Ballet

Avery in ballet class. It was the last day so the parents and family were allowed in to observe. Above, she is listening to the teacher and below, showing off her moves!

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Our latest camping adventure was down south at the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Just the four of us took off for a long, HOT, sandy weekend...

Exploring the dunes.

S'mores

Getting the sand out of her shoe...!

Sledding in July!

Posing with the chicken at Miss Deb's along the cosmic highway.

Making our way up to Zapata Falls.

Mellow before dinner.

Sunset on our last night.

How can you not smile when eating a donut?

Just another day...

Avery accompanied mom to the dentist bright and early for her first "official" cleaning. All good! Afterwards, the whole fam hit the new Valmont bike park in Boulder. The video below is Av riding the Skillz Loop.

Curt Gowdy State Park, WY

We had our own little Western adventure camping up north in Wyoming this past weekend. Yee Haw!

Saturday morning. Avery was the last one to wake up at 9am.
Halen enjoying some cantaloupe while he waits for his breakfast burrito.

Lots of rocks for the kids to climb around on and play.

Great summer riding! Chris hanging at the kid table. :)

Happy Independence Day!

We did it all...baking, bike rides, ice cream, pool, bbq, picnic, concert, parade, watermelon and fireworks. Happy 4th all!

Avery's red velvet patriotic cupcakes.

Biked to the ice cream shop after dinner. H is enjoying the chocolate stuff.
Cooling off with the new mister. Highest temp this past weekend, a whopping 99 degrees.

BBQ dinner on the back deck.

Lots of watermelon was eaten this weekend.

Enjoying the music at Jazz in the Park in Denver.

Splashing around in the fountain in City Park (Denver).

Getting ready for the bike parade downtown with Evalyn.

more watermelon...

Halen checking out the girls and their sparklers. He's got his spot...

This year we stuck around the neighborhood and watched the fireworks that were shooting off from CU's stadium. Great view and no crazy crowds, just the hood! :)

Last sparkler before the big show!

Summer is in Full Swing

New dress from Aunt Kim. Sitting like a lady.

Keeping cool.

This is on our way home from the Farmers Market on Saturday. Avery rode 8+ miles that day on her bike!!!!! We are so excited and proud of her. Chris pulled Halen in the trailer while Av was sandwiched between us on the ride downtown and back. This is actually on CU's campus on our way home. We grabbed some subs on the Hill and took a lunch break. She still wanted to ride her bike around. We thought we might have one tired little girl on the ride home (alot of uphill) but we didn't hear one negative word until we turned into our neighbor. She was asking for more water and was hot. What a trooper!

Tired after a long morning at the Farmers Market.

An after dinner ride with daddy.

Halen wearing big boy pants. He's showing lots of interest in the potty. Could we be close to being done with diapers???

No folks, that's not an apple, it's a sweet potatoe.

H got a kick out of wearing Av's robe one morning.

Full House

We watched our friends two kids while they were attending a wedding in Mexico. Evan is two months older than Avery and Jax was born on the same day as Halen. Needless to say, it was a very busy weekend...and fun!

The sandbox Chris built was a hit (and done just in time for our guests!).

Saturday morning we drove two cars up to Chautauqua and hiked around for a bit. Afterwards, we hit the park and the kids tired themselves out. (Yay for parks!)

Evan was a huge help with the garden. I think he found all the worms.

Chris rocked Father's Day with his extra set of kids!

Snacking on some goldfish.

I was able to snap this right as they all sat down to watch the Lion King. As you can see, Halen is already getting up from his seat. Not a fan of movies yet. This was a nice end to our weekend!