Since I can't seem to get it together and keep up with this blog.....here comes (& goes) our summer in
a pic blog! These start in Sept and go back through July. Buckle your seat belts........
TODAY!
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| Kai got his cast off today after 6 wks! Thank goodness, that thing was barely green anymore and smelled aweful! He will wear this black brace during "activity" for 3 wks. |
LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
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| Annual Balloon Classic on Labor Day weekend! It's our favorite Gaw family and glorious donut breakfast! |
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| Addie and Mom enjoying the bright colors on the balloons. |
Camping at Manitou Lake near Woodland Park
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| Addie and Eli practicing walking the slack line....Eli's galoshes are helping him keep his balance :) |
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| Man and man's best friend.....Scout joined our camping trip. She did surprisingly well. She was just glad to be with us! |
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| Hiking at Cheeseman Resevoir.....the water was like a mirror and you could see an amazing reflection! |
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| The kids were fully experiencing the outdoors.....Addie was filing her stick with the Gerber tool. She looks a little too devious for my liking. |
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Kai got a supervised lesson with the axe. Sometime he's a bit TOO confident with dangerous tools! Yikes.
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First Day of Kindergarten
Kai is attending James Irwin Charter Academy. It is 2 blocks from home. We walk to and from school most days. He has consistently resisted the idea of school all summer.....but surprisingly he is loving it! He dresses himself, packs his own snack, does his homework and changes out of his uniform as soon as he gets home, and has had a great attitude about hard work and focus and the learning/growing process. All is new and he comes home exhausted after 1/2 day. He stated this week "mom, sometime I wish I could just go back to being 1 It's so much easier" LOL
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| Yes, Kai wears a uniform to school. |
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| A goofy out-take. |
Preschool Prep
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| Addie starts preschool! She met her teacher, Mrs. Roth (same as Kai), explored her classroom, and found where she will hang her backpack. She is thrilled to start next Tuesday and I have no doubts she will be an excellent student! |
Annual Father/Son Campout
This is at some friends property "the farm" and is all church friends. Eli got to go too! I am convinced it is burping, farting, eating who knows what, and minimal rules.....a boys dream!
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| Eli getting aggressive with his smore. |
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| Lots of boys, sticks, and fire. Glad the dads were supervising on this one! |
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| My cowboys! |
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| My lil SK8ers. Watching at the Rocky Mtn. Rampage. |
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| Buds. A very nurturing big sis. |
Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo
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| 4 cowboys and a skater :) |
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| Gotta have our cowboy/cowgirl gear on when we head to the rodeo! Great day! My kids have been WAY into wearing their hats, boots etc all summer. |
Olympic Training Downtown
Colorado Springs put on a free event downtown to feature all the sports in the State Games. Almost all the Olympic sports had hands on activities, stickers, tatoos, pencils etc. The kids did trampolining adn they even had a sand volleyball court in the middle of Tejon St. Very cool.
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| Eli the Olympic weightlifter. |
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| Kai the Olympic boxer. |
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| Eli was quite a hit at the dentist's office! Too cute. |
Mud Run
Derrick talked me into doing 2 different 5K runs through the mud with him! One we did with the YMCA and the other with our church, Alethia.
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Big Dog Brag. Not bragging :), but we ran walked it twice. Once together and once with our Y students. |
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| Dirty Dash |
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| Kai started Tae Kwando. It stresses character, respect, responsibility, and concentration. Kai really likes it and is practicing his moves at home. He also has to keep track of the above stressed areas with a little weekly report card.....motivated by some rewards from his instructors. |
So there you have it......I know I missed a ton of stuff but I'm officially caught up for now :)
