Getaway

I love fall. It's something about the newness of crisp air, leaves with yellows and burnt oranges, displaying the pumpkin scented candle, and pulling out last seasons' jeans to see if they still fit (There must be a false security in covering my legs fully again for winter). Amongst the highlights of fall, is viewing the yellow speckled Rocky Mountains. We thought it would be fun to take the kids up for a picnic in the mountains and let them tromp around in the leaves. It WAS beautiful. Literally a breath of fresh air. However, the kids found the birds diving to eat the Goldfish crackers they were throwing from the picnic table MOST amuzing! After the picnic we tried to get a few shots with the colored trees and then headed out on a 1-mile loop hike. We could make it only a mile, right?!? WRONG.....note below Derrick carrying Kai and Addie, enough said. I did say fall, but did I mention like 85 degrees?!?!

Last week or so

Brothers that snuggle! Kai still states frequently he'd like to keep Eli. Good thing. Eli is starting to respond more to Kai's voice and watch him play around him. Addie sprouted some outrageous buckteeth overnight!! A killer find at the Halloween store. It's really a pacifier. Eli, his smiley self! Underwear hat! Addie wearing Kai's undies on her head! Yes, he's finally potty trained.

Ba-Woons!

Hit our 1st annual Balloon Classic over Labor Day weekend. Weird to WAKE the kids (as opposed to being woken) to catch the sunrise launch in the park! We piled everything on the stroller for a 1/2 mile walk from the car....blankets, coats, hats, coffee, donuts. The essentials. Picture a BEAUTIFUL crisp clear morning overlooking Pikes Peak. Picture clothes, but bedhead. Picture 5,000+ people at 6:45am. It was truly a classic. When we were approaching the park we saw the first balloon lift off in the distance......Ba-Woons! Ba-Woons! K & A loved it! Stuffing our faces with donuts! Yum! Family shot with the stroller all loaded down. I was really trying to get a good pic of K & A together and ended up with this one completely unintentional. Donuts must produce boogers!! LOL We also hit the Balloon GLOW one night with Addie and Eli. We started out with a picnic at the skatepark. Then popped a squat in the grass to see the balloons shoot fire all at the same time, GLOWING after dark. Very cool. Addie will soon be a juice FANATIC like her older brother! Addie kept busy making calls to Kai who had an overnight in the mountains with family! She tilts her head to the side to talk...so much jibberish you'd think she knew Russian! Mommy helping keep Addie entertained. Nothing like a slobber kiss! Daddy and the little ones!

Guess who?

People are commenting lately that our kids look "exactly" alike. There are many similarities, but MOM thinks they all look like themselves! I dug up some pics of each of them to compare. What do you think?