Memorial Day 2012 Camping Trip to Mt. PrincetonSnug as a Bug

Snug as a bug! It was our first camper trip and it will be hard to go back to a tent!

Mt. Princeton Hot Springs. We rated it a 5 or 6.
The natural part next to the river was cool but the rest just looked like a pool.

The boys loved climbing on the rocks

Nick and Dre are just hanging out (waiting for Jake and Cade to fall on the rocks)

This was our beautiful fishing spot!

 And here are our fisherman (we are still holding out for our first catch!)

 Cade has the heart of a fisherman but not the patience yet. He is getting good at reeling it in.

Jake is getting awesome at casting! Still no fish yet.

 We had to take the line out of Nick's fishing pole after he captured Maggie and mom a couple times with his line! He doesn't seem to mind the line gone and just uses his pole as a sword half the time.

Maggie has a nice swim!

This is Cottonwood Hotsprings. This one was a little more natural (or greenie as Dre says). We gave it a 6. It could have been a higher rating if their prices weren't so high. The boys had a ball!

The little creek by our campground (duckie races on it later)

The larger creek by our campground was a favorite of the boys for running through and throwing rocks in.

The boys would probably tell you that the highlight of their weekend was getting to feed fish at the fish hatchery! They have one blue trout (very rare) and the boys thought that was cool. We made 2 trips to the hatchery and the boys loved every minute!

The boys each bought a duck for the duckie races at the campground. With about 20 kids that entered.....

The Ballards came away with a winner! 2nd place actually! His prize was $9.45 to spend at the campground store. He was very kind and bought his brothers a bag of lizards and some chocolate and himself a squirt gun....and some chocolate!

It was a great weekend! This summer we have a theme of hot springs(maybe fish hatcheries as well) and our next one is going to be Glenwood Springs!

Easter Egg Hunts

The boys had a lot of practice hiding eggs. We had our annual Poncha Circle egg hunt, Easter morning egg hunt with Gramma and Papa, and an Easter afternoon hunt with the Ballard cousins. Gorgeous days!

Here is the Poncha Circle crew

 Easter Morning....

Easter Afternoon (it was a beautiful day!)....

Gramma made an Easter lamb carrot cake

Kitchen is off the TO DO list!!

So starting a little over a year ago we started working on our kitchen. First are the before pics and then are the after pics. The last pic is a little project (coatrack bench for the boys) that I made this weekend. Now what will the next project be??? Don't worry, we have some ideas.

Before....

During...

 and...

Finished Product! Oh darn I just realized looking at this pic that I still need to put the handles on the pantry before I can officially take it off the to do list. Always something!

The work crew!

Mom, this pic is for you. The cookbook shelf is finished and I love it!

Here is the bench coatrack. I'm thinking of painting their favorite colors on the garage wall for each of their sections...or letting them loose with the paint! Dad, this is officially off the to do list.

Some Snow and Sun Fun!

The boys and I are headed over to Becky's (neighbor) to go hang out in their hot tub on a chilly morning! They thought they should be prepared and wear their goggles over! 

Hot Tubbin' It!

 I hung up a wiffle ball from a tree and the boys love giving it a good whack!

I knew Nick would love it because he is my ball boy!

I was surprised to see how much my Caders would love it!

A beautiful day calls for a beautiful trip to the ZOO!

We went with the boys buddies (and my buddy...their mom) Hard to see but there is an orangutang in the picture

My little zoo keeper/vet (or gator boy is what he likes to call himself)

The boys are getting the salad ready to feed the turtles at the Loft (one of our fav places because you always get to feed the animals)!

Keystone Trip

We went on a family ski trip to Keystone the second weekend in January. Jake was the only one that went skiing - he had a lesson. We went ice skating twice and played in the snow. The boys had so much fun! Mom and dad did too!

Headed up the gondola!

We walked through the village as everyone was headed to the lifts.
Nick loved looking at the people so he walked backwards. :)

Playing in the snow

Ready for the slopes

Practicing the stop

Ice Skating on the Lake at Keystone! The loved it!