Nine Months

The Grape Stomp!

After the parade, we had one hour before Payton's soccer game, so we headed over to visit Opa at Water 2 Wine. He has started working there part time since he retired from Grandview. He loves learning all about the wine and talking with people.

Once a year, they host a Grape Stomp to help fight cancer. For $20.00, you get to stomp in the grapes and put your footprints on a t-shirt. Opa bought the t-shirt, so all the kids got to experience squishing the grapes between their toes!
Doesn't Opa have HUGE feet?!

Arapahoe Homecoming Parade

We had a busy weekend full of lots of fun activities. This past week was homecoming at Arapahoe, so Saturday morning, we headed over to the Streets of Southglenn for the parade.

Camden came along for the fun!
We also met a bunch of other Arapahoe teachers there...the Craigs, Bradleys, Thurmonds, Abners, and Brad, Jayne, and my mom to name a few.
This picture makes it look like it was cold outside. It was actually very hot, but Lando was in serious need of a nap and was enjoying snuggling with his blankie.
Here is the king and the queen. Chris is a cross country runner who I had in class a few years ago. Katie, the queen, is a cheerleader and is Payton's teacher, Mrs. K-I's daughter!This was one of the first times that I didn't have a volleyball tournament over homecoming, so all four of my volleyball teams participated in the parade. Here are my varsity girls.And, here's a pic of me and my awesome sis-in-law Jayne. We usually take all the pics, so we had Brad snap one of us!
The kids had a lot of fun, got a TON of candy, and this was just the beginning of our day! See the posts to come for what happened next!

Back Track To: Labor Day

Abby posted some better-late-than-never Labor Day pics last week. I have some of the same pics on my camera! I've been meaning to post them, I just keep getting side tracked by a million other things!

We had a great day up at the cabin. It was cooler than the 4th of July, so that was nice. We headed up early for breakfast...it's been a while since we've had a big sit down breakfast. There's just nothing like blueberry pancakes and sausage cooked outside!
Landon had a great day at the cabin, although the crawling stage is tough. He's hard to confine to a blanket, and crawling around inevitably ends with gravel in the mouth!
The little boys played some mean rounds of shuffle board...
The big boys played with their remote control cars...
Payton brought Rosalind along. They spent at least an hour making "soup". Then they joined my mom, Gwen, and I for a ladies hike!
Mark had a great time just chillin'.
We actually decided to pack up a little early and head home before dinner. Grandma Inge's pool closes on Labor Day, so we got there just in time to take one last summer dip. It was a great end to a great day!

Look Out Four Year Old Pre-School, Here Comes Brady!

This morning, Brady started four year old preschool. He is going to Denver Christian, where he went last year. His new teacher is Mrs. Croshal. Payton was supposed to have her when she was four, but Mrs. Croshal fell and broke both of hr ankles so she took the year off! Brady and Payton call her Mrs. Crutches. Brady was very excited to go to school. He walked right in, hung up his backpack, and sat down on his carpet square. We are very proud of you buddy and hope you have a great year!

Eight Months

Some Final Summer Fun.

We are trying to soak up every last bit of summer, so we headed to Cook Creek Pool a week or so ago. We usually swim at Grandma Inge's during the week, so Wes never gets to go. It was fun to have him there to play (and divide and conquer!)
Shootin' some hoops!
Braving the water slide...
Brady had a blast jumping off of the diving board. The high school boys were quite impressed!
Payton...a dog, a bear, a cheetah, I'm not quite sure...
My mom and dad kept Landon during nap time. When he woke up, we picked him up and headed back to the pool. He loved the zero depth area...
Well, most of the time :)
We had a great day together as a family!