Archive for the 'outings' Category

Georgetown Loop

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Spencer and Rob take a closer look at the oil-fired steam engine

Spencer and Rob take a closer look at the oil-fired steam engine

After taking Dave and Ellen to see Red Rocks, we decided to head farther up the mountains, since Red Rocks was quite hot. We debated between Idaho Springs and Georgetown, and settled on Georgetown, because Clare and I wanted to look at some art studios there. We were successful in finding some nice pottery, and [...]

Red Rocks with Dave and Ellen

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Ellen and Meg

Ellen and Meg

Much to my surprise, Dave and Ellen informed us in their recent visit that we had never taken them to Red Rocks. It seems like we take almost everyone to Red Rocks, sometimes multiple times. So we took Dave and Ellen to Red Rocks to remedy the situation. It turns out that we ended up [...]

Four Fedibbletys

Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Fedibbletys

The Fedibbletys

There have been 4 Fedibbletys for nearly 5 months now, but we still have very few good pictures of the 4 of us all together. We tried to remedy that this weekend when Dave and Ellen were out visiting. We got closer, but the elusive good picture of all four of us still continues to [...]

Bikes and dinosaurs

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Spencer touching a fossil at Dinosaur Ridge

Spencer touching a fossil at Dinosaur Ridge

Here are two totally unrelated topics. Several weeks ago we went to Dinosaur Ridge to see some dinosaur fossils. It was lots of fun. Spencer seemed to really enjoy it. Here is a picture of him with a fossil. In other news, Spencer continues to ride his Strider bike almost every day, and likes it [...]

Thomas’s third birthday party

Monday, July 4th, 2011
Spencer and Rob in their matching outfits

Spencer and Rob in their matching outfits

We recently went out to California to visit Paul and April, who had a big birthday party for Thomas, who turned 3. We had a really great time. Both Spencer and Meg are really great travelers. Spencer gets really excited now to see all the airplanes, and he is getting more helpful all the time [...]