Fall Ride in Colorado

Saturday September 25, 2010 Doug planed a fall color ride for his friends and because I was in Colorado I got to go also. It was a great ride we started the ride at 7:30 in the morning. It was very, very cold! We all had on about 5 layers of clothing. By lunch time it was very nice but to be on a bike it was still cold. The colors were beautiful but allot of them had already lost their leaves. I was fun to be apart of my sisters group! all in all we had a great day!
Marne, Vicki and Me

Going over Kenosha Pass up hwy 285

Vicki and Doug's friends, Doug, Bart, Marne, Gary, Vicki, Chet, Lynn, and Allan

Bart and Marne

Getting all bundled up for the rest of the ride after lunch

The boys and their "2 dog Lunch"

Some cool building in Leadville

Colors in Copper Mountain

Saying goodbye at Copper Mountain

Water fall in Idaho Springs

Down to the huge water wheel!

Women's Retreat

Visitors, Kina and Leon

My Cousin Kina and her husband Leon came to visit me the end of July. It was so special to have them come all the way up here to visit. I just worked out that they were meeting their friends from Iowa in Boise and come to find out their friends were coming up this way so they decided to come a few days early and spend it with us. On the first day out being the tour guide in McCall we were driving down Warren Wagon Road and their was a car stooped and some people out taking pictures, we looked and to our amazement they were out with this BOBCAT! Yes I said Bobcat. He is a pet of this gentleman and he has raised him since he was 6 months old and he is now 6 or 7 I can't remember for sure. It was awesome, we got to pet him and kind of play with him.
Playing with his master

He was showing us his two year old attitude! ha

He is so beautiful

Kina having her turn, He loves when you scratch under his chin.

Water Temp!

Chase has been wanting to go swimming and of course we don't have a pool up here so we swim in the lake. We were on our way home from McCall on Saturday and Chase said to me that we needed to stop by the lake and check to see if the water was warm enough. I told him I didn't think that it would be but we stopped anyway. We got out of the truck and he told me that since I had flip flops on I could stick my foot in and see how the water was. I did and I told him that is was to cold for Grandma. He then walked out and put his hand in and said " it's not that cold but it is a little cold" ha ha I told him that the only thing that warmed the lake was the SUN and the sun had not been shining allot lately!

4-Wheeler

Chase thinks that he is quiet the BIG boy ridding Papa's 4-wheeler. If you notice he has to lean from one side to the other to push on the breaks. He cant use the ones on the handle! ha ha so cute!

Helping Hands

Last Weekend, Fathers Day weekend Mike and his friend Tanner came up for the weekend. The boys were such good help for Larry. Travis helped us pull out a couple of trees that did not fair so well this last winter. One was in the back yard and the other was a tree that has been in the ground for about three years but just could not pull through this spring.
The wench is hooked up and Travis is ready!

The prowler sure makes some of the tasks look easy!

Larry hooking up the wench on the tree.

And one, two, three, its out!

Then on Saturday Mike and Tanner hopped on the lawnmowers and they both mowed the two parks!

Tanner on the little mower

Then Saturday afternoon I had Michael help me cut all my wood blocks that I needed for my Enrichment activity. I am so glad that all my boys are so willing to help their mom out when I need it. They are always their for me! I love them all so very much. What great boys we have

Haha check out the pants and boots and of course the rolled up sleeve!

Playing with Uncle Travis

Chase go his Uncle Travis to have a Air Soft War with him to night. I warms my heart to see Mike and Travis take such an interest in their nephew and go and do things with him. They had a great time chasing each other around tonight. Loading up their guns

Come on Travis I'm ready!

Chase is yelling Wait TIME OUT!

Chase trying to hide from Travie

Loading up again

Count to ten and then start running!