Big Helper

This last weekend was a busy one. A cold fount was moving in. We were going to have 4-5 day days of 40ish degree days and the night could get below freezing with some snow. We harvested almost everything from the garden and trimmed the trees. Taydom was a big help. His job was to cut the larger branches and plants down to be burned.
Eric, my brother, and Kacey, brother in law are both fire bugs. I think they even enjoyed them self because they had the fire going really huge sometimes. They may have made Taydom in to a huge firebug too.

HUGE sunflowers

This summer we planted a garden. Needless to say it was not one of our most successful garden, but we did get some lettuces, a few zucchini and cucumbers and HUGE sunflowers. I'm not a sunflower seed eater, I planted a few seeds thinking it would be fun to watch them grow. I can not believe how tall they got. The kid loved the huge leaves and once they bloomed they really got excited. Tonight a huge cold front is coming and so yesterday we harvested most of our garden and sunflowers. We saved some the sunflower heads to dry and roast. I never roasted sunflower seed but we will see how it turns out.

I'm NOT old yet.

A few days ago I had my birthday.

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Work Shop Weekend

We love Home Depot. Every first Saturday of the month they have a kids work shop. We had not gone all summer and the kids had missed it. This last Saturday they made a bean bag toss game. They were so excited to build something again. I was so proud of them. They both did it with very little help. It's fun to watch them hammer and create something. We have to go again next month.

Scout Badges

Over the summer Taydom earned a few scout awards. September's pack meeting he got 3 awards. He got his Outdoor Activity badge, and Leave No Trace badge and his Marble belt loop. He did not want me to take his picture so I had to sneak these.

Airplanes

My brother Eric loves remote control airplanes and helicopters. He has quite a few of them and is always working on them. Taydom love to watch him work on them and program them. Taydom has been asking to go watch Eric fly his plans for a long time. Eric normally takes them to Chatfield to flight them. He meets up with other people and makes a day of it. They need a lot of room to fly. Our schedules have not work out most of the summer and so Eric agreed to take one of his plains to the park one afternoon. Taydom had a blast. The wind was calm and the sky was clear. Perfect afternoon for flying.

Tyson is OLD

August 29th was Tyson birthday. We had a great day as a family. We spent the day hanging out and doing things together as a family that Tyson wanted to do. Recently Tyson had been getting back in to golf. He's always loved it but with life happening somethings get pushed to the side and golf has been that thing for him. At his brother wedding in June Tyson went golfing and had a blast. It is really good to see him get back into it again. It brings him alot of joy and a good stress relief too.
Saturday afternoon we went to a few different golf store. Tyson tried many different clubs and found some we really liked. He decided to combine all his birthday money and get a nice set of used clubs. It was a great deal and it made him so happy to have a nice set of clubs.
Taydom and Vilate are really getting in to it too. Tyson has showed them each how to swing the clubs and they thought it was fun to swing them and hit a ball in to the net too. Of course they have pick up on it and do a great job. I guess I am the only one that's not loving it now. Maybe I will have to try it too.
For Tyson's cake he made a yummy strawberry, raspberry, plum sauce we put over angle food cake with a little low fat whip cream. Tyson also doing Weight Watcher the past few weeks and has lost 35lb. I am so proud of him and did not want wreck is diet, but he had to celibate and have cake on his birthday. The total points of 2 pieces of angle food cake with the sauce and whip cream was only 6 points. Very yummy dessert and well with in his point for the day.
Happy Birthday Bab. I love you.

Visiting Cierra

Monday, August 22 my niece Cierra had emergency surgery. For a few years she suffered from stomach aches. She had been treated for many different things like appendicitis. The pain would come and go so it was hard to tell what it was. Sunday the 21 the pain got so bad my sister and her husband rushed her to the ER and from there they were finally able to determined what was going on. She had a cyst growing and every time it moved it caused pain. Monday morning she had it removed and them tested for cancer. I did not say anything to Taydom and Vilate until after school but they were very worried about her and were wanting to make sure she was alright. After dinner we went to the hospital for short visit. Cierra was happy to see us and Taydom and Vilate were glad to see that she was doing alright.
In the weeks scene we have learned that the cyst is not cancer and she is doing much better.

Getting Bigger

32 weeks, 8 more to go.

It's getting huge. I waked it with the frig door the other day. The doctor tells me I am messuring right on but I feel HUGE! 8 weeks left and counting.

It's a Girl! Now we need a name.

A few days ago I had another Ultra sound. I scheduled it after school so the kids could be there too. It was so cool to see how much the baby had grown. This time the kids could see things much clearer because the baby was bigger. This time the baby was much less active and we learned it was defiantly a girl. We also got a good photo of her face. She has a little turned up noise like Taydoma and Vilate. She will blend right it. Now to come up with a name. We have not found one we love. Any suggestions? Remember our other kids names are uncommon and so I need some unique ideas.

Our first Zucchini, FINALLY!

We finally got our first zucchini from our garden. It has not been a good year for gardening. Tons of rain and hardly any sun. Many people have had a hard time with their garden this summer, and then others say they have had a great year. I think it depended on when you planted. Most people I have talked to that planned the same time I did are having trouble but those that planted just 2 weeks early say their gardens are doing great. I am sure it was all that rain we got late May and early June.
Note to self....Plant earlier next year.

First day of Scool

August 18 was the first day of school. Believe it or not both kids were so excited to go back. Nana and Papa took them shopping for a few new close. They choose that they wanted to wear for they first day.
Taydom wanted to see his teacher again and was excited to tell them about his summer. He said the thing he wanted to tell his teacher the most was that he now has a dog he has to take care. I think he has matured alot this summer. His is willing to try things easier and wants to do more thinks by himself.
Vilate grow so tal this summer. I have not measured her recently but I know she is taller. This summer we worked on trying to be more independent and she really master it. She can help make pancakes and loves to do it. She is looking forward to helping alot when the baby comes. She thinks is will be a fun to be a little mommy.

Last outdoor movie night

Our last outdoor movie was Hotel for dogs. The kids had a great time as usual. We brought Oscar too. Summer is coming to an end and the kids will go back to school soon. I think we had a fun summer and did not spend much money. I hope they have the outdoor movie next summer too. It was one of the kids favorite things to do each week.

Pirates Cove

Bike Crash into the Rose Bushes

Early this summer my bike rears broke. I took it to the bike shop and they said it would cost over $200 to fix. Yikes! So my bike sat most of the summer. The kids had been missing our bike rides. They have been riding their bikes around the neighborhood but that's about it. My brother Eric jumped on it the other day to take a little ride. Little did he know what a mess he was getting into. He came home and asked what happened to my rears. I told him what the bike shop told me and he said he would take a look at it. Why did I not think of him before. He use to work on bikes when he was younger. He raced and jumped BMX bike all the time. He was able to fix my bike for about $60.00. Yeah! So happy!

The day the brother fixed my bike I was not having a good pregnancy day, and did not fell well enough to ride. Vilate wanted to try it. We put the seat down all the way and she was able to reach the peddle just fine. She rode it around the block and few times. We were all excited to have me bike working well. I went inside to get something and shortly after I heard Vilate scream. She was not able to get off the bike very easily and fell into the rose bushes. Luckily she did not fall directly on a bush but in between them. She had tons of scratches from the thorns and lots of blood. Some of the scratches were really deep and others not so bad. My bother was there when it happened and so he was able to keep her calm so she did not get hurt worse. He helped use clean out the thorns and I finished cleaning it and used anti-infection spray. She is healing well and says she like to ride her bike best.

Sunflower Garden

The Pea Patch is a located not too far from us. It is a large area of land that people can rent plots and grown a garden. We like to go and visit a few times each summer. Some time our garden does better them the Pea Patch but most of the time the Pea Patch gardens are doing much better then ours. This year some one planted a ton of sunflowers. They were so tall and pretty. Vilate could not get enough of them. Taydom thought it was fun how tall they were. We are growing some sunflowers in out garden too, but I must say they are not that tall yet. Maybe in a few more weeks.

We love old Cars

It is Western Welcome Week in Littleton, and that means lost of fun activities around town.

We went to the old cars show downtown Littleton. When I told the kids what I wanted to do they did not want to go, but once we got there they could not get enough of the different type of cars there were. Taydoms eyes just were glowing with excitement and Vilate had a tone of question to ask the owners.

I love old cars and I was so glad to see the kids loved it too. This car behinds the kids was For Sale; so if anyone has an extra $20,000 laying around, Vilate wants it for her birthday in October.

This car was build in 1951. Taydom wanted to have this one.

Water Falls

The Flat Irons Mall is one on the newer mall in town. It is located close to Nana's and Papa's house. This last weekend we all went to the mall to waist some time and do a little shopping. To our excitement they had put in a new waterfall just outside in one of the courtyards.

The kids really enjoyed watching the water fall down the rocks and in to the small pool at the bottom. This may be a new favorite place to visit again and maybe take some nice photos of the family too.

Raingutter Regatta‏

Last Wednesday was the Cub Scouts Raingutter Regatta. Taydom and I made a fantastic boat that morning out of Styrofoam and a plastic cup. We built it to the maximum measurement that were given out. He was so proud of his boat, unfortunately the raingutter had a large bow in it that made it difficult to pass throw. He was so upset. One of the scout leaders had some extra Styrofoam for the boys to us. Taydom went right to work making a new boat.

This time he made it a little slimmer to fit better in the raingutter. He liked the sail on the first first boat and glued it on the new one. He won every race with his new slimmer boat. He said it was battleship and put Lego and bionical guns on it at home. Sometimes moms help is not always the best, I should just let him do it all himself.

Chatfield Reservior

The other day I took the kids to Chatfield Reservoir for a day at the beach. They really enjoyed it. We took lunch and spent most of the day. They made sand shape with the beach toys we brought, and dug a big hole that turned into a tide pool. It was a great day and everyone had fun, but the kids did mention it was not the same asMass. The sand was rocky and not very soft and the water was dirty and not very clear. Vilate loved swimming out to the buoys as far as she could go. She had a hard time keeping her mouth closed and drank some of the water. Later that night she was complaining her tummy hurt and had a hard time sleeping. I stayed up most of the night with her. The next morning she had diearea a few times and I called the doctor. I was concerned she may had a parasite are something from the day before. The doctor told us what to watch for and if/when we should bring her in, fortunately as the day went on she got better. Hopefully next time she will try harder to keep we mouth closed while swimming.