Halloween Fun in Denver ~

 

The Land of Questions ~

Lately every sentence that comes out of Jordyns mouth starts with the words...I wonder, How come, and What if....which is fun for a while, and i love her curiosity...but after a two hour drive home from Denver, "i wonder what it would be like to be 10?"...."how come we cant fly?"..."what if the whole world was covered in water and we were fish?"  and with each answer i give, comes another question...and another...and another, each one more absurd than the last! Im exhausted!  Welcome to the world of 6 year olds.

The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again ~

The Great Pumpkin stopped by here last night while we were sleeping and delivered 3 huge pumpkins!!! I guess the mini pumpkin patch we had impressed him...thank you great pumpkin, whoever you are!   :)

Election Humor ~

Saw this while driving into town today and it made me chuckle! 

Rocky Mountain Raptor Program - 25 years

 The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program had their 25th anniversary on Sunday, so we headed down the mountain to check it out.  Jordyn and i love this place, but Justin had never been, so he decided to come along, and Christy joined us too.  Check out this Great Horned Owl skeleton...the giant eye sockets were sort of creepy!

 They had feather painting and face painting for the kids...

 live music...burgers, hot dogs and brats....2 giant cakes as well as a bunch of cupcakes...

 and of course...RAPTORS...the Ambassadors of the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program.

 This Golden Eagle has been with the program for 25 years...so basically, we were celebrating his anniversary as well!

 This Goshawk was very pretty...but my favorite ambassador of the day...

 The Barn Owl!

Hope you enjoyed our Sunday adventure!

More Catch and Release ~

 More catch and release today...with the colder weather, its only a matter of time before this pond freezes, so we need to get these fish out!

 Justin and Jordyn worked well together...he caught, and she carried/released...

 Looks like he caught another one...

 This guy was a pretty nice size...

 Success!  They caught and released 9 trout today...not too bad for folks with no poles!  Next it was time for some lunch...Jordyn requested tomato soup with grill cheese sandwiches...one of our favorites up here!  yum!  I made the soup out of tomatoes fresh from our garden, and it was rather tasty.

 I think these two and their synchronized dipping agree :)

 What a beautiful day!

First Slumber Party ~

 Jordyn's friend Andrea turned 7 this weekend, and she celebrated by having a birthday-costume-slumber party!  It was Jordyns first slumber party, and since all the kids are so young, moms, if they wanted, were invited to stay the night too. 

 I was excited to partake in the slumber party...especially since i knew me and all the moms would have a blast!  And we did...we stayed up late watching the Twilight movies while the kids played and played and played.....

 This is one of the gifts we gave Andrea...she has a thing for elephants, and when she saw the i-spy quilt i made for Jordyn, she asked if i could make her an elephant quilt. Well, i didnt have time to make an entire quilt, so i made her a pillow instead.  She seems to like it :)

 It will go nicely with her favorite stuffed animal, "elephant", whom she takes everywhere!

 Her birthday, being in October,  always has a pumpkin theme of some kind...and Sharon, her "super" mom, always makes the best cakes!  Looks like everyone agrees....

 Enjoying a sugar high, the kids decided to play some more...this time it was slide down the stairs and dog pile on one another.

 Too much fun!  Then it was time to wind down with a movie...of course, this lasted several hours, and there wasnt much movie watching but lots of giggling, and even some emotional melt downs.  Several of which Jordyn had...but i think it was due to being over tired from the overnight she had at grandma and grandpas the night before.  Being the youngest of the bunch, and new to sleepovers, that could have been part of the reason too...so i was glad i could be there for her...but then again, several of them were getting a little punchy...so we had to put our foot down and make it "lights out" for the girls.  Besides, all their chaos was interrupting our "mom" fun :)

It was a great weekend though, and i think all the kids had a good time!