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When he helps grandma unload the dishwasher,
he REALLY unloads the dishwasher.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Mountain Life
Escaping to the mountains before the ski areas open is a lovely thing. Vail opened today but Beaver Creek is still looking a bit bare and you can still snag a parking spot at City Market without any trouble. It's a nice time of year to be here. Sunset earlier this week from the front porch...
Mr. Man is using his height to his full advantage in his new digs. He's learned all the seats in the house he can get into/onto on his own. He has no problem getting down from any of them except the bench, it took a few practice tries to get that one down.
Gosh, is he really only 16 months?
Gosh, is he really only 16 months?
Yesterday we bought a 10 trip punch card to the very nice local rec center and went for a swim. Today we drove west to Glenwood Springs (spotting several bald eagles along the way!) and had a soak in the hot springs there. I guess seeing all the lap swimmers both places inspired FFM who came out of my room this evening with my goggles pressed against his eyes. (This is especially interesting as he's only seen me wear them once, months ago, and he doesn't have any of his own yet.)
He thought it was the funniest thing of the evening, even better than my bout of hiccups.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Official Wedding Pics
For anyone who knows my brother, or who's nosy (OK, interested), here's a link to the official wedding pictures. We're not in many of them, but you might spot Travis, who was part of the wedding party, in a few. I was busy chasing FFM around a lot of the night...
http://www.willoart.com/quentinkaren/
http://www.willoart.com/quentinkaren/
Friday, November 14, 2008
Winter and Fall
Yesterday, FFM learned all about fall...
and made sure to point out all the planes that passed overhead.
This morning we all woke up to winter! Good thing I had a snowsuit ready to go and Eric got rid of all the leaves yesterday afternoon. It was only a tiny bit of snow, but enough to make some good tracks in.
In between the leaves and the snow there have been many trips on the famous red elephant. This was my elephant when I was about FFM's age. My grandma took me to Woolworth's and apparently I sat down on the elephant and wouldn't get off. Even when we were in the car (this was back before kids had to be in car seats, how did we ever survive?!?!). She's kept it all these years and all kinds of grandkids and great-grandkids have ridden it, but she's never let anyone take it, she's been saving it for FFM.
I didn't know/remember this story, but I'll tell you one of my own. We went to a department store in Perth and FFM found a sale table that was covered with a table cloth. Peeking out from under the cloth was a little plastic scooter. He sat down on it and refused to get off. We ended up going home with that little scooter and it's in our backyard in Australia right now. Hmmm...something about the apple not falling far from the tree comes to mind :)
And last, but certainly not least, in my long list of catch ups, some wedding pictures from my brother and Karen's wedding. The ones during the day are at the rehearsal picnic. We had a BBQ at a park where there was a little train we could all ride. Then off to rehearse! The night photos were all taken by another guest and I have borrowed them. I was busy keeping FFM from jumping in the pool, tearing down the candles, eating the decorations.....seriously, he was really good.
and made sure to point out all the planes that passed overhead.This morning we all woke up to winter! Good thing I had a snowsuit ready to go and Eric got rid of all the leaves yesterday afternoon. It was only a tiny bit of snow, but enough to make some good tracks in.In between the leaves and the snow there have been many trips on the famous red elephant. This was my elephant when I was about FFM's age. My grandma took me to Woolworth's and apparently I sat down on the elephant and wouldn't get off. Even when we were in the car (this was back before kids had to be in car seats, how did we ever survive?!?!). She's kept it all these years and all kinds of grandkids and great-grandkids have ridden it, but she's never let anyone take it, she's been saving it for FFM.I didn't know/remember this story, but I'll tell you one of my own. We went to a department store in Perth and FFM found a sale table that was covered with a table cloth. Peeking out from under the cloth was a little plastic scooter. He sat down on it and refused to get off. We ended up going home with that little scooter and it's in our backyard in Australia right now. Hmmm...something about the apple not falling far from the tree comes to mind :)I had really good taste in elephants, she's even got fluffy eyelashes.
Some other news, FFM has his first, first cousin (I've got some cousins we call his cousins since they're close in age). Travis' sister had her baby on election day 11/4 and she's happy and healthy and we can't wait to meet her. It'll be a few months, they're in PA and believe it or not even though we managed to get all the way from Oz to CO it's just not in the cards to make it to PA this trip. Meet Audrey!
And last, but certainly not least, in my long list of catch ups, some wedding pictures from my brother and Karen's wedding. The ones during the day are at the rehearsal picnic. We had a BBQ at a park where there was a little train we could all ride. Then off to rehearse! The night photos were all taken by another guest and I have borrowed them. I was busy keeping FFM from jumping in the pool, tearing down the candles, eating the decorations.....seriously, he was really good.
Meggan Jacks
About a year ago we had a photographer in Phoenix, Meggan Jacks, take some family photos. We don't do 'professional' photos very often so we did a big splurge and found a really great one. We went back to see her again this year and she's posted our album online. It'll be available until Nov 21, after that these instructions won't get you anywhere. Until then, if you want to take a peek go ahead.
Click on the link:
http://www.megganjacks.com/index2.php
THEN, Go to previews
type: moore08 in the password space (that's a zero after our name)
This shoot was tough, FFM is getting so many molars right now he's perpetually crabby. The location was great, it's an arts center with so many different colors and texutres I could have played there all day!
Click on the link:
http://www.megganjacks.com/index2.php
THEN, Go to previews
type: moore08 in the password space (that's a zero after our name)
This shoot was tough, FFM is getting so many molars right now he's perpetually crabby. The location was great, it's an arts center with so many different colors and texutres I could have played there all day!
