Colorado Weekend Trip

Cousin Zach asked us if we wanted to join him in Colorado at his uncle's cabin. We agreed months before the actual weekend. Most people bailed out. But not us! (Hey, vacation!) It's a long drive. But this is the "cabin" we stayed in.... Some cabin, huh?



Dining hall...
And kitchen. Fully stocked. Except for muffin tins. Geesh. How inconvenient!!
Oh, and a playhouse complete with a box of puppets.
And a prison wagon. This guy thinks of everything!
And a pond. FULLY stocked with fish. We spent hours and hours and hours fishing.
Jake caught many with a net (I lost count after 12 in one day.)
And several with a pole.

We caught fish...
After fish...


After. Yeah. I caught nothing. Which is why I don't like to fish. All that work and I get pond grass.

Which is why I would rather sit and read my book.. (while Papa fishes behind me. Just clarifying. This photo could suggest otherwise!)The girls needed baths nightly cause they smelled like fish.
We even had a fish fry one night! I have to say it was good - but I was still a little queesy from watching the boys gut and fillet the fish. I just can't handle that. Kind of gross.

Someone had even put a fish in the fountain in the front of the cabin. They spent hours trying to rescue it. They finally succeded using a volleyball net.
Then they rushed it down to the pond to release it to its friends. I'm sure that fish is happy now!

Uncle Bud has over 480 acres of property, including a pond in the upper portion of the property. And he lets his neighbor place their horses there. It was a beautiful sight!


The fall leaves were stunning this time of year. I think we planned the perfect time to come!

It was such a fun, relaxing weekend. I ate, read, slept, attempted to fish, hiked and paddled. It was over too soon and we are ready to go back to the beauty!
It was a fun time had by all!

Princess Tea Party

You know what I love about raising girls? Everything is glamorous, beautiful and fluffy. So when the first annual "Princess Tea Party" was advertised, it was a no brainer. We were going. We had to. These beautiful princesses were more then excited for the big day. The hard part, however, was deciding what to wear. In a "packing frenzy" I had mistakenly packed their entire collection of dress up clothes. Kind of hard to imagine considering it was a LARGE box and very hard to missplace. Nonetheless, it happened. And now we have absolutely "nothing to wear." Tragic, I know.

The Princess Tea Party was scheduled for Saturday morning. We arrived at the gardens of the Art Museum. We were greated by princesses and usured to our table by charming princeses.

Then we visited several stations:
The finger nail station (which was PERFECT because Queen Jen forgot to paint a certain three-year-old's nail's.) Addy chose pink (surprise!) and Juliana chose purple (surprise. Really.)
Then we had our photo taken in the magical flowers (Juliana's is already lost...)

And then to story time, where a beautiful queen read us a story about Cinderella.
And finally, we made a special frame to go with our photo. However, by the time we got there, we ended up with a bunch of reject letters from the foamy packet. Ya Ya was upset, but Addy ended up with syrdishf. It worked for her!!!

Finally, we were able to sit and enjoy a lovely brunch of cream puffs, fruit and punch. Then each princess was escorted down the isle where she was introduced to the rest of us. We had to fill out a card that stated their age and things they like to do. Both girls were beaming (and photos were taken by a neighbor. Haven't seen those yet!)

Finally, each princess was given a nickel to make a wish in the wishing fountain.


It was such a fun morning spent with my girls! I am overwhelmed at their beauty (both inside and out) and kindness toward others. I had no idea being a mother to girls would be so much fun!