Pool pics

Pool is open!

Oh how I've missed summer!!

More fun in Estes!

We've done nothing but explore and hike! What a great long weekend.

Enjoying the day in Estes Park

Everywhere we go, we find a place to throw rocks in the water. The
boys stay entertained for a while!

Trey's 1st Triathlon!

I am so proud of my big boy.  He competed in his first triathlon this weekend.  It was 25 meter swim (1 pool length), 1K bike, 500 meter run.  He came in lucky 13th out of 27 5/6 year old boys, so right in the middle.  Not a bad showing for his 1st race of any kind!  His swim was the exact same as the winner, his run was 1 minute slower, and his bike was 2.5 minutes slower.  So we know what to practice on!  As we walked out, he asked me when his next race was.

1 letter makes all the difference

Trey:  Mommy I dropped my 2 dicks.

Me:  Excuse me?

Trey:  My dicks.

Me:  huh?

Trey:  You know, my dicks that came with my Spy Kids toy.

Me:  Oh buddy...those are called disks.

My boy loves him some avocado!

Having a shipping warehouse in the house comes in handy!

Today Trey's kindergarten class had an egg drop event where they tried to package an egg so it wouldn't break when dropped off the roof.  Joe helped Trey wrap his egg in lots of bubble wrap.  Both Trey and Cousin Erin were successful!  

Slides

On a whim, Trey and I spent a few hours together at the gym. He loves
going down the slide.

Mother's Day 5k

This race is now an annual tradition! It is in City Park in Denver
and a nice, flat course. This year it was cold and cloudy, so no
picnic afterwards.

Yummy breakfast

This is what Trey got for breakfast since he chose not to eat dinner
last night. Yum!

1 item, so many uses

What started as a Lego head lamp is now:

ice pack holder

"keeps sand out of my eyes when I'm in bed" (Jonah's description)

Headband

Sword holder

LegoKidsFest

Last weekend I took the boys into Denver to check out LegoKidsFest.  They had a blast!  And it wasn't nearly as crazy as I thought it would be.  They were sooooo excited to check out the NinjaGo exhibit and the massive pile of legos.

Free!

Murals for FREE. Just call and I'll drop off the artist. For about 3 days.

This is why I love living where we do

Walked down to the elementary school for a picnic to meet the new principal

Walked to friends house

Kids played outside in the yard

Adults hung out on the deck by the fire pit

Awesome sunset

Bacon

Joe bought a big hunk of meat and made his own bacon. Can't wait to try it!!

Joe made homemade sausage

Can't wait to try it tonight! Although I will feel guilty wolfing it
down when I know how long it took him to make these!

Pants

My son puts his pants on backward with such regularity that I think it
is on purpose.

Flashback Friday

1 year ago:  Jonah loves bubbles and his craziness shines.  Trey says and does funny things.

2 years ago:  Trey and Jonah play together.

3 years ago:  Jonah stuffs his face and Trey puts me in my place.

4 years ago:  We moved to Colorado and Trey gets to spend quality time with Cousin Erin.

5 years ago:  A Tiny Tales first, Trey's got a big ol belly, and loves bananas.

I hope you have enjoyed this trip down memory lane.  :)

Deep thoughts, by Trey and Jonah

Jonah:  "Except" is a lucky word because it can mean yes OR no.

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Trey:  If you pick ice cream sandwich for your treat Jonah, just so you know, it has ice cream in it.

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Jonah:  They looked like skittles.  They tasted like skittles.  And they WERE skittles!

Jonah is the gold power ranger. He's the captain of all the power rangers!

I especially love his "sword belt" getup.

Happy Birthday Joe!!

Enjoying birthday dinner

Lil explorers

Found this cool little spot not far from the house!

Jonah and puzzles

Jonah: "the chocolate milk man came today!"

Game time with my boys

Never to young to start driving the truck at the farm in TX!

A royal mess