Happy Halloween

Crazy Busy Autumn

These last few months have been super busy. We ended our summer in Colorado at the YMCA of the Rockies with our Swenson family. It was fun to see everyone. We all spent the week in this cozy little cabin. The girls loved playing with their cousins and I loved seeing my parents and brothers and sisters.

 

The girls enjoyed hiking, zip-lining and riding horses with cousins.

 

When we returned home the girls started school. J is starting her second year in Pre-School, and S is now a First Grader. They were both excited to start the new school year. It will be nice having S at school with me. I see her often at recess and lunch.

 We also decided it was time to buy a house. We like the community we live in so we found a new house in a quiet gated community that has access to a pool. The girls were so excited to have a swimming pool near by, but moving meant we spent lots of time packing and then unpacking. Like I said, we have been very busy.

We did take time out of our busy life to visit the pumpkin patch. S had a hula performance at the pumpkin patch and after she performed we looked for the best pumpkin.

 The last part of our busy crazy autumn was that J got a hair cut. It looks so cute on her, but I think it makes her look a little older. She thinks it makes her look like her mom.

 We have been busy, but happy. We hope you are too.

Estes Park

One of our fist adventures in Colorado was Estes Park. My sister has wanted to take me here for quite a while. It is a mountain town that has cute shops and a pathway along a river. We decided to walk along the river until we found a slower moving part of the river where we decided to dip our toes in. The water was very cold, but S assured me that you get used to it if you get in. Here is our crew as we started our walk.

 Cbob and D were the first to brave the freezing mountain waters.

 

 

 

 

 

 This little guy actually reached in and grabbed a little fish. We had a hard time convincing him to put it back in the water. He wanted to take it home for a pet.

 My sister Gret and her crew had to leave us after lunch, but Joy and I were not ready to return home. We decided to take the tram to the top of the mountains where we heard we could feed the chipmunks. We thought it was a good idea until they crammed 12 of us on this tiny little tram car. We were a little nervous with so many little ones, but we made it, and the views were beautiful.

 

We filled our day with so much fun, the car ride home was filled with sleeping little ones.