Fall Festival at Red Feather Lakes Elementary ~

 Kicking off our Halloween extravaganza, was the Fall Festival at school on Friday, October 25th.  There were all kinds of activities and fun for the kids, a Halloween costume contest, and then trick or treating on the nature trail.  I was busy running the festival, so i didnt get very many pics of Jordyn, but i did think to have someone get a shot of the two of us together for a change :)  I never seem to get in any of the shots.  I had to ditch my giant witch hat...with the veil, it was getting in the way of all my photos....but here it is...a shot of me and my little vampire ninja....hey, that could totally be a story line!  VAMPIRE NINJA

 And here is a hilarious shot of Justin with Jordyns teacher, Mrs. Johnson.

Let the Halloween fun begin!!!

Dinosaur Ridge ~

Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge was on Saturday, October 12th and it was a blast!  None of us had ever been there before, so we were all curious to see what it was like.  They had over a dozen booths set up for the girls to explore, several of which helped them to earn steps towards patches, and some of them were just plain fun. 

We were greeted at the entrance by Mr. Bones, and we all laughed and took several pictures with him.  Here he is about to eat Nicole and Jordyn :)

The girls got to paint fossils, look for meteorite fragments with magnets, pan for gold and other gems, dig for fossils, dress up in old time clothes, check out cool things under a microscope, bird watch, and even pet giant cockroaches.

Then we took the shuttle up the hill to see the dinosaur prints and fossils in the rocks of Dinosaur Ridge!

 

Did you know the very first Stegosaurus fossil ever found, was found right here at Dinosaur Ridge?  In fact, the National Fossil of Colorado is the Stegosaurus  :)   Here the kids are checking the rocks for radiation...the radiation goes way up where the dinosaur's fossil is...very cool indeed!

It was a great day filled with all kinds of cool dinosaur facts and fun!  Jordyn and i hope to visit again soon! 

Catching up in November ~

 

I have fallen wayyyyy behind on my blogging with the new job, so i was hoping to get a little caught up now that the chaos of Halloween has passed, so here goes...

Our school was visited by the fire department for Fire Prevention Week, and the kids all had a great time! 

I wore my EMT uniform to represent my fire department, and the kids showed off their fire dog hats!  With the Gov't on shut down, our Forest Service was not able to come up, including Smokey the Bear, but our wonderful, UNPAID volunteers did not disappoint!  They spent the entire day with the kids and they were fantastic!  A big THANK YOU goes out to Red Feather Lakes Volunteer Fire Department for their awesomeness!  :)

 

We also had crazy hair day in October, which all the kids seemed to get into!  I sprayed a little green and pink in my hair, and im still trying to wash out the pink :) hehehehhe 

 With all the craziness of October, we were still able to squeeze in a sleepover.  Jordyn had her friend Rehna spend the night on Saturday, after we had spent the day at the Dinosaur Ridge, so the kids went to bed pretty early, but they spent all day Sunday goofing off together and having fun. (my next blog will fill you in on Dino Ridge, so stay tuned)  What a great month October was!  :)

A Visit From Jack Frost ~

 Jack Frost paid us a visit this morning, however, all evidence of his visit disappeared once the sun came out!

Perhaps he'll visit again soon!  :)
in the meantime, im falling way behind on posting, so i hope i can get caught up later this week...lots of fun Halloween and girl scout stuff to post!

Jordyn's Traditional Halloween Portraits ~

 Every year Jordyn and i head out into the yard to take her Halloween portraits.  We missed most of the fall colors this year, but the photos still came out great...after all, we've had 7 years of practice at it now, so we sort of have it down.

 Here's my little ninja in an action shot...she's pretty stealth in those purple high tops!  She was a pretty good sport though, considering she has a cold, and it only took us about 15 minutes outside with the camera to get some good shots.

 but this one is probably one of my fav's!  Dont ya just LOVE Halloween!!!

Face Painting Fun at Our Girl Scout Meeting ~

What a fabulous bunch of kids!!!

Lifes Wonderful Colors ~

Jordyn and i saw 5 big beautiful moose on our way to school today...three bulls one female and a calf...must be mating season!  Gotta love living in the mountains :)