It's May, right?

Well, nothing like a little spring snowstorm in the Rockies. I am so ready for summer and then this had to happen...

This was this morning after the snow had stopped. It's hard to tell how much we actually got because a lot of it melted before it really started to accumulate. It's a very heavy, wet and sloppy snow.
Mackenzie and I decided to head out this morning. We were out there for about 2 hours. The temperature was hovering around freezing but when the sun came out it really wasn't too bad at all.

She didn't want to sit in the snow at first but it didn't take long until she was right in the middle of it!

Some of the poor trees near our house.

Cutie!

Making snow castles. I would have much preferred making sand castles but I guess you take what you can get.

Very carefully...

Ta-Da!!

Mackenzie and Daddy Time

Byron and Mackenzie decided to brave a slight breeze and cool temperatures the other day so they could get in a little batting practice! It was pretty fun to watch. We might have a future ball player on our hands!

Getting the feet in the right place...

Eyes on the ball...

Bat up...

Taking aim...

Big swing!

Daddy's turn...not sure if that pitch made it. :)

Swingin' for the fence, or, the trees in this case!

Indoor Creativity

The weather has been so iffy lately and mostly just yucky. It's either raining, snowing or really windy. Sometimes all 3 at the same time! So the other day Mackenzie and I created an indoor hopscotch board. Mackenzie only made it through half of her "stickering" the numbers but it took up at least an hour of our day. All you moms know that it is an incredible feat to keep any kid occupied for that long! Yay for hopscotch! Not sure what our next project will be and we are open to suggestions!

Arches-Day 2

We started out earlier in the day and did a small hike that was actually a loop. This trail was on the way to the North Window.

They are actually in the North Window. Mackenzie loved being able to climb up all the rocks.

Kenzie and I in the North Window.

Cool tree.

Reading the letters on the sign.

The South Window. Byron hiked down there thinking he could climb up the rocks into the "window". Didn't happen. The rocks were much smoother than he anticipated!

That's the end of the pictures we took. The rest of the way home wasn't too exciting. Flat, I-70 mountains, Blackhawk, Nederland and home (for those of you who know Colorado. And no, we did not stop in Blackhawk!).

Moab and Arches National Park-Day 1

There were some pretty cool rock formations on the way to Moab from the Grand Canyon. It's kind of bizarre how they just stick up out of the ground while the rest of the landscape is flat.

We stopped at the visitor's center for Arches National Park after we had lunch and found a hotel in Moab.

Taking the sheep by the horns??

Then we decided it was too warm, especially for pregnant 'ol me, to go trapsing around Arches so we came back to the hotel for a swim and a nap.

After naptime we headed out to the park and it was very pleasant outside. I don't know how people visit this place in the summer when the average high in July is 101 degrees! No way!

This is Balanced Rock.

Delicate Arch, probably the most famous and photographed arch.

Byron and Kenzie running up the sand.

Checking out some naturally formed rocks. That would be the builder in him...

It got too dark to get a good picture of this one...

Speaking of Sleeping

Too cute to pass up...how do kids sleep like that??

Grand Canyon Day 2

We missed "the sign" the first day we went to the park so we made sure we stopped this time. Actually, the day before there were a ton of people there and we didn't want to wait. Although you would never had known that if I didn't mention it! :)

Part of the park road that runs along the South Rim of the canyon is designated for busses only (and cyclists from what I hear). So we took the bus loop and found some more stunning views.

This was a cool sign that was posted on a column of a place called Hermit's Rest. It was at the end of the bus line. I didn't read up on the history of it but it was a pretty neat place.

This last picture was out the window of the car on the way out of the north entrance to the park. I just couldn't bring myself to get out and Mackenzie was in the back sleeping so we just did a drive-by!