Home Sweet Home (well sort of)

Our Trip to Portland

A few months ago Ben and I booked flights to Oregon for last weekend. We needed to see friends and reconnect. Thanks to everyone who welcomed us with open arms.

Greyson and I waiting in the airport our flight was at 8:30 a.m.

Greyson is not quite sure about this flight. Neither was I but thankfully the flight wasn't full so he got his very own seat. He did great.

Playing at Cooper Park. (We didn't want to surprise the Bruno's too Early)

I love this picture, I actually captured him running!

Yes he's all mine and he's cute.

All that blond hair catches the sun.

The Bruno's. Thank you so much for opening your home to us.

Summer Fun!

Rick and Ben and the boys went to Father's and Son's campout and we had a girls night out. It was so much fun. My first try of Fondue. What can I say, it was wonderful! Thanks Heidi, Heather, and Stephanie. Oh and I won at hearts, can you believe it? [ok I can't lie actually Heather won on the last hand with a run]

Saturday I went to visit Kelly, not she's not bloated she's pregnant!

Then we went to Lunch with Leslie and Melia.

Saturday night Ben and the boys went golfing and Heidi and I crashed Brenda's birthday party. Thanks Brenda and Sarah for letting us come.

The conversation here was pretty serious, you can tell by the looks on everyones faces.

That's more like it, smiles all around.

I had many great pics of this SUPER SLIDE but I'm not sure who is ok with pics posted of them so I just put a few on.

Greyson was exhausted. Our flight home was delayed by a little over an hour and he didn't have much sleep during our weekend. So the next day all he wanted to do was sleep and read his books. He'd actually cry when I'd suggest we should go outside. So Cute.

Thanks Everyone! It was a great trip.

The joys of being a Mom

Two days ago Greyson woke up on the wrong side of the crib (which is unusual since it's always the same side). It all started fine, I changed his diaper and then gave him a hug and then proceeded to pick out his outfit. Lately I have been trying to teach him independence (bad idea) and I let him pick out his own outfit. So that fact that I chose something sent him into uncontrolable crying. Yes he cried and cried and cried. Finally I lost it and put him in his crib with binky and blanket for a time out (he's been awake approximately 30 minutes). Then when he finally calmed down I took him out and we had breakfast only he didn't like the cereal that he chose and began to cry and throw milk around with the spoon. Then we went upstairs so I could get ready and he was grabbing my leg and trying to push me away from the counter. I would move so he could get into the drawers, but apparently he just wanted me to move because nothing made him happy. Finally I walked him out of the bathroom and locked the door, then I climbed in the shower and tried to put my face under the water so I couldn't hear the child hitting the door and crying. Needless to say Greyson spent a lot of time in his crib, I spent a lot of time in the bathroom and we both spent a lot of time mad at each other. We did manage to sneak away to three blissful hours at the zoo where we were both happy.

Then yesterday while running in the morning I decided I'm the adult I set the tone. So I did everything different and tried to be loving and attentive and we had the best day. He didn't cry once and was my perfect little boy, played without complaint, worked on his letters and learning, went on a walk with me, gave me hugs and kisses, ate all of his food.

I guess kids and moms have days too.

What are all the Poor People Doing?

My Grandma used to say "What are all the Poor people doing?". It was her way of saying life was wonderful. This past weekend we used a gift that my Parents gave us for Christmas. They took Greyson and Tobey (the dog) while we escaped to Colorado for a 2 night stay at a hot springs resort.

Thursday April 17th, 2008
One of the places on our list of places to go this year was Arches in Moab. What an incredible place. There are over 200 arches in this park alone. We started by visiting Delicate Arch. You can't describe the beauty, it is balanced right on the edge of a cliff.

Ben's in the middle, he just wore a color that kind of blends in.

For those of you that know Ben and I, you know that we can't just stay on the trail. After Delicate Arch we saw arches across another canyon so we left the trail and took off for 'Snails and Adventure' (def: finding your own fun and adventure off the beaten path). We found this arch and enjoyed some time looking through the window.

Here I was nagging Ben to be careful. He had to jump across a ravine to get to where he is and between these mounds there are huge canyons. I was not happy about this, but I love that he is fearless.

After Delicate Arch area we drove to the end of the park. The area was called Devil's Garden. We went on a path that took us by many, many arches, below are a few.

Wall Arch

Double O Arch (on the right) Look for Ben in the botton arch and the man on top. I can't remember the name of the arch on the left.

After Double O we decided the canyons were calling to us. You can see in the picture below how much fun and adventure was waiting. So once again we kept leaving the path and finding new canyons and adventures. The way this part of the rock is we kept getting cliffed out and had to retrace our steps many times, too much fun!

And Finally We went through and arch and there was a canyon below. It was getting late and we thought maybe it would be a good shortcut back to the car. We walked through the arch and started making our way down the canyon. It was so funny because people at the arch looked at us like we were crazy. We made our way down the canyon, got to the bottom and realized we were under landscape arch which is the only arch that you're not allowed to go near or under. There was a great rockfall there in 1990 (60 tons) and they don't think it's stable. So we quickly dove under the fence and pretended all was well.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday April 18th-20th, 2008

We spent the next day making our way over to Pagosa Springs. We played in Cortez and Durango and then got to the Springs just in time for check in. The next few days were spent lounging in hot springs pools ranging from 87 degrees to 111 degrees. The challenge of the trip was to jump into the river which borders the hot springs. We both did it twice, the first time up to our chest, the second time all the way under! It was 34 degrees!

Lowery Ruins on the Way to Pagosa

This was a wild animal rescue that was in Pagosa. This Cougar was laying down and then in 2 seconds had bounded up to the fence and was staring me down. My heart stopped. Then I played chase back and forth with him and Ben was many steps behind yelling at me to stop. We found out later that this cat loves to play.

There are 18 different pools at the Springs ranging from big enough for 2 to 20. We spared our readers any pictures in bathing suits.

That says the River is 34 degrees. We were crazy!

The River 1st attempt.

Camping Fun

What joy between freinds. Thanks to Heidi and Heather who enjoyed the journey.


Who sleeps in a tent?




Corn from the Anasazi

Lunch Break
Thanks to Ben and Rick who watched kids so we could play.