Cuteness

Best Buddies

Sydney has two buddies.

Sydney & Sophia. LOVE this picture of these two. This was at Sophia's house playing on the playset.

Sydney & Sophia. We went to dinner tonight at Chick-fil-A to let the girls play in the play area. I drove the Jeep there so Sydney's fashion if for the ride home.

Sydney & Lillia. LOVE this picture! We were heading to the Boulder Resevoir but it was closed due to a triathlon. So off to the pool instead.

Fourth of July

What a fun filled day for the Fourth of July...
Let's start with Sydney just being her cute self!

Then Sydney and I were off to Monkey Bizness.

Then the 2 of us were off to the pool for about an hour.  When we got there the big pool was closed to due to a kid  being sick in the pool.  Well that pool opened and then mine got sick in the baby pool and closed it down!  Nothing bad, but swallowed too much chlorine water.  Off we were to the showers and home to get ready for the BBQ at our house.

The girls had a good time playing together.

The couples.  What great neighbors and friends we have!
Me and Brian (Sydney).  Brook and Thain (Emerson & Clayton).

Gabe and Julie (Charlie).  Ben and Sara (Grace, Violet & Henry).

More playtime.

It was also Emerson's birthday.  They brought a pinata for the kids. 

When the hook broke and wouldn't go on the pole, time to just whack it on the ground!

Since the fireworks started after 9 and Sydney was asleep by 8:30, we were unable to walk down to Waneka lake for the firework show.  Luckily we had a good view on our deck!  Brian was on the hammock and we got a great view.  Unfortunately those darn Cottonwood trees blocked some of it - those trees need to go on so many levels :-).

Fun in June

Sydney was so proud of her Lego tower!

Another fun day with the water table.

Sydney and Sophia were enamored with the little green worm at the park.

View from our deck one morning!

My friend Melissa went on vacation and we got to keep Lillia a couple of nights. Here are the girls playing the High Five/Cut the Pickle game with Brian. After this, they take off running and chasing each other. Adorable!

The 3 Musketeers. I thought I would have a nice calm night and let the girls watch a movie. I put in Cars and it lasted about 5 minutes (long enough to eat their popcorn) before they wanted to play with Madeline. I really am blessed right now that Sydney doesn't watch movies.

Father's Day

For Father's Day we got the jeep out, hiked at Chautauqua and then had brunch at the Chautauqua Dining Hall.  Gabe, Julie & Charlie joined us for the brunch.


Before the hike.

And off we go!  We made it an adventure to find all the different color flowers.  Then about 5 minutes into the hike, Sydney slipped and scuffed up both her knees.  That turned into a hike for me and Brian with Sydney on his shoulders the rest of the way.

The best picture of the day  -  Sydney and Brian on Father's Day!

Meade's Visit to Colorado

My girlfriend Whitney and her daughter flew out on a Tuesday and her husband Ben flew out on Thursday for a visit. Unfortunately I got hit with an extremely bad case of allergies. We were able to have some fun, but I was not able to do as much as I wanted to :-(.

First stop... The Zoo
Here I am actually "petting" the snake.

Sydney was excited to see the polar bear which was really moving around that day.

We all had fun on the carousel!

As many times that I have been to the zoo, I have not seen the elephant show. One elephant was enjoying the pool while the other enjoyed getting some water sprayed into her mouth. I don't think I have ever seen their mouths either. What a fun thing to watch. Oh, and the girls enjoyed it also :-)

Watching the elephants.

So much fun that Sydney sacked out before we got to the car.

Sydney "driving" baby and Daddy to school. This was sooooo cute!

Off to dinner on Pearl Streeet.

It was so good to see my friend Whitney and spend time with Corbin and Ben. We miss you guys!