Hangin' Out

Not much has happened this week. We have just been hangin' out and relaxing. On Saturday Henry went antelope hunting with a friend of his. Of course, no animals were hurt durning the hunt. He can't seem to get an antelope.

Sunday we had a fire pit at Mom and Dad's. Kyle has been bugging us to roast marshmallows for a few weeks so we pulled out the pit and made a fire. We had fun and Kyle burned (I mean CHARRED) 2 marshmallows and called it good. We all had fun though. It was great weather too.

Yesterday, Henry left for Utah for a sales meeting on Friday. He has to help set up and get proposals done before Friday. Kyle and I went to Chatfield Swim Beach with a Relief Society outing group. We had fun, and there was a couple boys there that were his age. Yeah! He always hangs out with the girls in his age group, he is a ladies man! He build sand castles and played in the water. He went in further than he ever has before. He is getting brave!

Then last night we had dinner at Mom and Dad's. Brian started school this week again so he was hiding in the basement studying. After dinner Kyle and Grandma made chocolate chip cookies while I went for a run. Kyle loves to eat the cookie dough so we had to watch him closely and hide the cookie dough between batches.

Kyle Started Preschool!

Kyle's first day of school was Tuesday. The picture to the left is Kyle on our porch with his assigned tote bag before we left for school. He was so excited to go to school and be able to play with his friends. We walked over to Ms. Holly's house (it is about a mile away and Kyle walked the whole way). When we got there he said his energy was all gone. When it was time for him to go in, he looked back a few times but went in willingly. I am so glad he didn't have a fit and cry. That would of been hard on me!

Kyle getting ready to go onto Ms. Holly's house

I walked back to pick him up, this time I brought the jogging stroller and some snacks for him. When he came out he said he played with his friends, played on the computer, colored, and have fun. He said he wanted to go back. That has to be a good sign!

For dinner Kyle got to choose where he wanted to go for dinner. We wanted it to be a special day for Kyle. He chose Chick-Fil-A a favorite of his.

Cornerstone Splash Park 8-10

I am incharge of an interest group for church were we go somewhere with the kids each week. This week we went to a park by us that has a fountain area and a playground. We also discovered thay have a mud pit with running water and tractors! Kyle was in heaven and spent most of his time there of course. He is all boy.

Hunting Season is Coming!

This past Saturday Henry, Brian, Kyle and I went and hung a tree stand for hunting season (starts Saturday August 29th). Henry and all his hunting buddies are geeking out and just can't wait. We hiked about a mile in to were the tree stand would be hung. Kyle can hike the whole thing, he has in the past, but Brian took pitty on him and carried him part of the way.

Brian had to "climb" the tree stand up little by little. He hooked his feet in the stand and there is a strap that wraps around the tree. Then e had to lift his knees and the stand would move up then when he put his knees down, the stand would lock down so he could stand on it. Then Henry had to follow him up the tree to screw in the step so Brian could get back down. It was quite the ordeal and they were both pooped afterward.

Brian in the tree stand waiting for Henry to get to him.

Chatdfiels Swim Beach 8-7-09

We are so lucky to live with in 5 miles of 2 great Colorado State Parks. One of them is Chatfield Reservoir. Kyle and I went with some friends from church to the swim beach at Chatfield. It was great! The water was a little cold but Kyle loved playing in the sand and the beach was not crowded at all. Of course, there were some of his girl friends there :)

Museum of Nature and Science 8-6-09

Kyle and I went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with a few friends so Kyle could play with some of his future classmates before school started. We went with Hope and McLayne and their moms (Scharee is McLayne's mom and goes to church with us, and Holly is Hope's mom and Kyles preschool teacher). The kids had a great time. As usual, Kyle's favorite part was the dinosuars and it was McLayne's too. The picture to the left is Kyle and McLayne playing in the mars mud. Kyle likes hanging out with Hope, but he really likes McLayne. He loves to play with her in nursery too. Kyle has all girl friends, he is a ladies man! Hopefully we can get a play group started with a few boys. On the way home, we got stuck in a severe thunderstorm. It hailed and there was lightning and thunder and the tornado sirens were going off. It was creepy, I won't lie.

Kyle and Hope on the way to the Museum

Royal Gorge

We just got back from our little mini-vacation. We went down to Canon City to ride the Royal Gorge train. We left Friday late morning. We had enough time before the train ride to see the Dinosuar Depot. Dinosaur Depot is a little museum where they house some dinosaur bones. Just 10 miles north of town is where they have retreved a lot of dinosaur fossils. More have come from here than anywhere else in the world. This is Kyle pictured with an Apatasaurus thigh bone.

Kyle and Daddy playing at the Dinosaur Depot

Then we went to the train depot and got on our train. We rode in the vista dome car so we could see up the canyon walls. It was really neat! We saw lots of rafters but no wildlife :( Kyle loved the train ride. We had lunch on the train too. Kyle was in heaven.

The Royal Gorge Bridge from the train.

After the train we drove the Skyline Road. Ooops, wish we got more info before we drove it. We were told it had really pretty views of the city. So we thought we would drive it. We get up there and it is a one lanr, one way road and you drive the ridge. It is a staight drop off on either side of the road. It was pretty but it was white nuckle driving the whole way. Just as you think you are done, you crest a hill and there is more.

The view from the windshield.

The view from the passenger window, down.

The view from the driver window, down.

Saturday we drove home and too the scenic route. We drove through Salida and Fairplay and just took our time. We got home late Saturday so we slept in this morning and missed church. Actually we didn't miss church, we just didn't go. After we got home we wished we sayed away a little longer. We are talking about another trip in the next few weeks before hunting season begins.

Tiny Town, CO 7-27

Kyle and I went to Tiny Town earlier this week with the summer outings group from Relief Society. Only one other person went this time, but we still had fun. Of course we had to ride the Tiny Town train too. Kyle got to ride in the caboose this time. He loved it and threw a fit when we had to leave.

U of U Alumni at the Rockies 7-24

We went to the University of Utah Alumni night at the Rockies on the 24th of July. It is always a good time. We had all you can eat brats and dogs before the game. And the seats this year were better than last years. Kyle always loves going to games so he had a balst. We went with Dad and Mom and Brian and Kim.

Dinosaur Ridge 7-23

A freind of mine from high school was in town with her two kids so we went to Dinosaur Ridge. Kyle had never been there and he loves dinosuars. He loved it. The kids played in the sandbox for a while then we took the bus tour up the ridge. We got to touch fossils and have out picture taken with real dinosaur tracks. This was the hottest day of the year and of course the bus had no ac, so we were really tired and hot at the end of the trip. Kyle keeps asking to go back with Daddy now.

This is Kyle touching the underside of a dinosaur footprint. Probally a stegasaurus, one of his favorites!