At Abuelo's Casa: Working on the Farm

Abuelo wanted to dig some holes on his property so the boys go to help out. They loved driving the tractor and I have to say my dad is a brave man. Robby almost took Abuelo's head off the first time he tried to move the bucket. In the back you can see the "Shed" which is like another house. This is where we stayed. My dad wanted a place to can and store food and this is what he built. Wow!

In Utah: Fishing and more fishing

Robby reeling in one of grandpa's catches.

Abuelo could actually wade out to the water, so he caught a lot of fish.
But he let the kids reel them in!

Kelbre was the only one to catch a fish on her own.

And she did it on her plastic Barbie rod!

Daddy helps her bring it in......

This was actually the second fishing trip. This time Aaron was the only one to catch a fish!

Trip: Final Days

Hurricane, Utah

This is the last day in Utah. We had planned on visiting the Dorius and Gibb families who live outside of St. George and even stay over night. However, the trip out to Utah was a bit harder than expected, so we decided to leave and go part way to Colorado instead. Before leaving ,we had a fun BBQ and then ate cake to celebrate Robby's b-day the next day. It is fun seeing these kids together. Robby, Josh (to left of Robby hidden), and Allison (to the right of Robby) grew up in Oregon together when we were up in school. It felt like old times and I miss them already!

Glenwood Springs, CO

Here are the kids outside of the hot springs pool in Glenwood Springs. It didn't occur to us to actually take any pictures while swimming. The slide in the background was the hit of the day. Kelbre even went on it with her daddy. She decided once was enough though. The boys managed to go many times! Hard to believe I grew up attending this pool and even took swimming lessons here! It is fun being back although I don't remember it being so expensive (although I was a kid so who knows?).

After a long day of swimming, here we are at Chili's for Robby's birthday dinner. His only request was that he wanted ribs, steak and he wanted the restaurant to sing to him. That actually limited our choices to one. We had a great meal and everyone had a lot of fun!


SO.. we were supposed to stay in Glenwood that night, but we were done traveling! So Robb and I decided to drive straight through and get to Fort Collins late. It was a great trip but we were ready to be home!

Foot Injury

I know this picture doesn't do it justice, but Robby sustained a nasty food injury a couple days before we left for our trip. He was playing with the slip-n-slide and ran over to the water spiket to turn down the water. Well, he slipped and caught the top of his foot underneath the window well covering, cutting it open. You could actually see down his foot. He ended up with 6 stitches. I wish I could have gotten a better picture when it happened, but you don't think about grabbing the camera when your child is screaming!

The funniest part is that I am supposedly at fault. Robby explained that if I hadn't made them do school through Christmas and Spring Breaks, then he wouldn't have finished the year early and be outside playing. He would have been instead and safe.

Arrow of Light

Robby finished cub scouts and earned his Arrow of Light. Congrats Robby!

More of Aaron's Art

Aaron has been working on shading and so they completed these noses.

You are looking at a rabbit nose, gorilla nose and cheetah nose.

Garbage Service

The kids have a tradition of going around the neighborhood to pick up garbage. They started doing it as part of their boy scout program and it has just continued. Kelbre decided to join in this time. We usually try to see who finds the coolest thing. Last time Robby found an entire bag of garbage someone had thrown into the ditch. This time Aaron wins the award; he found a broom.