Courtney and Bryce Visit

  We had so much fun with Courtney and Bryce and we can't wait for them to come back! While they were here we explored Denver's 16th street mall and saw a bit of Denver's Day of Rock. We sample gourmet popcorn and ate Proto's pizza and visited REI. Sunday we had a picnic at Garden of the gods and finished the day off with a strawberry Rhubarb pie. Monday morning we toured the zoo and had lunch at the Chop Shop before they had to head back to Provo. Through it all they were charming, gracious and so helpful and playful with the kids. They played lots and lots of rounds of rock paper scissors!

Norah's Skate Party

We celebrated Norah's 7th birthday at Skate city with cousins and a family from our neighborhood. Norah had a wonderful time and received her first pair of skates as part of the party package.

Another highlight was being honored along with another birthday girl during the chicken dance. Somethings never change - this birthday party was retro-fabulous!

YMCA of the Rockies 2016

My side of the family enjoyed a weekend all together at the YMCA of the Rockies near Rocky Mountain National Park. This was our third time having a weekend family reunion in the mountains in a YMCA cabin and our second time at the YMCA of the Rockies. We were able to stay in the same cabin, the Speargrass cabin. Each of the cabins are donated or "adopted" by generous donors and every time we have gone I've felt grateful to the Y for the wonderful work it does to strengthen families and communities and all the donors that support the Y.

I didn't take as many pics this time but highlights of the trip were cousins playing outside and inside together, making and enjoying meals together, seeing wild turkeys and plenty of elk around the Y grounds, two gentle hikes,  and horseback riding for everyone but Andrew and Freya who were too small and had to do pony rides instead and their moms who attended them. The last time we were at this cabin I was very pregnant with Freya and this time Ashley was very pregnant with her third baby.

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