Denver Botanical Gardens

I LOVE this place!!

Lexi on the catwalk... I think she might watch a little too much Next Top Model... :)

We finally made it up to the mountains this weekend. We decided to scope out a campsite to use in a couple weeks- woo woo!! Thought we'd play around Estes Park for a bit too. It was all about Lexi yesterday :)


She loves this playground, so we stopped and grilled hot dogs while she played.


She did stop to pose for a few shots for me down by the stream. These were taken before she fell in!

And here's when she got tired of posing for me...


This is one of the things I like about Estes-

Lots of places to relax.

Labor Day Weekend Pt 2

The kittens are getting so big. Here's Smokey-


Our little panther- with such a fierce sounding name... Blackie...


Niko, named after who we *think* is his father...


Niko and Smokey.

I'll have to get some shots of the calico, Zeba. She wasn't playing in the bushes with the other three.

Happy Friday everyone!

Labor Day Weekend Pt1

I snapped a few miscellaneous shots over the weekend. It was a very fun weekend, filled with good food, family and friends.

The Butterfly Bush lives up to its name :)

This spider definitely labored over Labor Day!

And of course, making homemade ice cream on the deck with Grampa. Reminds me of my younger days, making homemade ice cream on the deck with Nonnie and Poppie at the lake!

Speaking of lakes, Lexi's friend invited us to go jet skiing with them. It was a blast! We had a great time. This shot is post-swimming, the kiddos were starving but happy :)

We have some gorgeous volunteer hollyhocks in the back yard that just started coming up a couple years ago. They're this beautiful pale yellow, so delicate looking, but they stand up to our winds and storms.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Kitten pics to come tomorrow.

Tiny Dancer

Lexi started dance last week, and LOVES it! She's taking a combo class of ballet and tap. I'm trying to walk the line between being a good parent taking photos and an obtrusive one taking photos... so here's the best I could come up with last night :) These are taken thru the viewing window, across the room, in the mirror!

Just Like Riding A Bike~

First, there was a BBQ at church yesterday, and Lexi got her face painted. What's better than that!

Then we went to Wal-mart and got her a new bike helmet, which came with new elbow pads and new knee pads. She was all decked out.

And ready to learn! No training wheels anymore!!!

Well we're still working on it, but she's almost there. Woo woo!!

Lexi in Full Bloom

Here are some shots I got of Lexi at the rehearsal for Kari's wedding. Thought they turned out pretty cute.