Sightseeing

We were finally able to do some sightseeing close to our new home. Yesterday was Jonathan's day off so we decided to drive about 1/2 an hour away to Idaho Springs. We also went about half way up a mountain to this beautiful lake at 11,000 feet. Amund and Islwyn had fun watching the ducks.....


...and climbing on rocks....

We also got to see this really cool old train in town.

Heading West

My plan was to document the places we stopped on our way to Colorado. But, I was too tired and busy packing and cleaning etc. A couple nights before we left our old house one of Islwyn's friends came over to spend the night. It was super fun. They got to watch a movie and have pizza in the living room. We made Hello Kitty waffles for breakfast and played dress up.

Here we are in St. Louis visiting my parents for a couple of days. It was so relaxing--after spending the previous day cleaning our old house, then we left at 6 pm to drive to St. Louis. We had to drive separately so we were both exhausted by the time we got there around 1 am. It was so nice to wake up the next morning to this view out our bedroom window. Minka and Grandpa take Islwyn swimming! Yay!


It did not take the kids long to lose all inhibitions and start jumping in the pool. They were doing all kinds of crazy "jumps." Amund had his life jacket on and we had to stay by him, but Islwyn is big enough to walk around in the entire shallow end and he is an amazing swimmer. Minka taught him how to float, tread water, bob, and even do some underwater swimming. The below pictures basically illustrate our entire vacation there. It was great!

Islwyn and Grandpa did some car washing one day.And no day was complete without story time with Minka.


The family before we left for Kansas.

Moving ...

A view into our dining room--full of boxes. We are loading the truck on Thursday and plan to arrive in Denver next Thursday or Friday. We just packed the big computer away so there won't be any updates until we get unloaded in Denver probably. Mical--I plan to post some great pictures from mom and dad's! Just haven't had time yet. Pray for a safe trip for us and that Jonathan doesn't get heat stroke driving the un-airconditioned Honda through Missouri and Kansas in July.....

Pa's Birthday in Kansas

We spent some time in Kansas with Jonathan's family. Islwyn talked Grandad into playing UNO with him--Islwyn rules. Which means Islwyn gets all the trick cards and Grandad gets all the regular cards. You can guess who always wins.

Us dancing at the party.

Amund was WAY into barbershop.
The boys watching silly videos.
The boys with their great grandparents.
Handsome Amund.
And the best of all, Sam. The boys were in heaven with Sam around for a couple of days. I am a mean mama for not letting them get a dog! :)

Visit

Mical, Rob, and Carsten came to visit this week. I can't even believe what a big boy he is! Islwyn and Amund had so much fun playing with him and Mical and Rob.






Islwyn is just starting to get into playing games for real (following the rules). So he and Rob played a game of Uno while we were at lunch yesterday at the local coffee shop.
Cousins! I definitely see a resemblance between Islwyn and Carsten. Not so sure about my little blondie though!
Thanks for visiting! We can't wait to see you guys again next week in St. Louis.

Picnic in the back yard

Lately Islwyn has been really into doing picnics in the back yard. So today he got the picnic basket out and filled it with water bottles, clementines, oranges, all the candy and treats he could find in the house. But then he couldn't pick up the basket to get it outside! Then he took some picture of me and Jonathan lounging on the blanket during picnic.








And being silly with brother!

painting

What happens when Islwyn paints....