happy 4th!

 All ready for the parade to begin.

 Gramps was a good sport.  He stuck with the boys which meant running half of the time.

 We were in Colorado so that meant no fireworks, but we played a lively game of kickball instead.  We had so much fun with our family that we didn't even notice.

 And one last shot of the cute girl cousins "sleeping" together.  

more Denver haps

 Denver Museum of Science

 Elitches

 What a dare devil

 I love the people at amusement parks. Notice the 12 year old girl with the "got beer" hat.

 Grammy and Gramps "sundae" dinner for the kids while the adults got to go out on a date.  

Colorado summer trip

 We never stop and do stuff like this.  We don't want to mess up our travel time.  But I'm glad we did, such a cute picture of our little kidlets out on the highway.

 Grammy and Gramps with their 9 grandchildren under the age of 7.  whew.

 The main event:  little Elliot's blessing.  Such a cute baby.  Spencer and I (but mostly Spencer) got in lots of good baby lovin.

 Best Frienemies.  Don't let these beautiful faces fool you.

 The kids found snakes down in the basement window wells.  Poor snakes.  

 Ryan carried this guy around for a long time.  (Andrew is excited when they found another one)

 Lucy loved the snake.  She loved it so much she almost tore it in half.

So sad when I had to take snakey away.