How did we spend our Labor Day weekend?????

I know, this is the 2nd post for the evening, I'm trying to make up for not posting for awhile...... Anyways, Kurt is out of town until Friday, so I have some spare time on my hands. I wanted to share what we did this Labor Day weekend (and every other Labor day weekend!).

This is reason number 5,380+++++ why we live where we do and why we love it! The annual hot air balloon festival in Colorado Springs. It is Sat AM-Monday AM. This was our 4th year attending it and you'd think it would get old, but not for us. We are the diehards that are up at 5:00 AM getting ready to make it to the park to see all 85+ balloons lift off, not only one morning but two (it would be 3, but church is definitely still more important!) And then, back in the evenings to watch the balloon glow (if it occurs based upon weather). Thankfully this is a free event.

This year Sat. AM was definitely the best. The weather was absolutely wonderful and all balloons lifted off and since the weather was so nice, most of them stayed pretty still above the park for a long time. Sunday evening we attempted to go to the balloon glow, but it was a little too windy and there were rain showers in the area, so they didn't have it. Monday AM, only maybe 20 balloons lifted because of a wierd weather pattern in the area, so although it was still fun, Saturday was definitely the day to be there.

Other than that, our weekend was full of tasks around the house as we prepare for baby 2. We definitely did some laboring around the house and yard, but I'm thankful for that, because I'm feeling more at ease about where we are at in preparation this time. I guess you are never truly ready, but we're getting there.

Here are some pictures of some of the hot air balloons that we got to see..........

Camping Revisited...

I wanted to post some more pictures of our camping trip that I didn't get to do before. Yes, it has been over a month, but I thought these pictures were too good not to share. Enjoy!

a "normal" evening...

Here you can see many of the different faces of Silas we get to see everyday.

Technology - it's in his genes...

Thought you all would get a kick out of this...

Water, water and more water....

Since this summer has been so hot, we have really enjoyed spending time in the pool and at water parks. There is a very nice pool at Kurt's YMCA, that we have spent many days at. It has a zero entry into the children's area, so Silas loves to just walk right in and sit down. It's neat to see how when we first went he was very frightened of the water and now he really enjoys it. We also were able to swim at the pool when we went camping. I'll attach some pictures of Kurt and Silas in the pool there. This past Monday I went to a small water park with Silas and our play group. We had a lot of fun with all of the kids and getting sprayed. Let's just say we came home and both took good naps. I'll attach pictures of each.


I haven't posted in awhile, but we had a wonderful camping trip. Silas did great. Since we were in the mountains, it got very cool in the night, so we ended up with Silas in our bed as we all cuddled trying to stay warm. Kurt took most of the pictures there, so he'll be posting some soon.

lots-o-pics from the farm...

Sheila has asked me for a month to put these up... so here you go...




















Sheila has asked me for a month to put these up... so here you go...

A Daddy Stage......

Silas is definitely going through a Daddy's boy stage. He cries for at least 10 min when Kurt leaves for work and the whole day will talk about daddy. If he sees a car, it is daddy's car or a book is daddy's book. If I tell him daddy is coming home from work, he'll go and sit on the ledge of our front window. If both Kurt and I are around, he really wants nothing to do with me. It is really cute though. I tell Kurt he must be brainwashing him when I'm not around!!! I'll attach a few pictures to show why I think that....he, he. Silas loves to play piano with daddy. Although he doesn't sit for very long yet, he really enjoys "playing" along. Silas also loves books and the other day he grabbed my Bible and started paging through that. I thought it was cute when he grabbed a pen and started to "take notes"....gee that isn't like Kurt at all! The other picture is his first time "helping" me make brownies. Yes, it was all about licking the spoon, as it should be.

Other than that, he's growing up all too fast! His favorite words are "airplane" which there are plenty of out here. He also loves to say "bus, truck and car" even though he sometimes gets confused. His new phrase is "oh boy!" with a lot of excitement. He's really into waving goodbye and blowing kisses. It's not too uncommon for him to do it to complete strangers who just love it.

Anyways, pray for us this weekend as we go camping in the mountains with our church. It should be fun, but this will truly be our first time camping as a family in a tent, so I'm sure it will be an adventure!