Crazy?

7 couples, 7 babies under 2, and 7 dogs camping. What? We had a tiring, but great, 1st camping trip with Evan. We went up to Leadville with our group of friends and braved tent-sleeping with 1.5 yr olds. We can't really say it went perfectly, but it was a lot of fun, and great to see all of the (very dirty) babies playing and enjoying the new experience...for the most part. The hike we went on was gorgeous, Colorado-living at it's finest! As if that weren't enough activity, we came home and went right to Red Rocks with the Knight's for Evan's 2nd Widespread Panic show (check out the slideshow for more pix). Good friends & good times - can't really beat that!

Summer Fun

We've been having a fun visit with Gm. & Gp. Lundgren - this week we went to see some music in the park, hiking, swimming, biking, playing with friends... Evan just loves having the extra attention and playmates!

Happy Father's Day

To all of the great dad's out there! We had a nice day, lunching at "the club" and BBQ'ing dinner later that night. Evan was just really happy to have spent the whole day on Sat. with daddy. So happy, he pulled a special treat out of his diaper early Sun. morning and smeared it all over himself to wish dad a Happy Day first thing in the morning!

Swimming

I think we're going to be doing a LOT of hanging out at the pool this summer! Seriously...here's a picture of Evan & Katelynn hanging out with just a bit of the surrounding view, and this is just a 2 block walk from our house. Also a pic of him eating watermelon, post swimming and nap - he's getting a pretty sweet fro!

Dreamy

I need to take some more pix of us out and about - it's so beautiful here in CO right now with the hills all green and the flowers coming out. We continue to hike a lot, but also just got a bike trailer and have done 2 rides in it with Evan. I think he likes it ok, but after a couple of hours he's pretty fed up with being strapped in! It was great to go out with our friends, The Watkins, in the gorgeous weather on Sat. & ride with the kiddies. Yesterday we went to our pool for the first time (we just joined "the club"). Living here is like being on perpetual vacation - the view from the pool is of the hills & Red Rocks, we can hardly believe we get to live here!

Animal Fun

Today we went to a really cool Children's Farm with Heather & Audrey - it was a riot watching the kids chase around and pet all of the animals. They also have a small train to ride, and great open spaces for picnics & play, we had so much fun!

Mixing Old & New

Well, it turns out we're not totally biased, even our Doc says that Evan is advanced in his communication - he's 26 lbs. and nearly 34" tall! Which just serves as a reminder of how much weight I carry on my back many times a week. Funny E. moment from this morning...he took a chip clip out of the drawer and held it to his ear like he was talking on a Bluetooth! Last night he was rockin' out to dad's "new" turntable while playing with his (very) old Match Box cars. I'm not exactly sure why we have this thing, I'm solidly in The Joy of iPod camp - but Pete seems very happy & nostalgic blaring old school Beastie Boys on 45...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVowvKF6Gzg