MAROON BELLS VACATION!!

Right after Jonathan finished his intern year we went on a backpacking trip to Maroon Bells, Colorado. It is just near Aspen. My mom was so nice to watch the boys for us, it was a much needed vacation!! We had a wonderful time!

I quickly realized I was not in as good of shape as I thought! Definitely not like I used to be, this pack was outrageously heavy!
Jonathan's was even heavier than mine!!


Jonathan found an amazing campsite while I sat down a little bit. You could see these waterfalls from our tent!
We had to cross this log to get to our campsite. I let Jonathan take my bag across for me :)
We grilled brats each night... they were so good!!

The campfires we made were sweet! Very hard to start which made it that much more rewarding.

This porcupine came around both nights and even tried to get in our tent one night! We had never seen one in the woods, it was crazy!!

We took a walk just up from our campsite and found this amazing waterfall. It was spectacular!!

These rocks were sketchy, but we made it.

Maroon Peak South from our hike going up to Willow Lake Pass...

Jonathan doing his classic stream cross...

We finally made up it Willow pass! You can see willow lake down on the right...

Crater Lake

Us at Crater Lake on our way out...

Sweet clothes from Great Grammy

Noah found this adorable outfit that Jonathan's Grammy had made and he was so excited to get to wear it! He was so cute....

Then his Grammy had also given us these overalls, but I didn't have a good shirt to wear with them, so I put Caleb in this outfit :)

We think they look like little Austrian boys :)
Caleb wanted the boots on until they were actually on... :)

Noah loved wearing them. These are some old boots of mine that I painted and keep in my studio...

They like to join me now to read the paper at the table. This was a very sweet morning, usually it's quite chaotic and the paper get spread out and ripped up all over the floor.... then it's just one more thing for me to clean up!

Our sweet boys... caleb, noah

June 2010

OUR GARDEN!!!

Our garden oasis... we planted corn, tomatoes, squash, green onions, carrots, cantalope, red pepper, green beans, basil, spinach, asparagus and red onion... we'll see what produces veggies!
The Wysteria blooming in the front yard...

We rode our bikes downtown to the REI. It was a fun ride, but long...about 34 miles. The boys loved playing in REI and it is great excercise for us!

Jonathan with his amazing little boys.

Trying on the tuxes to see how they fit. The boys LOVED wearing them and cried everytime they had to take them off :)

Just riding their horses in tuxes...

When Jonathan was working one day, I brought the boys downtown to a sidewalk chalk art fair. It was amazing to see what people can do with chalk!

This one was the most unique, look in the tube for the picture because the circle is all blurred around it so the image comes up on the tube.

Noah loving getting to ride his tricycle outside for the first time!

Caleb loving riding his as well, they did really well, I was worried they would tip over and crash.

The boys have a blast getting to ride on daddy's back when he gets home from work.

We got the swimming pool out for the first time this year and they had a great time, it took them awhile to want to get in but once they did they had a blast.

Silly goof balls

Jonathan has been working out in the mornings for a few months now. I'm amazed he can get up that early! He had just come back for a run and the boys wanted to watch the World Cup with him.

We played in another softball game with Jonathan's coworkers and our team won again! Jonathan had some incredible catches in the outfield, they were unbelievable! I played 3rd base and they were asking me again if I played in college! So funny, I didn't even play in high school.

Our darlings

Getting Daddy's sign all ready for Father's Day

Father's Day 2010

We all met at Cherry Creek Reservior and had fun using the jet ski...

Got Jonathan some new bike pedals we has been wanting...

May 2010

Great Grandma and Grandpa Arnold came to visit on their way back from Arizona. We LOVED getting to see them! We went out to DIA to surprise them...

Noah with his lawn mower and his new hat that Great Grandma made him.
Caleb with Mommy's boot on :)

Noah with my boots on. Their smiles crack me up!

I just ADORE this picture!!

Giving each other a hug :)

These are the paintings I did during 2 church services. One during each service, up on stage. The sermon was on Psalms 1, talking about a tree bring rooted by streams of water. I had to paint faster than I've ever painted in my life, but it was a cool experience.

Jonathan and Noah after taking a nap together

Holding hands walking around the house...

Their FIRST HAIR CUT!!! This is Noah, they both loved getting to sit in the trucks :)

Caleb, Noah

My first bouquet the boys picked for me at the park. They just kept going and getting more and more, it was so sweet.

Jonathan's brother Denys' college graduation from UCCS. He had to come in on a wheelchair because he ripped his achilles tendon.

Noah with Rick and Mary at the graduation...

Andrew and Jonathan

Jonathan and I

Gay Hope reading to the boys

My sweet sweet boys!!

Brian and Caleb

Andrew and Noah

Noah putting golf balls around his neck

The uncles playing with their nephews

Uncle Andrew reading them a story...

Noah getting a kick out of Denys

Aunt Shantelle with the boys in the car, they loved it!

They thought this made a great horse ride!!

Utterly adorable and sweet!!

SO PRECIOUS!!! Caleb is hugging Noah

Starting to go on long bike rides again, the boys love it!

We rode to Cherry Creek Reservoir on this ride.

Me and My tough little boys

Jonathan and his sweet boys

All ready to go!

They just love riding on daddy's back lately! They love bailing off too!

Uncle Jason reading with the boys

Jason and Caleb at the Denver Aquarium

They had so much fun running and chasing bubbles that were coming out from a large bubble machine.

We went to the zoo on Memorial day with my parents and my brother Jason.

Us with Noah

Grandpa Rick and Caleb

Grandma Mary and Noah

Caleb and I