Family Vacation of a Lifetime Cont.

This is my post card picture. It was taken on a 4 wheel drive road between Telluride and Ridgway. On the map it looks like it does not make it all the way thru so BJ stopped at a gas station and asked a guy there and the guy said it was an awesome drive and it did make it all the way thru. It was absolutely beautiful!
This was some cow elk on a ridge. There was probably 20- 30 with there little calves.

The sun was in the way here but at a coffee shop in Telluride we found a water cover that was made in Dubuqe, IA.
This waterfall looks like it is going to run right into main street Telluride. It was a pretty crazy town, we didn't run into to many friendly people, and I can not imagine the cost of living but the scenery was pretty amazing!!

Family Vacation of a Lifetime Cont.

This is Black Canyon in Colorado. we took the steep rode down to the bottom then walked along the river for a little while then we drove back up the steep rode and drove around the rim of the canyon. It was very beautiful!

Family Vacation of a Lifetime

You can tell I have not blogged in forever because I always forget that the last picture I pick is the first one on the page. So you might want to scroll down to the bottom. Sorry.
Lake San Cristobal was a lake we stopped by outside of Lake City, Colorado. We stopped in Gunnison, CO to see my Great Aunt and Uncle and some cousins. We watched a great fireworks display on the 4th and woke up the next morning to Hot air balloons. It was really neat. On the 5th we drove to my Aunt and uncles and went on a shortcut to Lake City. We stayed at their cabin that night. The lake in this picture was snow melt run off and it was terribly cold!
We stopped in Sydney, NE to fuel up.
This was a very common view the whole trip by either the pickup of the excursion:)

More Tileing

BJ worked on a farm today with much needed tileing done. He is really enjoying the tile machine, it is keeping him very busy. Kurt was very helpful today, he drove Mark's back hoe and filled in the trench and dug up connections.

Baptism

We celebrated the baptism of Adalli and Anton today at the cabin with lots of family and friends. There were 5 babies baptized at church today. Adalli was the only girl though. She did very well and we praise God for blessing us with a beautiful little girl to love and cherish!

Anton is 2 months and Adalli is 3 months.

Outside Time

We worked in the Garden all day Wednesday last week. We got peas, and carrots planted and a whole bunch of weeds pulled. While Moriah and I did the work the kids made a pond and climbed the trees.


This is a 4 wheeler that BJ got the kids. It is really small and perfect for Johnathon and Rachel. They have been working on their driving skills. They still need a lot of practice but they do better than I thought they would! We leave if at the shop so mom doesn't have to mess with it and that way dad can take care of them while they ride.

Easter

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Boender's cabin and had a wonderful "feast!" Aunt Becky, Uncle Brian, Elliot and Ezra were able to come. It is really nice having them close to watch their kiddos grow along with ours!

Pouring Concrete

This is our farm house after we knocked out the bad brick foundation. They poured the footings and now it is on to the walls.

Johnathon, Rachel and Leah had a great time digging in the sand pile. They held a contest to see who could dig the most the fastest. Leah had them beat "paws" down!

Tileing

Here are a few pictures of BJ tileing. He has really put his "new" machine to good use this spring already! Johnathon absolutely loves to be out with BJ driving whatever he is allowed to drive(which is usually more than what mom would let him do!) BJ still has a lot of tileing opportunities for the rest of the spring, when he is not in a tractor that is.

Adalli 2 months

I am very late with these but here she is at 2 months.

She is so very smiley in the mornings and is getting more and more so every day.

Snowmobiling in Cassia's old home town

Taking a break enjoying God's beautiful creation, with deep powder snow

At times it was a stuckfest but we all need the exercise in helping each other out

This is Dennis or Fearless Leader

More wonderful deep powder snow

Kurt and i both conquered this hill so we thought we deserved a picture. Kurt did make it first.

Snowmobiling in northern Colorado

This is what your sled looks like after helping my brother get his sled unstuck when I happened to park behind him
This is a picture of Dennis (who we know as King of Fun) about to give me a lesson on retrieving a stuck sled. My brother Kurt and I were playing in the deep powder when I thought I would circle around the trees and meet them on the other side. What i didn't know was there was huge snow drifts that were up and down five to six feet tall, so i had to make a decision. Stop and get major stuck, or pin it. From the looks of the picture it looks like i just stopped, but i didn't i pinned it. This was a bad choice, luckily i did get stopped before i came in contact with objects that don't move (lots of big trees). Thank y0u Dad, Micah, Kurt, and Dennis for coming to rescue me.
This is first picture before we all head out
Kurt's first time out to the mountains so he was asking lots of question on what to do, how to ride, and things like that. Of course I showed him all the right techniques.
The first day we got there the snow was so deep we got stuck in the parking lot trying to park with the pickups so Kurts unloading his sled so he can pull the other pickup and trailer out

Ice Cream Scoop launcher

The other day Johnathon was bored so he was digging through my utensil/ kitchen gadget drawer. He picked out the ice cream scoop and was scooping pretzels from one bowl to another when all the sudden he let go of the little handle and sent a pretzel flying across the room and over the couch. Needless to say he thought that was the greatest thing ever! For the next hour he shot pretzels all over the house laughing every time. Leave it to a little boy to turn anything into a launcher.


He shot this one from the hallway to the middle of the living room.

Colorado Trip

This is the beautiful mountain range that I got to see every day while living in Colorado. They truly are God's handiwork!
This is a great picture of our two travelers. Johnathon and Adalli did so amazing on the drive. They were happy the whole time! The best travelers for sure.
We stopped to stretch our legs in Sydney, NE at Cabela's. Johnathon loved looking at all the animals.