The AWESOME Moon

I love full moons - and it's not very often during the year that the moon comes up right over the mountain - but I caught it as it was coming up and luckily there were no clouds!!  The pictures aren't great but I can still remember how beautiful it was!!

Celebrations!

Sunday was for celebrating Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and Kylan's, Gwyn's and Glenn's birthdays!! 

Aleah and Gwyn had fun licking the bowl after I made German chocolate cupcakes for the afternoon!

We headed over once again to Jaime's place and had another picnic by the pond so Aleah and Parker could try out the paddle boat!

Rayna and Aspen just enjoying the nice weather!

I left early to get home and get Gwyn down for a nap before her family arrived!  Jessi's pulled in about 3:00 and I wish I would have videoed Gwyn when she saw her family after being away from them for a week!!  It was so precious seeing those awesome hugs!!

Glenn started the gift opening and was thrilled to get 4 new fishing shirts!!

We gave Kylan a trip to Cave of the Winds and the ropes course there - he was excited!

And Gwyn had fun opening her new dresses - one of which she opened early so she could look "perfect" when her folks arrived!

Once again I received my AWESOME Mother's Day gift - my blog in print for the 2017 year!!  I LOVE getting these books and so enjoy reading back over previous years of what we've done!!  Whenever there's a question about WHAT we did or WHERE we did it or WHEN it was, we just check the blog book!

Our 3 birthday people - all ready to blow their candle out!

And just a random picture of what our kitchen looks like when we're all hanging out!!  I LOVE it!

We all had a nice evening together and all the little boys went home with Jaime's.  Jill's and Jessi's both headed out mid-morning on Monday to escape the Memorial Day traffic!  And me, I believe I collapsed.................ha ha!

Pool Time

Saturday morning was busy making a couple of large salads for the weekend and some appetizers!  Gwyn loved licking the spoon from the sweet salad!

Gwyn took a morning nap that day as by 1:00 we headed into the NEW pool in W. Pk for Kylan's birthday party!  WOW - I was super impressed as I hadn't been in there yet!  Jill's family arrived soon after and we headed into the pool!  I figured the water would be cold but it was actually warm so that made it nice!!  And all those windows you see?   Yes, they look right out at Pikes Peak - awesome views!!

Gwyn had a ball swimming around with her floaties on and the best part of the pool is the lazy river so we ended up just going round and round and round!

This is the little kids area which Gwyn enjoyed for a while till one of the large buckets of water hit her as she was standing right under it!  Oops!!

It was nice and warm in the pool but the "party room" was freezing!!  BRRRRRR!  But what a great room to have the party in and you can see right into the pool which made it nice.  There's also another big pool for swimming laps with a couple of diving boards!

I brought Jill and Aleah back home with me - Robby was helping his mom out - and Parker went home with Kylan!   Aleah and Gwyn had a fun time playing together!

Robby arrived later and after dinner, we watched some tv and relaxed!!  It was a great day!!  And Gwyn was excited that her family would be arriving home from TN the next day!

Picnic At The Pond

Friday was Kylan's 11th birthday!!  Happy Birthday Kylan!  The Smiths' came out to our place late morning for coffee and muffins - and then Jaime and Brad headed over to their property to get a "surprise" ready for Rayna and Kylan.

We all came over about 1/2 hour later (with a picnic lunch included) and Rayna and Kylan were excited to see a paddle boat waiting in the water for them!!  What fun!!  We all took rides on it!

Nap time?   Nah!!

On the other side of the pond is a perfect picnic spot!!

More rides on the paddle boat!

And then it was time to head home for Gwyns' nap, because late afternoon we headed into Dick and Jane's place so Papa could take Gwyn fishing!!  I was the official picture taker!

Gwyn was so excited when the first fish got on the hook!

But not so excited when the fish moved towards her!

This picture makes my heart melt..................Papa DOES have a lot of patience!

And after a quick visit with Dick and Jane, we headed to Burger King so our girl could have her dinner!

More Fun Times With Gwyn

It was sure nice to have Gwyn sleep as good as she did!  She was a breeze to put to bed and woke up about the same time as we usually get up!

Good Morning - what a cheesy smile!!

Thursday was head into town day for groceries - since I didn't have any bubbles, we stopped at the Dollar Store to get some!  And because Gwyn was SO GOOD, we just had to stop at McDonald's to get a smoothie for her and a caramel frappacino for me!!

Of course we blew bubbles after the groceries were put away!

Whoops - how did breakfast get way down here????

Then it was time to help Papa water all the plants!

Tea for two on the deck!

What a great day spent with this little one!!

The FINISHED Steps

One of the things on our "to do" list was to sand and stain the stairway - including the ends and the undersides!   WOW - what an undertaking!  Glenn did the tops of the steps and I tackled the rest last week!  I got part of it done before Gwyn came and then when she was napping, I finished up and also did a lot of touch up paint on the wall - it was VERY difficult to get that stain where it needed to go close to the painted wall!  I was SO HAPPY when it was done!

Fun Times With Gwyn

My do little ones have energy!  I guess that's why you have kids when you're young so you can keep up with them!

Mornings were early but that's OK as I'm a morning person too!  Glenn would usually watch her while I did my stretches and took a walk - and she loved sitting on his lap while he looked at the computer!  

Since the Smiths' were coming out Friday morning for muffins and coffee, we needed to make banana/blueberry muffins!  And once again Gwyn helped me dump ingredients in and stir!

She couldn't wait to taste the results!

Surprisingly enough, Gwyn didn't color or paint much - but she did draw some - I think she's taking after Kenzie who loves to draw!

Papa has a lot of patience and taught her to pedal her bike - she was thrilled to be able to ride from one end of the shop to the other!  Steering and turning took a little more time and after hitting some light fixtures at one end because she didn't turn fast enough, each time she DID turn correctly she would yell out, "I didn't hit the light"!!

Goldfish snacks - yum!

Gwyn thought she was pretty special getting in the hot tub all by herself!  Usually she's with her sister and brother and usually getting splashed - she thought this was awesome!!

And after a long day of playing, nothing is better than papa's popcorn!!  And I will agree with that!!