Christmas and birthday season

Zimmy turned 1!  He ate most of that cake.

Birthday hike!

We rode the Georgetown Santa Train this year.

He still believes. I think we have one year left.

Lucas was a good sport

Santa also made a stop at the dentist's office and Logan discussed his list with him

At the Conifer Christmas parade with Zimmy

Christmas tree shopping at Home Depot

Zimmy's at the age where he likes to sit in boxes.

Making gingerbread houses with Olivia

Christmas Eve

Grandpa Z reading the Night Before Christmas

This little heathens went to church on Christmas! First time... they were totally confused. 

Skating on Christmas day

Light saber battles on ice

We park the cars in the cul de sac and walk up the driveway when it snows... I like to think this builds character :).

Logan's first lost tooth

Logan lost his first tooth at school, just shy of his 7th birthday. It came flying out as he was talking to his teacher :).

Fall 2017

I'm super behind on the blog, so this is a long catch up post!

We've had a super warm fall.  Mark built a zipline from the back of the garage down to the back corner of the yard.  We tested it a with a bucket full of sand before we put the kids on it-- good thing, because it crashed into the tree the first couple times.  Its mostly safe now...

 

It's been great having Axel within driving distance. He and Logan get to see eachother fairly regularly and have so much fun together.


Ama loves dancing.  I thought this one was funny because it ends with namaste.  She must have learned that at school. 


I'm guessing this next one was not learned at school.  I think maybe she got her eye moves from watching Beyonce videos.

Girls hike in the Indian Peaks with Katrien, Kristin, and Rachel

Hiking in Beaver Brook, a newly discovered open space near Floyd Hill

Aspens!

Grandma time at Grandma's new house behind Evergreen Lake

At the Evergreen Art Festival

Amelie wanted Mark to build her a dollhouse.  Of course she had to paint it bright pink.

Leaf hike near Kenosha Pass

After Mark yelled at Logan, he received this note under the bedroom door: "Ok listen i love that you love to do stuff with me there's just one problem: you don't have a great attitude. It scares me, please stop."

Hiking at the secret spot with Ayla & Xander

Weekend trip to Colorado Springs to see Grandma & Grandpa A

Grandkids with Grandma & Grandpa A

These two have so much fun together

Hiking with Aunt Janelle. Ama loves her Aunt Janelle!

Kenny & Andrew's 31st/34th birthday

Zimmy and Grandma Z

Princess Maddie and Ama the bee

The boys

Ama dancing to Mark playing guitar

Toothless the Dragon and Baby

Toothless

Mark and Bohr in a Stein holding contest for Oktoberfest

Fall break trip to Utah

We spent our fall break in Utah. We always have a lot of fun there, and it seems like there's an endless list of new places to explore.  This trip, we went climbing at Mill Creek which was gorgeous with lots of fall leaves. We also attempted a slot canyon (we didn't end up doing the slot part, but did get to go tubing), hiked through Fisher Towers and Goblin Valley (the kids' favorite spot for hide and seek) and found great apple picking on our way home near Palisade.

We planned to take the kids down a slot canyon. It was colder and wetter and more technical than we thought, so we just make it part way to this little pond and the kids floated.

Tubing in Straight Wash

Mill Creek climbing

Mill Creek

The kids love playing hide and seek in Goblin Valley.  After it took me 20 minutes to find Ama, I'm not sure this was the best idea.  I thought I'd lost her forever in the desert.

Goblin Valley, Logan's favorite

Fisher Towers

Campground outside Moab

Hiking out to Fisher Towers

Fisher Towers

Apple picking near Palisade.  We found a great, uncrowded, in expensive little farm.  Apple picking near Denver needs to be reserved months ahead of time, so it was nice to find this spot. 

Apple picking