Halloween

I thought you might want to see the boys' costumes this year... we didn't dress Maddox up yet, so I'll show him to you another day, but here is what Mason & Morgan came up with:

Yes, our little Mason is quite the nerd. :) He even won a contest for funniest costume at his Boy Scout Troop meeting on Monday night!

Morgan is our mad scientist...


Isn't Halloween fun?!

Michele

Jack-O-Lanterns...

It was a cold, snowy day here in Evergreen today... perfect weather for staying in and carving our pumpkins! ('course, we had to warm those pumpkins up by the fire first since they had been sitting outside on the front porch!) Mason and Morgan both have pumpkin carving contests through Scouts, so I was sure to let them each design their very own faces...


Morgan was having big fun...

And here's how they turned out... this first one is Mason's:

Here's Morgan's:

And here's my pumpkin:

Hee hee! Okay, here's mine:

I hope it stops snowing long enough for us to put these out on display!! Maybe we should've given them all shivering faces with goosebumps. Then they might look a little more natural out on our porch. :)

Michele

Old Dog... New Tricks

Turns out, you CAN teach them! Michael was determined, and by george, I think he's got it!



Now let's see if he can do it while juggling. :)

Michele

Autumn in the Mountains

When my parents were here, we took a drive up toward Mount Evans - we couldn't go all the way up because it was already closed. But we went as far as Echo Lake, and it was SO GORGEOUS... the Aspens were a beautiful golden color, and they surrounded us on all sides. At times, we even went through a golden canopy. I was driving and didn't take the time to snap any photos... but I wish I had.

Maddox and I took that same drive about 3 or 4 days later and because we had a couple days of wind, a lot of the leaves had already been blown off those beautiful trees. But I took some photos anyway, and learned a lesson or two about snapping photos at the very moment you see something beautiful. Because if you wait too long, the beauty fades! (hmmm, sounds about like life, doesn't it?!)

Anyway, let me take you on a drive up to Echo Lake...




And here we are at Echo Lake...


Now we'll continue on down toward one of my favorite towns, Idaho Springs, where you can see this charming water wheel.

Take notice of how the gentleman remained healthy. ;)

It was so cold this particular day, that the waterfall had icicles on it!

And one last shot on the way back home...

...oh, wait a minute... this IS home! This is my own front yard! :)

I'm so lucky.
Michele

An Elk...

...close up.

This was taken on September 8th, RIGHT outside my back door. He was eating the vegetation at the edge of our patio.

Michele

A Pile O' Boys

Michael snapped this one last night and I thought you should see...

That's what you call a pile o' boys! (good-lookin' ones, too!)

Michele

October 11th...

Since I just went back and showed you what August looked like, I feel the need to catch you up to date. This is what we woke up to on this glorious Sunday morning:



Beautiful, isn't it?

Michele