Busy Week Photos
| I remember when the kids were little I looked forward to summer for the lazy days....not anymore! It seems like we are just as busy during the summer as during the schoolyear! So, I thought I would share some photos from our last couple of weeks. We did some travelling around Colorado, went to the County Fair, visited with many friends we hadn't seen in months or years....overall a great couple of weeks! Our exchange student made another wonderful meal, a chicken stew. Very good and very different from anything we make:   Touring the Celestial Seasoning Tea Factory. The kids love to try the different teas and sweeteners.   Our dear friends from New Jersey came to visit and spent an evening with us. Our youngest two are the same age as their girls (in fact, Adam and their youngest daughter are a day apart). We hadn't seen them in five years so it was amazing to see how the kids had grown! We miss them so much!  We went to the Agricultural Heritage Center which is a farm set up from the turn of the century. There was a farm house to walk through, animals to see and a lot of hands on activities in the big red barn.  The kids put on a harness to see how much horse power they had.  There was a big horse statue that Lys fell in love with.  There was a tractor to play in; actually had a dvd scene like they were driving the tractor and had sounds.   When we finished touring the big red barn, we came out to a big rain storm. The kids were nice enough to leave me behind and run for the car....the joke was on them though since the car was locked and I had the keys...lol  Last weekend we went to the Farm at Lee Martinez Park. One of the boys' favorite things there is pumping the old water pump. Marina seemed to think it was fun too.  Lexi, Marina, and Adam decided to ride horses.   The kids liked to get up close to the animals.  I don't think these two will ever grow up; they headed straight for the kiddie toys at the playground.  There was even an old tractor to play on.  The kids got to practice using a pulley system to lift a bale of hay.  Eating popcycles at the Boulder County Fair:  We went to Heritage Square to ride some amusement rides and the alpine slide.    Adam wasn't too thrilled with the ski lift up to the top of the alpine slide so he was pretty happy to get to the top.            After riding the rides we went to the Lookout Mountain Nature Preserve for a picnic. The kids thought the displays and hands on activities in the nature center were neat.    We met up with some friends at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The kids had never been there, and even though it was crowded and most of the animals decided it was naptime, they had a great time with their friends.   There were chipmunks running all over. The boys were pretty entertained by that.   Feeding the giraffes was one of the highlights of the zoo trip.  It took Adam a couple of tries to be willing to hold the cracker for the giraffe but eventually he got one into the giraffe's mouth.   Saturday night we went to a Colorado Rapids Soccer game.   The kids thought the mascots were really cute. This was one of their favorites.    Making Smores at home:  |
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