Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
::some boating fun::
Our friends the Hansens have a boat that they like to take out on a lake that's about an hour and a half away from our house. We were lucky enough to get taken out by then in June and had a really good time. I brought my little camera to document the trip.
Kris of course still remembers how to waterski. He looked pretty comfortable up there.
Sandy was pretty intimidated and fascinated by how fast the boat went at first. He eventually got comfortable and I had to explain to him that running around on a boat while it's driving is a bad idea.
Max felt pretty cool hanging with the big boys.
We naturally brought lots of snacks. It just wouldn't be the same without the delicious snacks.
Max wanted to take a turn on the skis--so he got put up on the little wooden trainers. It took a lot of tries, but he kept soldiering on.
Luckily he had experienced people giving him advice and getting him started.
He finally got "up" kind of up to about knee height. Turns out that one of his feet was halfway out of the foot holder and so he couldn't stand up completely.
He was satisfied after this success and came back into the boat.
And of course I had to take a turn. It's kind of embarrassing to do it with everybody watching from the boat--especially when one has only ever water-skiied twice before in one's LIFE.
Audience.
After a bad try I got up and going.
I couldn't navigate or anything, I just had to hold on tight and hope that the wake wouldn't knock me on my head, but I stayed up for a while a couple of times and then my exhausted muscles were done.
Max's #1 favorite thing was the tubes. There were two gigantic tubes pulled behind the boat. The kids would ride on there and bump up and down the wake and feel the wind on their faces. Max almost cried when he finally had to get off so the big boys could take a rougher ride.
That was a pretty fun way to spend a saturday morning. We'll be up for it again soon.
Kris of course still remembers how to waterski. He looked pretty comfortable up there.
Sandy was pretty intimidated and fascinated by how fast the boat went at first. He eventually got comfortable and I had to explain to him that running around on a boat while it's driving is a bad idea.
Max felt pretty cool hanging with the big boys.
We naturally brought lots of snacks. It just wouldn't be the same without the delicious snacks.
Max wanted to take a turn on the skis--so he got put up on the little wooden trainers. It took a lot of tries, but he kept soldiering on.
Luckily he had experienced people giving him advice and getting him started.
He finally got "up" kind of up to about knee height. Turns out that one of his feet was halfway out of the foot holder and so he couldn't stand up completely.
He was satisfied after this success and came back into the boat.
And of course I had to take a turn. It's kind of embarrassing to do it with everybody watching from the boat--especially when one has only ever water-skiied twice before in one's LIFE.
Audience.
After a bad try I got up and going.
I couldn't navigate or anything, I just had to hold on tight and hope that the wake wouldn't knock me on my head, but I stayed up for a while a couple of times and then my exhausted muscles were done.
Max's #1 favorite thing was the tubes. There were two gigantic tubes pulled behind the boat. The kids would ride on there and bump up and down the wake and feel the wind on their faces. Max almost cried when he finally had to get off so the big boys could take a rougher ride.
That was a pretty fun way to spend a saturday morning. We'll be up for it again soon.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
::desert walk pt 2::
FINALLY!! Part 2 arrives.
And mostly this will just be photos, since it took me all night just to get them ready.
Enjoy the other little surprises I found walking down into our arroyo.
Our front gate with our new little aspen trees (well, they were new in May, but they feel pretty at home now.)
I had to look hard to find these tiny flowers in the driveway.
Man with somebody's beloved pink fish.
Where did this crazy red come from?
These big fluffy guys were hiding down in the grasses.
With these little purple guys.
Seriously who knew the desert was so full of flowers?! And this was even before our rainstorm season.
Saved my favorite for last:
Yucca. I haven't seen a lot of them with a red tint. Some of these guys can grow flowers on stalks that can be like 10 feet tall. They're insane. I'll have to try to take a picture of one of those for you one of these days--I've only ever seen one in a nursery though.
Thanks for walking along with us, though it took waaaay to long to post.
Our front gate with our new little aspen trees (well, they were new in May, but they feel pretty at home now.)
I had to look hard to find these tiny flowers in the driveway.
Man with somebody's beloved pink fish.
Where did this crazy red come from?
These big fluffy guys were hiding down in the grasses.
With these little purple guys.
Seriously who knew the desert was so full of flowers?! And this was even before our rainstorm season.
Saved my favorite for last:
Yucca. I haven't seen a lot of them with a red tint. Some of these guys can grow flowers on stalks that can be like 10 feet tall. They're insane. I'll have to try to take a picture of one of those for you one of these days--I've only ever seen one in a nursery though.
Thanks for walking along with us, though it took waaaay to long to post.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
::desert walk pt 1::
In honor of Murphy having been here to get his teeth worked on this weekend, I thought I'd post the photos I took when he was here all the way back in early May. I love these photos, there were so many surprising things to fine outside when I actually opened up my eyes.
The boys walked down to the airstream parking spot for some reason, and after I put Mr. Baby to bed I followed them down with the camera.
The "greenbelt" behind our house is so pretty I think.
Yucca.
Part two to come.
The boys walked down to the airstream parking spot for some reason, and after I put Mr. Baby to bed I followed them down with the camera.
The "greenbelt" behind our house is so pretty I think.
Yucca.
Part two to come.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
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