Thunderbirds

Every year for the Air Force Academy graduation, the Thunderbird jets put on quite a show. We can hear them flying over practicing, so Gammy and Grandbob took the grandkids to see what all noise was about.

Waiting for the show to start...

Nola really got into cheering on the jets. One hand on her lunch sack, one in the sky!

Rockwell was his usual self. He went along for the ride and ate the whole time, excuse the pink bib. It happens.

Fishy Fun

We spent the rest of our Memorial weekend on a fun family trip to Denver. We stayed at the beautiful Warwick Hotel downtown in hopes to swim in the outdoor pool on top. Since it rained all weekend, we did some other fun things instead.


Played chess in the hotel lobby with dad.

Rockwell won!

Nola's favorite color - pink.

Eating at restaurant that was not kid friendly, but the kids were stars and did so well.

Gourmet bananas, yumm...

We went to the Aquarium on Monday, and so did everyone else.

Rockwell sportin' his shark shirt in line

Nola loved the fish!

And sea turtles

Just in time for the shark feeding

Animal Track Territory

Our Memorial Weekend started out with thunderstorms, but that didn't stop the fun.

Gammy and Grandbob took Nola and the younger cousins on a guided hike at Cheyenne Mountain State Park where they learned to identify animal tracks and then casted real tracks.

Not sure who the kid in green is.

Ice cream sent Nola over the top with excitement about her excursion.

Henry casted a real deer track and Gus got a raccoon track. Nola's deer track is "yucky" that is what she called it.

Meanwhile, Zack and I met up with some friends around the corner in the historic Old Colorado City for the annual street festival called Territory Days. Interesting crowd - let's compare it to a county fair. Enough said. But Rockwell enjoyed being the center of attention with big sis gone on the hike.

The cowboy roped me, yikes!

Rockwell's Dedication

Rockwell had his baby dedication on Mother's day at First Baptist Black Forest. Since Grandbob did the dedication for Nola on Mother's day two years ago, we wanted the same for Rockwell. It was special for both babies because we were the only parents doing a dedication both times.

Despite ear, sinus, and bronchial infections, he did really well! Poor boy, you can tell in some of the photos that his eyes and nose were full of goo. His puppy dog tie made up for it.

It was a very special Mother's Day and my heart is full of love for my children and my Lord for the many blessings.