Angela's Birthday

For Angela's birthday, we went to the Denver Aquarium. It was money well spent. We all had so much fun!

Jay


Angela


Lucy


What are you guys thinking? Get me out of this shark's mouth. I don't care if it is dead.





Lucy loved looking at the fish. She kept trying to touch them through the glass. She even talked to some of them.



Here is a Bengal Tiger


Angela touching a sting ray.


Jay touching a sting ray.


After the aquarium. We went to our favorite restaurant, Johnny Carino's. Lucy was such a good girl. She sat in the high chair the whole time. As long as we kept feeding her, she was happy. We couldn't believe how fast she was shoveling the food in, but when we got up to leave, we found a big pile under Lucy's chair. Sorry bus boy!

Labor Day

We went to the Colorado Balloon Classic on Labor Day. It is the longest continuously running hot air balloon festival in the Rocky Mountain Region as well as the State of Colorado. It is similar to the balloon festival in Provo on the 4th of July, but there are more balloons (just not in this picture!).



We chased this balloon to the landing site. This is moments before they deflated it. It is fascinating to be so close to a hot air balloon and see their length when they are deflated.


After lunch, we hiked Section 16/Palmer Trail. It is a 6 mile hike (and the first half is all uphill).




Eventually, Lucy got really tired. "This hiking stuff can really wear ya out!!"


We stopped in the shade by a babblin' brook.


Lucy sure loved daddy's hat. He doesn't wear it that much, but absolutely had to because he was so sun burnt from the Wyoming/Weber State football game.

Living it up in Colorado Springs

Moving to Colorado Springs has been an adventure, but one that we are not sorry about. We love the beautiful mountains, the green trees all around, and the mild weather (it sprinkles just about every day). We have a lot more time to spend together as a family, and we are growing closer together. Lucy has had several new experiences too and seems to like her new home. She has started to get back on her sleeping schedule. Thank Heavens!!!





Jay is now working at DWG & Associates (picture not shown). He loves working for such a great company and is enjoying his new job! Jay is a project coordinator.



Lucy ate her first cracker the other day. As you can see, she enjoyed it.



Lucy also tried feeding herself bananas, but they were so slippery that she couldn't pick them up.



We took Lucy swimming for the first time in the pool at our apartment complex. There were some little kids splashing in the water, and she couldn't take her eyes off of them. Lucy loved kicking her legs in the water.






After her bath, Lucy was warm in her giraffe robe.


Daddy was having a hard time diapering his squirming little nudist. She looked so cute that we had to take her picture.

Garden of the Gods

We love Colorado Springs. There is a gorgeous park just a few miles from our new house called Garden of the Gods. It has beautiful rock formations. This is one of the first sights we visited after moving here.


















This formation is called Kissing Camels. See why?












































































We love doing things as a family!

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

The Saturday after we moved to Colorado Springs, we took a trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The zoo has many hands-on activities for kids and lots of fun exhibits, but feeding the giraffes is by far the coolest thing. Lucy had a cold, and Mommy accidentally got sunscreen in her eyes, so she was not having such a great time. She still looked cute in the outfit that Aunt Laray gave her. Jay stayed home to recuperate from the move before he had to start work the following Monday.




































A zookeeper brought a baby wallaby out to show zoo visitors. Lucy was feeling so poorly that even the cute baby wallaby couldn't cheer her up.


















Jonathan wanted this picture taken. Pretty cool.









Ooh, a leaf!









Grandma posing near the flowers.












Grandpa was so nice to hold the umbrella up so that the sun wasn't in Lucy's eyes.









The chipmunks at the zoo were darling! They were not afraid of people at all. I was afraid that they were going to crawl up my leg. This little chipmunk is greeting Lucy.









Before we left, Grandma bought Lucy a souvenir, a hat. We had a great time at the zoo!









One last picture before Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Bub headed back to Idaho Falls.