Happy Belated Birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday to Mom (Sept. 12th)......Catherine with a C! We need to schedule a visit soon.

Really late........found some Easter 2012 pics

 I found these pics that Maren had sent to me and thought I'd post them.  The weather was great that day and we grilled and played bocce.  I'd link it to the actual Easter post but I don't know how to do that.  Help me out Val.

Walkin' About Mellow Yellow

I met Meredith in Buena Vista this past Sunday and we hiked a small section of the Colorado Trail near Cottonwood Creek and Cottonwood Lake.  The weather was beautiful as well as the aspens.  Clyde had a good time fishing for sticks.  We ate lunch at a place we hadn't tried before and shared an elk burger.  I'm trying to talk Arn into heading to Estes Park and RMNP to see the elk rut this year.

Sarah and Ken VS.

A few weeks ago an old friend and coworker came to visit for a day.  I worked with Sarah in the early 80's and we both had baby girls around the same time.  We worked on the IV Team together and she was my Head Nurse (do they even call them head nurses anymore?)  She was great to work with and we've always kept in touch via Christmas cars.   She and Ken were in Colorado for a wedding and a quick trip to New Mexico. They stopped and spent the night and we took them thru Cheyenne Canyon, Garden of the Gods, Air Force Academy, and La Casa Fiesta.  They especially enjoyed the AFA.  It was great to seem them after so many years (once since the 80's when we left Ohio).  Hopefully it won't be so long until the next visit.

More Dicktown Pics

Cherry tomato medley

Missing Chops...

Mother Daughter Bonding

What a long tongue!

Dicktown - 2012

Last weekend Meredith and I went to Dickinson to visit Valerie and Eric.  We had a great time.  It was nice to finally meet Turk and see Chops again.  The garage is now an extra bedroom and looks wonderful.  We did some pheasant hunting training with Turk (pics to follow) , went to rummage sales (not many treasures scored) , checked out the PowWow in Bismark, and helped out with the garden and greenhouse.  The PowWow was a Native American gathering with over 70 tribes represented.  They had drumming and dancing competitions. Of course we had an NDN taco (fair).  On our way back we stopped by Loveland and took Josiah and Trevor out for a snack at Wendy's.  Nice weekend.....and Arn had a good time bonding with Clyde.