Summer Fun!

Just some pictures from our summer days...

Carter has started snuggling stuffed animals...and chewing on them!

Riley picked out his own pajamas the other day...

Backyard BBQ time!


Bayley and Riley!
Playing at the park with friends! (Vaughn, Riley and Brinlee)

Garden happiness!

Trips to the Zoo
Collecting bugs



Doing blasty-blast tricks in the pool!


Watching a video of General reading books for nap time!

Little Sluggers T-Ball

Steve and Troy are coaching Riley, Ty and Tanner's T-ball team this season.  Another adventure in herding cats!  After the first game, I'm thinking it would be nearly impossible to coach this alone!  They did an awesome job.  The kiddos are just way too cute!

Practice:  There is a 1/2 hour practice followed by a 1/2 hour game.
Some throwing and catching practice!  Only two kids got beaned...not bad!
Nice form, Ty!




The safety talk before practicing batting!
A little batting practice!
Play Ball!!

Ty running home!




It looks like Carter is being affectionate towards his big brother, but really he's trying to get his snacks!

Here's video of Riley batting!  He got a double!

Some cute videos!

A cute little video of Carter being silly

Riley and Steve gettin' down at the Hazel Miller concert in the square.

Weekend with the General

This past weekend we headed down to Colorado Springs to hang out with my dad.  Mom was in San Francisco for a family gathering to honor the one year anniversary of Aunt Blez's passing, so dad was on his own for the weekend.  Steve, dad and Keith were playing in a Pro-Am golf tournament on Monday at Kissing Camels, so we decided to go down early to spend some time with dad.

One of the things dad likes to do when we go down is go over to Ft. Carson to the "Army Store," (clothing sales) to check things out with Riley.  Sunday on our way in, we stopped at the main gate, where they have a display of vehicles and the Kit Carson Memorial.  Dad enjoyed telling Riley and Steve all about the different vehicles, and climbing around on them.

Here, a Cobra helicopter.

General and Riley an the M1 Abrahms tank
A little artsy.  I was having fun playing around with the camera.

Racing over to the Kit Carson Memorial

Dad showing Riley where his name is on the list of Ft. Carson Commanders.
Kit Carson

Riley was having an absolute blast!
The big guy and the little guy!
Riley learned some new vocabulary..."Bustle Rack"
"Turret"
A little tiny tank!
Can you spot the face?

This has got to be one of my all time favorite pictures!
"Driving" a half-track
Riley and Me on a really big tank
My boys and me!
I kinda really dig this picture.
More artsy stuff...this is the winch of a recovery vehicle.
Wall-E?
Pretty cool afternoon.  It's neat to be able to do some unique things!
Tuckered out little boys!
Thanks for a fun weekend, dad!