Camping in Ouray

Just wanted to share some pictures from our trip to Ouray, Colorado on Memorial Day Weekend. We met our buddies from Albuquerque there and had a ball. Emma was thrilled to be in the Great Outdoors all weekend, and she did not want to leave. We had a rainy weekend, but our spirits were not dampened. Saturday, we drove to Telluride (see post), and then Sunday, the group (minus Tylitha, McGinnis, and myself) went on a hike (see post), and then the group hopped into the hot springs. We enjoyed many roasted marshmallows, the traditional potato/veggie packs roasted on the grill, yummy steaks, frito pie, etc, etc, etc.

Ty's camper was our gathering spot. We however stayed in a cabin.

Emma really liked the campfires every night.

Mac was just happy to be there (and happy to sample all this big people food)!

Is my girl old enough to sleep on the top bunk? I guess so. She was so proud of herself!

Emma and buddy Brad

Hangin with Daddy

Part of the group in Ty's camper after "camping church"

Jocie and Mac

My sweetie pies

Jennifer and Robert (taken by Emma)

Nikki and Brad (also taken by Emma)

Roastin, roastin, roastin....

Swinging in the Backyard

We are finally getting green grass and enjoying a little spring weather. Matt and Heidi (Mags and Nathan, too, of course) gave us their old dolphin swing for McGinnis. As you can see from the video, he absolutely loves it!! Thanks!

Say Cheese and Chair Scootin'

Yes I am a HAM!

So, we think Mac was trying to say Cheese. We kept telling him to say cheese, and this is what we got. What a nut. By the way, McGinnis is now 9 months old. Where has the time gone?

McGinnis LOVES to scoot over to Emma's tall chair. When he gets there, he likes to push and pull it across the floor. No, he doesn't crawl. He just scoots on his bottom and uses his arms to help. It's really funny.

Soldier Emma

So, Greg brought home a bunch of gear this weekend. Emma just had to try some things on for size. His bag is so big she can lay down in it!!

See my teeth?

McGinnis is so proud of his new teeth. He gives us cheesy grins ALL the time. So far, these are the best shots I can get of him, but I'll keep trying! (Pardon the boogeys in his nose!)

Girl at Work

Emma LOVES to work on things. Our friend Connie is renovating a new office space, so we have been trying to lend a hand when we can. Emma gets really upset if she finds out someone is working at the office and she is not there. Her new skills include mudding sheet rock and scraping old glue off the floor. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it!!

The Surrey with Fringe on Top

What a cutie!

Just to give a little perspective on how TINY this trailer was!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all those of you who helped Emma get enough credits to ride the pony. Actually this year, the school hired the same miniature pony, named Ballou, but this time, he pulled a surrey with fringe on top! It was really cute, and the kids really had a fun time. The little boy in the pictures is one of Emma's friends from her class.