4th of july 2013

The 4th of July, 2013 was a beautiful day! Tradition held firm again this year... the Davis family, Gramma & Herman and Edith came for the annual pool party.

The boys were trying to do a 1 & 1/2 off the board.  Below are some of their dives/flips.

Morgan does a beautiful dive...

Taylor gets into the action:

Matt would not be outdone...

and Morgan answers with another flip...

 

 

There was a lot of goofing around...

and, of course, the annual pyramid building...

Papa & Edith and Gramma watch from a safe distance...

Spring Break 2013 Ski pics

Matt went on his mission trip to inner-city Memphis while the other 4 of us went to ski in Colorado. 

Rebecca has a very nice friend (Kim) who allowed us to stay with her and Bec for the week.  Her condo was right near Beaver Creek ski resort.  Very nice... like Vail.

The boys went skiing with Jeff and I went snow shoeing while they were skiing.  The first day they ski'd with Bec and Kim.

I'll create another post that includes the videos Jeff took of them skiing.  This one will include only pics.

 Getting out to CO requires driving through the mind-numbing state of KS.  Windy KS.  Straight, boring, monotonous KS.  The only thing interesting in that state was the enormous amount of windmills that have been erected.  It looked like an army of them!

Noah and Tay goofing around

We arrived at the condo and it was beginning to snow!

Boys and Mom in front of condo

 

Bec and boys in living room getting comfy!

Below are some ski pics:

Tay and Noah all geared out!

Noah at the end of a day of skiing!

Tay at the end of a day of skiing!

Noah and Tay at the restaurant at the bottom of the mountain... Goofy Boys!

And now for some Snow shoeing pics:

this was my fantastic view as I hiked all over Mccoy Park!

 

Yes, the picture below is an OUTHOUSE!
There wasn't any running water on top of the mountain :(

I hiked up and down this hill... got off the beaten path!

The pic below is a close-up of the one above.  Do you see the C shaped path in the center of the pic?

That is where the World Cup is held... they pour water on it to freeze it so it's good and slick... yikes!

Beautiful sky against the Aspen trees!

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The day I hiked for 5 straight hours, I had this sandwich with me...
BEST SANDWICH EVER! 

 

Our time is through in Colorado!  Good bye slopes!

Jeff and boys turning gear into Sports Authority.

 

 

 



Halloween 2012

We are the "last minute costume" family each Halloween.

You've all seen THIS costume before!  We've gotten a lot of mileage out of this crocodile costume we bought for Matt's first grade musical!

Cutest Little Croc ever!

Who is this Tough Guy?

Noah's haircut

Noah-- Before: look at that handsome hair... check out the curls in the back :)-- might be the longest ever?

 

 

 

 

Noah--- After:  still such a handsome boy!  Now with a new friend!

 





Matt--- cross country racing

Matt has been doing very well in cross country this year!
The team runs a 5k each morning before school.  Recently he's come in first in those morning runs... running it in~ 21 min.

These are some pics from a race that we all attended and Jeff was the photographer.  It was a 2 mile run.

Loft Beds

Jeff and Tay build Tay's loft bed in about a day or so...

We are joined by a couple of cousins...

And another one....

And a final one :)