we will get there early!!

Jason giving tips on what color berries to pick

Tyler and his small batch of berries

These beautiful unripened berries are what we kept finding

We took a walk over to the pumpkin patch to see how the pumpkins were coming along. They were mostly still green.

Sleep Study

After four years of restless nights for John, we finally got him in for a sleep study. I started laying down with him in the afternoons to try and figure out what was going on. I quickly realized that he was holding his breath while he was sleeping. Kind of scary. So, we are hoping that something helpful will come from this study. What a night! It was really hard on John and just exhausting for myself. From the picture you can see just how uncomfortable it would be to try and sleep. The hard part was trying to keep him from pulling all of those wires off. When he was awake he understood that he couldn't take them off but once he fell asleep all that reasoning went out the window. Of course. I dozed off a couple times and sure enough he pulled the two things out of his nose, and had one of the electrodes that should have been on his forehead on his eye. Poor baby! I took these pictures before we went to sleep. He thought all those wire were pretty cool...until he had to go to sleep.

Tiny Dancer

Faith is in ballet! I was so excited to get her started. Three is the age they are able to start ballet so it worked out perfect. The class started last night. She was definitely the youngest and smallest girl in the class. She seemed to be following the bigger girls leads so I was thankful for that. Although, I do have to admit that at one point she was jumping like a frog and saying "ribbit" :0) Not very ballerina like..hee hee. All of these tiny little girls dancing around in pink just might be the cutest thing I have ever seen! I hope it's something she will enjoy doing for a long time.


Our beautiful ballerina

State Fair

This year we decided to venture out to the state fair. We went in the evening so it wouldn't be so hot for the kids. Plus, we thought they would love to see all the lights on the rides. They did! I know it sounds crazy but the little ones had never had snow cones before. So they had their very first snow cones. Red ones no less. I think they were in absolute heaven eating their snow cones and watching all that was going on. Tyler brought along a friend and they went on all the "scary" rides. Jason and I just had fun watching all the kids enjoying themselves.



All three of them were able to drive the car together. Take a close look at John's shirt :0) Yep, he was a sticky red mess.

Tyler and Austin still a little dizzy after their last ride


He felt pretty big up there!