For Tom and Taylor's birthday, I got us tickets to see the Wiggles in concert. We went to the matinee on Wednesday July 22nd and it was so fun! Originally, we thought we wouldn't take Max because we didn't know how he'd do, but it ended up being a whole family affair and he and Taylor and US all loved it! It was really funny and music we're all familiar with and they kept it fairly short (like 70 minutes) so it was great! I just love these kind of memories!
I have been meaning to 'attempt' to catch up...but have been busy doing lots of boot camps, so I keep putting it off! So, finally here are some pictures from the trip Tom and I got to take (sans kiddos!) back in July. It was so wonderful having some time together. We spend a LOT of time "training" for the triathlon I did a couple of weeks later...so we went jogging in downtown Denver and swimming and bikeriding every day. It was so great! I LOVE Colorado! It's the most beautiful state and we loved getting to see some different parts of it...
This is in Steamboat. There's miles of paved paths along the river...so breathtaking!
the river...
a hike we went on in the mountains to this beautiful waterfall:
Tom being goofy...
they have a hot springs/water park that's open year round. There are two big slides...it was lots of fun!
Tom talking with Abe and Ben....
Our favorite mountain pizza place...so good! Whole Wheat crusts...mmmm! I wish they had one here!
downtown Steamboat was super cute...wish I had better pics...
back in Denver...we stayed at a nice hotel right in downtown...Keith Urban's crew was staying there too!
downtown Denver....it's more incredibly quaint then I realized! I LOVED it! We jogged and just walked up and down the streets and people watched and ate desert at a cute gelato place (below) and breakfast at a little cafe...it was so great!
the gelato.
I'm a sucker for twinkling lights and hanging baskets of flowers! I was ready to move there! ;-)
after our ride at Cherry Creek Resevoir (where my tri was going to be in a couple of weeks). I forget that summers are actually SO busy for some reason! My classes that I teach have gone from 15-16 during the school year to 6 today... Everyone is out and about and for some reason, we find ourselves so busy and I find myself too busy to blog...Well, actually, I just think I don't take the time for it. Catching up can be exhausting and I have a LOT of catching up to do...on my blog and reading all my friends. Well, here's my latest attempt at catching up....a little: This is what the 4th of July was like around our neighborhood this year...
We went up to the Air Force Academy...it was chilly! So, we walked around for a while and headed home.
We'd sworn off taking our kids to restaurants on Memorial Day, but broke down and went out to eat again...they actually did better than expected, but we aren't planning to keep taking them out much....Isn't it funny, when you become parents how you develop these little "rules" amongst yourselves, like 'Only go out to eat when it's NOT a busy time of the day...like 4 in the afternoon!'.
We finally got a bike trailer for our kids and it's been great. I think Taylor and Max look so much alike in this picture.
