Jump shot? Yes or no....

Toad in the Garden

Tiny Town

Made our way down to Tiny Town in Morrison, CO for a fun kiddo experience.  Not quite as cool as we had hoped, but we definitely LOVED the little train ride and the playground.  Met lots of fun people and played hide and seek til nap time.

Cherry Pie!!!!

We finally pulled all them cherries from the freezer and made us a pie with the cherries we picked in Juuuly!

I hope it's OK that I say this but it was really, really good.  Everything from scratch.  Dyno-mite!

We shared it with Karington's family when we went there for our playdate in August!  

Grasshoppers!

This has definitely been the summer for grasshoppers.  They are everywhere and come in all colors and sizes.  Coda calls them 'aps' so it is our new word - we often go 'ap' hunting as an activity in the evening.  We also found some pretty huge toads in our front yard (vines aka jungle actually) but also had a big one in our back garden area.  Can't seem to download that video of Nevi petting the big toad but will keep working on it.  

Watermelon & Juice!

Nev's riding a 2 wheel!!!!

Nevi's doing it!  She's riding her little bike without training wheels! Her big/newer bike is just tall enough so that she can't touch, therefore, not quite as comfortable riding without the training wheels yet.  But she keeps hitting new levels of mastery and maturity.  Nothing surprises me these days with Nev.  She's quite spectacular AND quite grown up!!!!

Pearl Street Half-Mile Running Race, featuring Nevi K

My boys.....

LAZY JULY

The kids and I went to a local farm to pick tart cherries earlier in July.  It was a VERY hot day but luckily, after the picking, we were able to sit on rocking chairs on the covered porch of the barn and enjoy a picnic.  We saw chickens, donkeys, turkeys, sheep, and a goat.  Upon return, the kids helped me de-pit every cherry with our cherry pitting contraption.  It was really fun.  Can't wait to make the pies.... 

Also attached some pictures os us just having some fun.... I found some walking sticks for the sticks so we could add a prop to our usual trail hikes, but they were apparently not ready for them.  Both ended up hurting themselves and I, of course, felt like Mother of the Year for offering them. Anyhoo, it's been a fun summer with GREAT weather and lots of down time.