Memorial Day camping trip 2013

This year we spent Memorial Day weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!  We had a blast hiking, exploring, and enjoying nature. 

Our Campsite

We always have the BEST camping food!

Trey was my kid that wanted me to take his picture every time we stopped.



So beautiful....the lake was still mostly frozen 

There was still quite a bit of snow!

We drove up one of the mountains, I think we were at about 11,000 feet

Yep, still a lot of snow for the last weekend of May

Don't worry this is a fake gun, but this picture is so Ty...do not mess with this boy!

Dye them eggs!

To keep with out Easter traditions we dyed some Easter Eggs. The boys did a great job and had fun.

Ty with a suprizingly little amount of dye on his hands!

Bass Pro Shop -- Denver

In Texas we were lucky enough to have the boys favorite store, The Bass Pro Shop, less than 15 minutes away...however, we aren't quite as lucky here, but at least there is one in the state, I don't know what the boys would do without this store. Every year at Christmas Bass Pro Shop sets up a winter wonderland. It is awesome and they have lots of free activities and a free picture with Santa. We decided to keep with our Bass Pro Shop Winter Wonderland tradition and headed up to Denver. We met up with my brother's family and spent the entire day at BPS!
Of course the grandkids were trying to convince Gramma and Grampa to get a boat!
Ty would not go to Santa..Devin is a good cousin and held Ty for the Santa Pic.
The big boys trying out the shooting range.

Christmas Season 2011

December was a crazy month!! I was busy and a lot of fun. Because I am so far behind I am just going to recap the whole month in 1 post (maybe 2 if I ever get around to getting the pictures off my phone or my mom's camera well maybe 3 if I can also manage to post about the non- Christmas related things too). We started off the month by decorating the tree. Everyone helped, even Ty! It was beautiful and Tucker got the honor of putting the Angel on the top of the tree.
One night we met up with some of our Colorado family and checked out the Zoo's Electric Safari. The zoo was lit up with tons of lights. It was beautiful! We even got to see some of the animals that are usually sleeping when we go during the day. The weather was cold (I mean it was December in Colorado and the Zoo is in the mountains), but it really wasn't too bad out.f(You can't really see the kids in this one, but you can see how awesome the lights were.) Gramma and Grampa with Ty! (I love that puppy hat on him, but he usually never wears it, he just likes to hold it.) It is so hard to get a good shot of all of them...if only that branch wasn't in front of Tucker's face...this one isn't half bad...and we are missing baby Roman, he is toasty warm and fast asleep in his car seat.) A couple of days before Christmas we got a good amount of snow and of course we had to go play in it. I really wish I could find my snowboarding pants so I could have stayed out with them on longer..They somehow have gotten misplaced. It was fun anyways! (The snow actually stuck around and we ended up with a White Christmas!) Instead of decorating 1 gingerbread house like we have done in previous years, I found a kit to decorate Santa sleighs. That way each one of the boys could have their own and do it their own way. In true fashion, Tucker was the first one done and Trey was the last one done trying to get every detail right. Surprisingly, Ty was really into it and despite how the picture might look, he really didn't eat much of the candy, he did a great job decorating. On Christmas Eve, my brother's family came over. We had fun playing games, decorating cookies, have a great Christmas dinner, and opening presents. Instead of dressing up, we decided to go with Christmas shirts.
Here are the younger kids in their Christmas PJs! I am shocked we actually got a picture of all of them smiling and looking at the camera! Here are my boys on Christmas morning..the 1 and only time during the year I actually dress them the same. I love these Christmas PJs!! They are probably my favorites of all the Christmas pjs my boys have worn. They are about to check their stockings! Me and my handsome little men after Church on Christmas morning!! (If you can't tell, I actually cut about 6 inches off my hair...well thinking about it we all got hair cuts this month)

Caramel Apple Time

Every year around Halloween we make caramel apples. We all love to eat them and it is fun to make them. Ty didn't know to wait for the caramel...so he bit his apple a couple of times while the caramel was melting. We made a mess, but it was worth it...they were delicious!!!

Pumpkin Time

We, of course, carved pumpkins...It was a lot of fun. Tucker did a great job and scooped out those guts without a problem. Trey would only use a spoon. And Ty, he was cute. He loved looking into the pumpkins and he would take out the guts and squeeze them. Then once all the pumpkins were cleaned out and we were deciding what to carve on them, Ty started putting the seeds back into the pumpkins...he cracks me up.