Busy, Busy, Busy...

I truly don't know where the summer has gone.  We have been so busy, I can barely keep track of the days anymore!  So, in the last couple weeks we have celebrated my 31st birthday, gone for hikes, family get-togethers and more (look for the "more" in my next post).  We had a nice dinner at my parents house and after dinner, of course was cake.  Mom and Meme made an ice cream cake with layers of pound cake and blueberry ice cream with cool whip and fresh blueberries on top.  It was VERY yummy.  Apparently, it's a version of a cake Meme used to make for my Uncle Frank.  I know I'll attempt to make it myself a some point!

The next weekend Dylan, Miles, Bronson, and I went for a hike up Mount Philo.  We had a nice hike, although it was extremely hot and humid...we were all so sweaty.  Miles got to ride in his hiker pack which he enjoyed!

After hanging out at the top for a bottle and some water we headed back down and Miles fell asleep, I couldn't resist taking a picture!

Miles became a "big boy" with his first hair cut!  I know it doesn't seem like he has a whole lot of hair, but some of it was so long it was growing over his ears, and not in a nice way.  He did pretty well, I was very proud of him, only a couple of moments I was worried about his ear getting cut off!  

He looked instantly older after all was said and done... I'm still hoping for some curls!  At the end of July Debbi came in to town for a couple days with her friend Connie and Connie's children Jo and Fritz.  We had a very nice visit.  We went out for a nice meal at the Shanty and then headed down to the water front for an after dinner walk.  It was such a beautiful night.

Mom and Debbi,

Grampy and Miles, 

The whole dang family!

It was sad to say good-bye, but it is good to think that she will probably be back for Christmas again!

Check back again soon!  I have some great videos to post soon!!!!!  

Miles enjoying some blueberry pancakes! 

Hope all is well!  Much love to you all!

Jenny xxoo

Fun in Fort Collins..

In mid-July we went on our first family vacation, luckily it didn't look like anything the Griswold's participated in!  We went out to Colorado to visit our good friends Vinnie and Melissa.  We were a little nervous about the flight out there, we had a long stretch on the plane, 4 hours and 15 minutes.  Thankfully Miles slept for about 2 hours and we made good time out there so it went very well!  Miles started to get a little antsy toward the end, but lets be honest, who doesn't get a little antsy after sitting for more than 4 hours!

Miles adjusted very well to the time change, it was rather seamless.  We did so much out there, so I will share some of the highlights with you.

On one of our first days there we toured downtown Fort Collins, a little bit Burlington-like, great shops, yummy food, and lots of people watching.  We then visited one of the many micro breweries in Fort Collins.  This one is the O'Dell Brewing Company.  We got a sample of all the beers they make, yummy!

On Friday we headed to the mountains.  Vin and Melissa found a cabin in Winter Park, CO for us to rent for the weekend.  Our tour guides brought us through Rocky Mountain National Park....so pretty!!!!  Unfortunately, I was a bit affected by the altitude.  I was still able to appreciate the beauty though!  We got stuck in some construction traffic for about half an hour, which was okay, not a bad place to get stuck.

Vinnie ordered us up some elk and we were lucky enough to see a herd.

After a four hour, tummy upsetting, beautiful drive we arrived at our destination....

Bear Claw Cabin, a nice little cabin on a mountain side it had everything we needed....I can imagine it would be really great to stay in the winter as well!

We had a very nice relaxing time in Winter Park, went for a nice walk in the center of town and later went out to dinner.  After dinner there was a concert in the park we enjoyed for a little while.  We had to take advantage of a photo op!!!

Sadly, we did have to leave winter park, but we still had a couple days left in Fort Collins.  We went on a nice hike in the Poudre Canyon.  We had a great time hiking, such a beautiful day!!!!  Sophie had a great time too!!!

There were a number of water crossings that I didn't even attempt to rock hop, however, Dylan with is super agility and baby on board did a great job!

We miss these guys so much!  Thanks for showing us such a great time guys!!!  We love you!!!!

Unfortunately, like any vacation it had to come to an end.  We did have a great time, and can't wait to go back for another visit someday!  

Here are some other choice photos of from our vacation....  Hope all is well!

Jenny xxoo