Pumpkin Patch 2011

Finally, we had a fun filled pumpkin patch day as a family of four! You may recall from last year that our first attempt at Pumpkin Patch fun was a Pumpkin Patch Fail. I was beginning to think this year would be more of the same. Especially after our aborted attempt last week with Cooper's parking lot melt down. We made one final attempt of the season and the day pretty much ROCKED!

Ha! Seeeeeeeeee Cooper, can I just blurt out a big fat "WE TOLD YOU SO!! Pumpkin patches are pretty much awesome!". And don't you forget it.

Dr. Doolittle in action.

Camel nose.

Tractors too!?! Can it get any better?

Big

Does this not look like a big boy or what?

I want my baby back, baby back, baby back..........I want my baby back, baby back, baby back!!

And now I'm craving ribs.

Oh Snow

Hello there Colorado snow. I remember you from last April. I realize you have a strong presence in the area but I wasn't expecting to see so much of you so soon. It's kind of fun to see you right now as your first appearance of the season always makes me feel warm and cozy. I just hope I'm not still seeing you in....shall we say, JUNE!!! Now I must go google soup recipes.......

Cousins in Colorado

We had our first visitors to Estes last weekend. My little bro is back in the states for (work) training in Colorado Springs and his family decided to join him. We are excited to have them only 2 1/2 hours away for a couple of weeks and they were nice enough to spend their weekend with us.

Cooper couldn't wait to show his cousin, Pete all his toys and introduce him to his "elk friends". We walked around town and showed them around but mostly just hung out watching the kids be kids.

The visit ended with an (attempt) jaunt to a pumpkin patch that quicky turned into very ugly (3 yr old-ultimate-meltdown-disgrace-the-family-but-it-was-so-bad-we-didn't-care-what-total-strangers-thought-mostly-just-worried-if-we-had-lost-our-first-born-to-the-dark-side) kind of tantrum. Trust me, it was horrible. We've never had an episode that bad in public before and it was most definitely not the type of behavior that deserved pumpkin patch fun. So we aborted the mission and said a quick good bye.

Aside from the pumpkin patch fiasco, Coop 'n Cruz had an awesome time with their cousins and we had fun watching them....

Camera fun.

Bundled babies.

Matching babies.

Funky Town

Cruz wants to go to funky town!

You're already there, buddy.

There Goes the Neighborhood

It's hard to believe we've been here two weeks already. We're settling in and finally feel like we've made some progress with the paper and boxes battle. Cooper and Cruz are rediscovering all the toys that they haven't seen for nearly 7 months. Man, do we have a lot of toys. They are part of the problem as to why we had so many boxes to unpack. We really need to do a serious purging of toys. For now, every.single.toy.imaginable is getting new life. The neighbors are going to love us!!!!!!

Sunny morning cup of joe on the front porch........bliss!

Checking' out the hood.

A little yard maintenance.

Bike ride!

Lazy ride!

First ride!

It's good to be "home" and together.

Bittersweet Countdown

I've thought over and over about how I will capture into words what I am feeling as we countdown our departure for Colorado. There are no words. The emotions that have tangled with my heart this past month are indescribable.

Three weeks ago we were dealt a painful blow and weren't able to say goodbye to someone we loved very much. It makes our everyday "good byes" even harder.

Mark flew to Tennessee this past week to meet with the movers and pack up our stuff. He then flew to St. George yesterday to meet up with us and it's off to Colorado on Monday.

I am so happy to begin our journey to Colorado and to be together as a family again. But wow, is it going to be tough to say goodbye to my Mom and Dad and the place the boys and I have called home for the past 9 months!

I am forever grateful for the time we have spent and the memories we have created in St. George.
I will hold these memories close to my heart always and forever.

Thank-you Mom and Dad for giving us a home and putting up with all of our antics. Cooper, Cruz and I (and even Targhee and Kokanee) are going to miss you to the moon and back! And then some.........

Now I'm off to bed so I can wake up and cherish our last day before we leave like it is just another day. Doing our everyday things and relishing in the happy little routine we have created.
It really will be the little things that I'm going to miss the most.

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