PSF and 2

It's hard to believe that's it been almost two whole years (1 year and 362 days to be exact) since our Charlie came into the world and made our family complete.

(1 day old)

He's been our happy, rolly-polly baby

(6 months)

easygoing, unless he has an opinion on the matter

(12 months)

always curious and determined to do whatever his brother and sister do

(18 months)

and a smile that just melts my heart.

(almost two years old!)

Happy birthday, Charlie!! We love you more than you'll ever know!


Hosted by Cecily and Lolli

WW - Me and an Elk

Rocky Mountain High

Last weekend Alex and I took a trip out to Denver to spend a weekend with Uncle Ben.

We had a blast. We loved getting to see where Ben lived and checking out all the sights in and around Denver. The highlight of our trip, however, was climbing Mt Quandary, one of Colorado's 14ers, on Saturday.

It was just exhilarating to be that high up. At least as exhilarating as possible when struggling to breathe.

Here were are starting the hike at 6 a.m. And it's 28 degrees. Yes, I was totally freezing!



The first part of the trail looked like this. Nice and easy, right?

We enjoyed some beautiful views as well as a gorgeous sunrise.

The two peaks between the trees are Mt Torreys and Grey, also 14ers.



The nice gentle slope didn't last for long before we started to encounter some rocks along the trail. We are right near the top of the tree line here, at about 12,000 feet.

While the going was getting tougher the views were still spectacular.
Here we are at the ridge with the last 700 feet or so left to ascend to the peak.

At some points along the trail. We were literally using our hands to hike upwards; it was so steep.
Here is Ben pretending to almost fall. Yes, he is hilarious.

Taking a break to catch our breath and look down to see the progress we've made.

The view from the top was amazing. It was definitely worth the trek up there. We were freezing at the top though! It literally felt like the temperature dropped 20 degrees in the last 100 feet of the hike.

The view behind us is looking out towards Copper Mountain. Gorgeous, no?

Thanks, Ben, for hanging out with us all weekend!! We had a blast and can't wait for our next trip out west.

PSF and bat-attack!

Anyone who knows our family knows Jack loves adores is insanely obsessed with Batman.

But he's not the only one.
We seem to be a family of Bat-people.

(all photos courtesy of the incredibly talented Pam Powell)

Along with Batman, we have Bat-girl (or Bat-grr-al as Melody pronounces it).

And the Bat-xcutioner.

And sometimes I even join in the fun and become Bat-mommy.
(After all, why should the kids have all the fun!?)

I'm not sure what possessed me to put this totally embarrassing picture up. So, enjoy it now...when I come to my senses I'm sure I'll take it down!

PSF and mixed up

Is anyone else as confused as I am?

One child seems a little overly prepared

while the other two only have enough clothes between them for one person.



I'm not sure where I went wrong that day!

PSF and hike!

Ready!

Set!

HIKE!

Time for some Auburn football!!

War Eagle!


Hosted by Cecily and Lolli

Look! A truck!

Anyone who knows my Jack will remember his obsession with John Deere, excavators, garbage trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, dump trucks any and all things with wheels.

(Jack, spring 2007)

and how he loved making "parking lots".
Yes, that a parking lot designed to look like a house.
When you make about 5 million parking lots a day, you need to spice it up a little.

Obviously my attempts to keep the obsession from infecting Charlie have failed.
Yesterday, I caught him in this position.

His favorite word used to be "no". Now it's "truck".
I'm not sure which is better.



Oh well. At least I have one little princess who's more concerned with whether or not the trucks are pretty than how many wheels they have!