November in a Nutshell

Carol came out for a visit, and since time was short, we took her, Stephanie and Alex for a hike at NCAR>

Scary bunch, eh?

This time we headed up towards Mallory Cave to see if we could see any bats.

Fun and rocky, but we had to turn back due to time before we made it to the cave.  We’ll try again another day.

Elizabeth fed the Lorikeets at the zoo this month.  What fun!

She helped Daddy with his chores.  She loves her tools, and his.

Playgrounds are still a weekly must to burn off some of her energy!

We celebrated Steph’s birthday this month.

Elizabeth enjoys Denver’s Museum of Science and Nature.  Here she is learning how well Mule Deers can hear because of their large coned ears.

A first playdate at our house.  With her bestest buddy, Lucas.

We helped Steph decorate her apartment for Christmas.  Or did we?

A little arts and crafts on a snow day.

Being such a big girl, she wanted to decorate the middle part of the tree this year.  Twenty ornaments on each branch!  ha!

First time for me…making a Gingerbread House.  It felt like a marathon race and I was exhausted afterward.  It’s hard trying to make one of these with a four-year-old.  I had to decorate it faster than she could eat the candy…and the gingerbread!

More pictures on November’s WebAlbums.

Pumpkins and Trick or Treating

I love visiting the large pumpkin patches during the fall.

Elizabeth loved the opportunity to help Daddy steer the car on the windy roads inside the farm.

She races through the hay bale maze in no time!

Leaf jumping…and, er…biking?

Notice that most pictures have had her in her pumpkin tshirt?  Yup, she wore it almost everyday this month!  Good thing the weather was so warm for short-sleeves.

Costco was getting ready for Christmas.

We picked up a big wheel at a yard sale so she can start learning to pedal and steer.  It was challenging at first, but she soon got her “pedal muscles” and was going up hill with ease.

One of our new favorite quick hiking spots.  It’s the trail behind NCAR in Boulder.  You quickly get into trees, parking hasn’t yet been a problem, and lots of trail choices.

Elizabeth helped us again during our Olde Town Arvada holiday events.  She loved giving goodies out during HOWL-leen.  She got to see lots and lots of doggies in costumes.

From 2014_October

You know Halloween is close when the vampires come out at night…

Halloween in Olde Town – Trick or Treat Street.  We met up with some of her friends to do our town’s event…

And then other friends came to our house so she could canvas the neighborhood.  A fun-filled evening for sure.  We sufficiently wore them all out by bedtime.

More pictures on October’s WebAlbums.

Rocky Mountains in September

We took a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in September for a little business and a little pleasure.

Here are some pictures:

More pictures on September Webalbum

Our First Camping Trip

From 2014_August

We had bought our tent and were trying to get away to go tent-camping.  As Labor Day weekend came upon us, we still had yet to make the time to go away.  A friend had a reservation for a cabin at Cripple Creek KOA that she was having to cancel, so we took it.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from that trip.  More on the WebAlbum.  And I wrote more in a prior post.

More pictures on both August and September’s Albums