"Trwain" Museum

For months, Zach has been telling anyone who asked what he did that day, "I goh at dah trwain museem." So, we figured it was probably time to make a teller-of-the-truth out of him. Click on the title for many more shots.




Olivia was more impressed with the flowers in the dirt pile that used to be our garden.

Baby in the Mirror

Look who Olivia met today?

Breckenridge 100 Weekend

Scott competed in the Breckenridge 100 http://www.warriorscycling.com/home/news.php. Above, he's returning from Loop 1. This was Scott's 4th 100-mile mountain bike ride (why do people say, "thank you, sir. May I have another?" to that type of torture?), and unfortunately this time the mountain won. But Scott completed 2 of the 3 laps and climbed over 6,000 vertical feet and saw some amazing riding, and only had one serious fall of his own. He'll be back, don't you worry.

The girls at the picnic.
Zach's first fishing outing, the Blue River. He caught a fish with every cast! But we had ice cream, not fish, for dessert.

Click on the title for all 150 pics...

A Mug

One of my favorite mugs.

Here's La Livia after her second meal of rice cereal. For even more shots of this and other mugs, click on the title.

Eat, Play, Love

Playing on the (potential book club book selection?) title Eat, Pray, Love, the kids and I went up to Ella's house for an Eat (watermelon, cherries, and popsicles), Play (colorful, new wading pool and Ella's toys!), Love (what are friends for?) afternoon.

Theresa got it right, saying our afternoon's activities are pretty much what being a kid in summer is all about.

Stay Tuned

We're way behind on this darn blog, so I'm going to make an effort to do some catch-up. Because there are random posts on here from the last few months, those of you who care may want to check back into the history (like to January) to see the "new" stuff, as it will be filed chronologically (late).

I don't remember how I got there, but I ended up on a cool blog today with a fun quote that I hope will inspire me to be a better chronicler of our story:

"This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it's the family stories that are worth the storage."
-Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe

Whipper-Snappers

Ella and Theresa came over for whipped cream, I mean dinner, one night when the Dads had other work-ful commitments.

Our neighbors commented, first, that it was so cute how fast Zach left their porch when he saw Ella bound out onto our lawn. And, second, that Theresa and I could have been sisters. That's the second time I've heard that. (A couple of other times we've confused people around the neighborhood who think we've just seen them, but it was the other redhead with a toddler...)

Olivia hung out for a while with us, then hung out of her crib. Zzzzzz....

Touch-A-Truck

Click the title for more pictures of Zach in heaven at Touch-A-Truck on Saturday!

Vrooom, vroom! WEEEEEE-oooooo-WEEEE-ooooo! Beep, beep, beep, beep!

Again...I never would have thought I'd have learned so much about trucks.

"It's amost officially SUMMER!!!!!"

Dinner on the Porch

Forgive the self portrait. It's just that somtimes you might wonder if I'm still around, since I take all the pictures.

Click on the title for the videos.

Livia's swinging

Click on the title to watch a video. :)

Shameless Self-Promotion

Some of you know I had been working on a children's activity book (huh, what is that exactly?*) with my friend and neighbor, Theresa. She's an editor for a company out of Flagstaff, AZ, and had approached me about helping them out. Long story short, a year later, The Great Colorado Activity Book (click posting title for info) is now in stores in Colorado, and available online at various sites, B&N.com, Amazon.com, etc.

*This activity book is geared toward kids ages 6-10ish, and offers Colorado-themed mazes, crossword puzzles, word searches, etc. Great for that Colorado road trip. If anyone comes to visit us, I'll give you a copy of the book! And , CO-dwellers, check out your bookstore's children's section for local books; if it's not there, ask them to get it! (No, I won't profit from any sales, but it's fun to see the book in stores!)

Videos

Click on the title to watch some Snapfish videos.
Two are from Olivia and my trip to Minnesota April 27-29, and two are from May 25th.

Olivia's 2 Months Old

Details to come, but you can click on the title for more pictures.

A few

Zach: "Looook, Livia! A cwane twuck!"

Olivia: "Zachy's funny!"

Cheese!

A kiss for Livia

Olivia's new Bumbo seat

I'm WAY behind on posting here. I'll try to catch up this weekend. :)

Zach 2 Years, Olivia 7 Weeks

Zach's 2nd birthday was on the 23rd of March. We got his 2-year pictures done on the 4th of April. And, since Olivia was there too, we threw her in a couple too!

Happy Easter!

A little behind we are in posting. Somehow, things these days are a little busier. But all is going well. Zach decorated some eggs today, and will tell you "Happy Easter!" And Olivia is a smiling fool. Just not when I can get to the camera.

Check back in a few, maybe I'll have put more on here. Until then, take good care!

Click title for more pictures - album updated 4/8/07.

Stayin Alive!

She's already up all night,

why not boogie down?

Zach's Shoe-Phone Conversation

I listened in as Zach talked on his BrownShoe-phone in the backseat of the car. Here's what I heard:

I’m gonna talk on da phone.

I’m Zachary.
I’m Lightning McQueen.
I’m Buzz.
I’m going to dah store.

Hallo?
It’s a nice day out.
Oh?

I wish I knew when this conversation took place. I'm only guessing 3/2007.

Zach's 2!