Spray Ground

More fun with the Jewell family! This time we went off to the Spray Ground at Deerfield Hills Community Center. The guys joined us later because they were being "reintegrated". The kids had a blast.


I'll start with my FAVORITE picture... I sure do love my boys!

Kaela and Malia getting ready to have fun...

Abram was OBSESSED with the puddles. He wouldn't actually go in the water, but loved splashing in the puddles...

More puddle splashing...

A super serious Malia...

There we go... that's more like Mali... Grins galore!

The whole Spray Ground...

Baby Ethan and Mommy Monika... or Meeka-maka as Mali calls her...

The girls playing in the sand...

Once Papa came Abram had him check out the spraying with him...

Lots of fun in the sun and puddles! Hopefully, we will get up there again before the summer ends.

Memorial Day Weekend

Slowly, but surely, I WILL get caught up on blogging! Back to Memorial Day weekend. After we spent Saturday up at the Denver Temple, we spent the rest of our weekend the the Jewell family. Our barbecue on Sunday included the kids riding around in various Barbie vehicles...

Of course, Abram felt it easier just to push some of them...

The kids love playing with the Jewell's dogs... Brewser and Barley. And here Mali is with James. At this point she was loving him. Although, now I think she just loves to fight with him!

Monday we took their boat out to Pueblo Reservoir. The girls LOVE boating!

As does Abram! We have gone out on the boat quite a few times this summer and remark every time how fortunate we are the the kids are SO good on the boat. Pretty darn uncommon to have a 6 month, 16 month, 2 year, and 3 year old behave so well for hours out on the water!

Lest any of you wonder if David ever smiles... all you have to do is get him out on the water tubing and he's happy as a clam!

The girls watching "Papa" tubing. Adorably, Kaela calls David "Papa" also...

Malia sitting in the tube with Papa...

David at the helm. Someday we WILL have our own! In the meantime, he gets his kicks out of trying to throw James off the tube...

The girls hanging out in the tube...

Papa being naughty and sharing his DP with Abram...

This line up was back in one of the coves... I found it amusing...

On the way home Abram was so tired he was being a NUT! Silly boy...

Good times, good times! We love hanging out with the Jewell family. True to Army form, they will be moving soon. Guess I better get used to making friends, and then having them move! In the meantime, we will enjoy our time with them. The girls' birthdays are only a few days apart so we will be having a big combination party in a few weeks. Fun, fun!

I Love to See the Temple

On Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, our little family went with our ward for a Primary Activity at the Denver Temple. David had just gotten home three days earlier, so we were super excited to be able to go as a family!

For some reason, this is the only picture I got of the temple! This is the backside of temple...

Inside the visitor's center... Malia and some of the other Primary kids...

David and Abram out by the fountain in front of the temple...

After our tour of the grounds and the visitor's center, we went across the street to have a picnic with the ward. Here are my men... I think Abram is trying to look tough...

Malia enjoyed running around, spinning, and even rolling down the hill! Here she is mid-spin...

Afterwards we checked out Deseret Book. Later that night a friend of mine took the kids so that David and I could have a date! We had a nice, relaxing, QUIET dinner at Applebee's and then did some shopping at Walmart. I know, I know... exciting, huh? It's what we wanted to do! The point was that we were together!