Family! Happy Birthday Daddy!

Caden made a special picture (with the help of Mommy) for Daddy's birthday.

Family! July 4th 2011

Caden went swimming for the first time! He has really strong legs so he wanted to stand up most of the time. He was mesmerized by the sun reflecting on the water. He's learning how to splash which ends up in everyone getting wet! We had fun!

Family! Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado

In June we visited Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. We drove the Trail Ridge Road which covers 48 miles of the park, with the altitude changing from 7,500 to 14,259 feet. There were 20 foot walls of snow piled along the sides of the road, which made for a fun snowball fight. The valleys were lush and green from all the snow that was melting. We crossed over the Continental Divide, where any water that falls to the west will eventually end up in the Pacific Ocean; and if it falls to the east, it will drain into the Mississippi, and eventually, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. 

Family! Caden’s First Camping Trip

For Memorial Day Weekend we decided to take Caden camping. We had all our gear packed in two big Rubbermaid tubs and the truck loaded, ready to go when David came home from work. The tubs made packing easy; they are still packed and ready for our next trip!

When we got there David hauled wood, dug out the fire pit and put a ring of rocks around it and built a nice little fire. 

I made sure to stake the tent down really well, on our camping trip last summer the tent flap / rain cover came undone in the wind and we thought a bear was trying to get in. In the middle of the night it did get windy and cold, but we stayed warm in our tent.

 

We made hobo pies for dinner, with our cast iron pie makers. Our favorite is cheese and pepperoni between two slices of heavily buttered bread. You can also put pie filling in between the bread for a tasty dessert. www.greatcamps.com has some fun campfire recipes. We made eggs in the pie irons once, but they didn’t turn out very tasty.

Caden was a happy camper; he slept like a baby, enjoyed hanging out in the hammock and hiking to the reservoir. 

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