Elf Boys

Isaac
Spencer
Samuel
Asher

Asher's To Do List Before He Turns 1

Learn to walk!
Over the weekend, Asher suddenly decided that he needed to be walking by his 1st birthday(this coming Sunday).

Pinecone Lodge

We stayed in Florissant, CO at a place we found online called Pinecone Lodge, West of Colorado Springs . For anyone from or visiting Colorado, I would highly recommend taking a couple of days to stay there.

A couple of views from the cabin.

Pikes Peak.

There are five wooded acres that the boys had a blast on.

Garden of the Gods

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO

Spencer was starting to not feel well. :-(

Rachel shows off the static electricity!

Thanksgiving Week

We spent this week in the mountains with our friends, The Adams Family. We stayed at a cabin there and celebrated Thanksgiving and Spencer's birthday there.

Spence was feeling a little under the weather on his birthday.

But he still managed to have some fun. :-)

Campfire the night of Thanksgiving/Spencer's birthday.

Check out all those stars! Quite a novelty for us city-folk, hehehe.

Remember Turkey Cookies?

Spencer decided that he wanted to bring them as snacks for his birthday celebration at school tomorrow. Turkeys galore!

We Call This the Rocketship Park

Random

I've been thinking today about what toys have best stood the test of time(okay, so only 4-5 yrs for these things, but we do tend to use and abuse toys) at our house. These two things stand out as being played with a lot, usually everyday, and have held up well, looking practically new still.

These blocks from Constructive Playthings are so versatile. Asher and Samuel climb on them, Spencer and Isaac stack them and even use them as stepstools once in awhile, or as stunt props. Daddy has even been known to fall asleep on the living room floor using one as a pillow. They are very durable!

A little more of a limited age application at our house for these right now as Asher and sometimes still Samuel are accused of destroying the intricate tracks that Isaac and Spencer like to build that cover the entire living room floor. But still, they are played with a ton, and I like seeing the track designs they come up with.

A Few More from IL

Celebrating Birthdays at G-ma Dahlgren's house.

Jeepers.

I was looking through some picture files today, and came across this one from a year ago today, oh my goodness is all I can think to say. :-)

We are home.....

and I am thankful to have such good travelers. Trip took our usual 14 hours, and we made a grand total of 2! stops, and they did it quite happily.

Home always feels good, and we are looking forward to our own beds.

G'night. :-)

Wheaton Thunder Football Game

The Wheaton Thunder had their last regular season game today. It was SUPER cold, but we took Isaac and Asher in to watch, Uncle Brad and Taylor came along too.

The kids did real well watching the game,

and hanging out while we watched the game.

On the field after the game, in his many layers.

Seth and his good friends, Jeremy and Joe Chupp.

Brad, Seth, and I.

The Wheaton Thunder linebackers.

Asher crashed at dinner after the game.

Asher has Fun in the Leaves

Oh wait, no he didn't. It was actually Mommy induced torture.

He wanted to play on the concrete stairs instead, go figure.

Morrison's Covered Bridge at Night

Galena

Jeremiah and I got a little more time to ourselves today, try the WHOLE day, wow! :-)

Making Turkey Cookies

Name that Antique, Rusted Out, Farm Machine

During our walk, we happened upon this old piece of farm machinary. It looked like a harvester of some kind, we weren't sure for what. It was a neat old machine though.