Day With Thomas

Jackson has been waiting all summer to go see the "real life Thomas". Yesterday his little dream came true and he was in Thomas heaven.  The train museum in Golden has a Thomas the Train that comes through every year.  We got to go for a ride on Thomas and take pictures with Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt.  There was a petting zoo, trains everywhere, Thomas story and song time, and a craft area to make train puppets.  Jackson seemed a little overwhelmed while trying to take it all in. He loved it.  Cody loved watching the trains go by, too.  He would point and squeal every time the train went by.  Later that night Jackson told me "I did see real life Thomas today. There were SO many trains and I did pick Bash".  He makes me laugh At the end of the day in order to leave you have to walk through the merchandise tent filled with Tomas everything (strategically placed).  So we let Jackson pick one thing out.  First, he picked a light up Percy, then he picked out a puzzle and put Percy back. Then he was walking around with huge eyes looking at alllllll the trains holding his little puzzle. Then he stopped at a table that he could barely see over and looked up and his eyes got bigger, he reached up and grabbed a little train named Bash. He picked it up off the table, held it tightly in his little arms, walked over to me and said "Mommy, put my puzzle back.  I found Bash!"  He is so silly.

 

Camping

we went camping near Beaver Reservoir with Nana, Aunt Leez, Uncle Ryan and the cousins a few weeks ago! It was so nice to get away for the weekend and play outside! We had smores, slept "under the stars" played in the dirt, attempted our first fishing trip-no fish were biting but playing in the lake was just as fun!

Its hard to believe the very next weekend that whole area was under water.  I am so glad we were not there when the flood gates opened! 

Now, this doesn't look so bad....lounging with your feet up, drinking juice! What a life! 

Cody, locked in his cage

Playing in the dirt

S'mores with Dad

campfire hugs

S'more S'mores

Cousins

Chillin' with Uncle Ryan

Playing at the lake

Emma fishin' with mom

Cody and Nana

Beautiful Lake

Exhausted!

11 months

Cody, Happy 11 months!!! This has been a fun month of playing outside, camping with the cousins, cutting 4 teeth and learning how to walk.  You are growing so fast, it is hard to believe you are almost a year old!

Cody-Bear, at 11 months old you:

~ walking along furniture, stand alone and have even taken a couple steps

~ you have 6 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom)

~ you go to bed easy after a bottle, but like to wake up between 12a and 1a and think its time to play....hopefully this will end soon :)

~ still love your binky-the same green ones they gave you at the hospital

~ you love the tags on your toys and blankets

~ you like to knock over the toys Jackson is playing with, then he pushes you away and you fake cry to try and get him in trouble

~ you love playing in the water and sanbox

~ you will eat anything, sometimes it is hard to keep the food coming before you scarf it down. Then as soon as you decide your done it all gets thrown off your tray

~ you are busy exploring everything you can get into

~ you crawl super fast and bear crawl on the sidewalk or grass if you don't like the feel of the ground

~ you are so cute and so much fun, and I love to see your little personality shining through.

We love you sooooo much and you bring us so much joy everyday!

xoxo

Mommy

CFD 2013

At the end of July, we went to Cheyenne Frontier Days and spent a few days in Cheyenne.  We went to the Luke Bryan concert on Wednesday night.  It poured rain and his sound equipment quit so he dimmed the lights took the mic and sang some acoustic songs for us.  It was amazing.  Thursday we took Jackson and Cody to see the cows at Uncle Twan's ranch.  Jackson named the baby girl cow Rosie.  And he even got to ride the John Deere tractor.  Friday, we took the boys to the carnival to ride the rides and eat Dippin' dots. They loved it.  And we got back to Grandma's house just in time to see a giant hail storm and a funnel cloud even dropped down right off the front porch. It was scary, but it never touched down.

Jackson and Daddy

Moving rocks with Papa

Building a fire pit

Kristine and Jackson at the farm

Cody sitting on the fence

Kristine and Cody

Riding the train at the carnival

"Scruff the Scruncher"

Carousel time

warn out

fun in the sun

snow? or hail?

and a rainbow to be reminded that God is merciful and full of grace.