The first picture is of Max and Kyla at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The picture was taken on July 31, 2009 in the Mineral & Gem section of the museum. It was the only picture I took at the museum that day. The other pictures were taken the next day at the Dinosaur Tracks on Alameda! We hiked up to the tracks with the Jaramillo’s and down the other side to get a view of Red Rocks Amphitheater.

On July 4, 2009 we drove our favorite trail in Colorado, Wheeler Lake. We then watched fireworks in Breckenridge that evening.

I realized on the trail that the battery to my camera was not going to last long, so my pictures were all landscape and animals. Before we start the trail we stop at the reservoir and sling rocks. This time there was a squirrel who was quite friendly. Brian fed the squirrel from his hand, which the kids got a kick out of.

When we got to the top of the trail, it started to rain and snow on us. We normally do some hiking up top, but not this day.

I did manage to get a few firework shots before my camera completely died!

Just doing a little updating from 2 years ago!!

Back in June of 2009 we went to Arapahoe Community College for the annual Fire Truck Parade and Muster! Kyla and Barrett really enjoyed seeing all the fire trucks and they were able to watch an Air Life helicopter land in the parking lot. They then demonstrated how patients are loaded onto the helicopter.

Kyla was able to take a ride in a soapbox car and practice using a fire extinguisher!

There were several old fire trucks on display!

But I think their favorite part was playing in the foam at the end! 

We started July 4th Weekend by going to the Chatfield Botanical Gardens on Friday the 1st. It was a free day at the Gardens! The kids enjoyed it, however it was a bit warm to really enjoy it. Emmett slept the whole time we were there walking around. There is a tree house for the kids to play in, but since it was warm I just took a picture of Barrett and Kyla inside and called it good. Afterwards we went to Chick-fil-a! Amber and I then headed to Clement Park and found a spot to park our vehicles where we could enjoy the fireworks later that evening. Zane ended up meeting us where we parked and we walked over to Hops for dinner, where Brian joined us! We walked back to the vehicles, which by that time many others had joined us in the parking lot. We laid blankets on the grass in front of the vehicles and enjoyed the fireworks!

I wasn’t completely prepared with everything I wanted to take firework pictures. But I thought we were going back to the house after dropping off a vehicle by Clement Park. Brian brought me a tripod, so that was good.

So at the end of September Zane calls me in the morning and asks if my mom or I could pick him up as he was in an accident. He was fine and so was the lady he hit, but our poor truck! The truck was totaled and the following week we got a new truck, well it looks like his old one, it’s just red!

Well, we usually like to go for a drive to see the leaves in the fall!  We decided to drive up to Breckenridge taking Como Pass.  It was beautiful, but a lot of leaves had already fallen due to high winds that week.  We stopped in Breckenridge for Rasta Pasta, which we really love!  Zane kept telling my mom she would like it, since they do weird stuff, like put fruit in a few of their pasta dishes.  My mom thought Zane was just making fun of her and then she realized he was serious when looking at the menu!  And of course I had to add pictures of Emmett!  Actually the fall picture was the only one that I took on our drive!

Emmett is two weeks old in these photos.

I really want to go through my pictures so I can make a book.  These pictures were taken when Emmett was 6 days old.

He looks like he is whistling.

I love pictures of newborns when they are sleeping!

Buddy the Elf returned this year to watch over the kids for Santa.  He is a mischievous elf, so each morning Kyla would be so excited to see what he got into or did in the house.  I did take some pictures a few mornings, so I will post them as I go through them.

Our good friends had their first baby in November!  We are so excited for them to enjoy parenthood with us now!  When she was 9 days old they came over so I could take some pictures of her.  I took this picture of her and Emmett next to each other.  Emmett kept trying to grab her, so we ended up putting her on top of his arm, seemed to work out better!  They are 10 weeks apart!

And here is one of just her!!