Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We were lucky enough to be able to spend ours with Kevin
s sister Melanie and her family. They have recently relocated to Farmington, NM. We had a great time and were joined by Kevin's mom, dad, and two sisters, as well as Melanie's in-laws and a few more cousins. Let's just say we had a full house with 10 adults and 10 children!

Jadeyn had a wonderful time being the center of attention and got completely worn out from all the adoration.

We visited the Aztec ruins national monument and got to tour the many rooms from that amazing community.
Food is always the best part of Thanksgiving (besides family) and we had some wonderful grub throughout the trip: turkey. gravy, sweet potatoes, shephard's pie, biscuits and gravey and pie, lots of pie! Boy am I happy to be married to the chef of the family!
Thanks so much for the hospitality Melanie! We sure had a great time.

On our way home we stopped at the Great Sand Dunes National Park for Jadeyn's 4th National Park. It was sweet and completely covered in snow! We stayed the night in a hotel wanting to spit the drive up into two parts. Ooops! We woke up to a blizzard and four inches of snow! Oh well! We had a great time and made it home safely.

Yummy Noises

November 11, 2008

Yummy Noises!!
Jadeyn really loves his food. Sometimes he gets a bit too exuberant and every bite is accompanied by a very satisfied Yumm!!! We do have to chase his bobbing head around a bit with the spoon and sometimes have to corral the cats to one place as he watches them wander around. He is a distracted but excited eater!

Love my Brothers

Even as Jadeyn grows bigger and is more of a "threat" to the cats, they still tolorate him pretty well...and he adores them! He gets excited every time he sees them and flaps his little arms for them to come closer. His favorite time is when he gets to witness a "cat fight" as they play and growl at each other.

A few weeks ago, we played this video for Jadeyn. Ever since then, he has been fascinated (again) by making raspberry noises!! He was so excited to see himself doing it that he can't stop. So we get a daily showering of baby slobber!

Out of all these toys, I love the remote control the BEST !!

Sylvan Lake State Park

We decided that the summer is just too short to fit in all the camping that we want so we went out for one last hoo-rah! We stayed in a Yurt in Sylvan Lake State Park near the Vail/Avon area. It was beautiful. We hit it at the last few days of the fall leaves. The aspens were all golden and shimmering in the breeze. The weather report was saying very very cold and stormy, but our first day was beautiful!













Jadeyn is happiest in the outdoors! He loves all the new things to see and especially to touch. His little fingers were into everything! We'd be taking a walk carrying him and all of the sudden we'd be whipped around as his little grappling hooks latched onto some passing branch!













The weather decided to give us a treat! Each night the wind blew so hard it was incredible. In the mornings there were trees down across the roads that had to be cleaned up. We didn't go for too many hikes because it was opening day for hunting season, but it worked out well, because the weather really did turn cold and it was nice to stay near shelter. On our last morning we were greeted by three inches on snow!! It was BEAUTIFUL and peaceful! Jadeyn got to see snow for the first time, but he fell asleep top soon to play in it! What a fun trip!

HAPPY IN THE LEAVES !!!

Some of my favorite memories as a kid were playing in the leaves in the Fall. We would rake up our own yard leaves and pounce around in them, or we would go to a park and really have fun in the leaves. Jadeyn sure loved it today. You can't ask for better weather than 77 degrees on Halloween. The sun was to warm, not a cloud in the sky, grass was still green and the leaves were all freshly fallen. He had such fun crunching them, slapping them and occasionally trying to eat them. What a sweetie!

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween Everyone!
Jadeyn got a special package in the mail from his Aunt Julie. A trick or Treating outfit! He was adorable answering the door for all our neighbor kids and saved me and Kev from having to dress up again. If he had worn his peasant boy costume we would have had to wear our renaissance costumes to match! Jadeyn even went to one neighbor's house to trick or treat. He's practicing for next year!