wavywards: Festivities

It's been a couple weeks. We "carved" the pumpkins we got from the Silverthorne Pumpkin Fest. They have been on our front step for 2 weeks and are really soft and rotted, but still standing good enough to keep until Halloween.

Stan and I made it to Arapahoe Basin's opening day on Wednesday, October 17th. We arrived at 3:00 p.m., parked up front, no lines, 1 run was open from mid mountain. We got 4 runs in before the mountain closed. After snowboarding, we picked the kids up from school and headed to the Lake Dillon Fire Station for an open house/free hot dogs/safety night. All was good until the smoke trailer added a bit too much smoke for Casey. The fireman wanted Casey to crawl under the smoke, through the trailer and out the window...Casey said "No Way!" Her momma didn't raise no dummy!!

Friday, I took Casey, Garrett and Rowan to the Denver Zoo. We met up with Amy and Ella and Sarah, Kaelin and Graham. It was a little overcast, so the animals were out and about. The Lion was walking around, the bears were playing with their toys, the monkeys were swinging around and the elephants were wandering. The kids got to ride on the merry-go-around and got chocolate ice cream on the way out.

Last Saturday, we went to Vail for a Fun Fest with Sean, Dillon and Connor and Sarah and Rowan and Ava. There was a bounce house, bounce slide, large bounce slide, blow up obstacle course, face painter, balloon animal guy...and Casey ran around for a good 2 hours and did them all while Garrett watched. On Sunday, it was another beautiful day, so we played bocce ball while the kids ran around playing basketball, soccer, hide and seek and on the playground.

This weekend, we drove 2 1/2 hours NE to go to Pope Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Wiggins, CO. It was in the middle of nowhere, however, it ended up being a blast!! The corn pit was a huge hit, with the kids burying each other and jumping in, like a ball pit. There was a giant bubble you could jump on, a train, a tractor ride, duck races, a spider web, potato guns, and a huge corn maze, that we were for at least 30 minutes.

Sunday, the kids dressed up and went trick or treating at the Silverthorne Outlets. We made it to all 4 villages this year!!!

Garrett is taking steps. It has been very difficult to get on video. Whenever the camera comes out he decides not to show off. The most consecutive steps so far has been 6.

Happy Belated Birthday to Uncle Stuart!!!

Enjoy the pix.