fireworks interview

Daddy Journal Day Five

Hi Daddy,

We had so much fun today on the Fourth of July. We got to eat donuts for breakfast, go swimming, and have pizza movie night.

Abel thought his root beer float was weird. But I love mine. Yum!

Then really late Mom woke me up so I could see the fireworks (isn't it so cool we can see them from our yard). I LOVED watching them all and didn't cry on bit this year! And we lit the fireworks we bought too.

Boy am I pooped!

Daddy Journal Day Four

Hi Daddy!

I got new Crocs today. I picked a new blue color. I like that. Yup.


Afton got a new dress and had fun spinning around in it.

And I wanted to do it too, so Mama let me wear one of her new skirts and twirl. I liked it a lot.

I got a bad owie today. Afton was chasing me and she caught me then picked me up then dropped me from high. I was bleeding lots. It hurt. But I'm okay.

Mama can't find the big silver "memote" for the TV? Where is it Daddy?

Daddy Journal Day Three

Hi Daddy,

We had lots of fun today. We did our chores then Mom let us jump on the mattress after we changed our sheets.

Abel and I loved playing with Berlin and Jamie today. I found lots of potato bugs and we got really dirty feet playing so hard.

We got to have a picnic movie night and finished watching The Spiderwick Chronicles. It was scary but cool too.

Mom's camera was out of batteries today. No pictures.

We love you!

Daddy Journal Day Two

Daddy,

We went to TWO parks today, a big bike ride, to the library for story time (but we had to leave without checking out books because Abel was freaking out and Mom forgot her library card. Boo.)

It rained today, for a bit. We put on our rain boots and played outside.



And we made these videos for you!

Daddy Journal Day One

Dear Daddy,

We had a GREAT day! We got to play at the gym while Mommy exercised (30 minutes on the bike baby) and spotted some rabbit poop when we were playing at the outside part.

We played pirates a lot today with minor injuries to Abel.

I made my own peg leg! Argh!!!

Abel was a fancy pirate today.

I've been begging Mommy to let me listen to "Hey hey I don't like your girlfriend" song but Mommy said there's a naughty word in it. Then Mommy got this super idea to let me buy my first song on iTunes with my chore money. So I bought the no naughty word one. Abel and I put our money together and we bought our favorite song from Cars "Real Gone." We have been rocking out all day.

We went swimming at a new splash pool today. I cant wait for you to come on the cool slide with me. Abel loved filling up his bucket in the shooting fountains.

And we had our last Family Home Evening on temples. I drew a picture of a temple with two people getting sealed. I used a ruler to make the triangle on top really good. Abe "drew" a temple too.

I'm pooped. We miss you lots!

Weekend Edition

We had such a fun weekend!  Mostly because Patrick was back home.  We took the kids to see WALL-E.  Abel included.  He loved seeing his first movie and kept saying "That was cool" after each preview.  He was a little bummed when the movie started and it wasn't Toy Story but the robot action caught his attentions pretty quick.  He's been saying "I loved my first movie" all day today!  

Afton loved the movie too, especially the short at the beginning. I won't give it away but part of the cartoon has the word "PRESTO" on it and Afton read it then said "Oh that's says presto!  That means really super duper fast."  Thank you Little Einsteins!

And now Patrick is off for 2 weeks making commercials.  Abel is going to sink into a deep daddy depression.  Luckily, we have a trip to Utah to see The Ashworth Fam is 8 days (!!!) to distract us!

Farmer Afton

Afton loves to help out in the yard, probably because it's just her size! She pulls the weeds for fun, checks on our garden and flowers every day and today took over on my dead grass digging. About 10 minutes into the work she said "Mom we're farmers huh?"

my little garden

I love checking out my little garden every day to watch lettuce, green beans, a single strawberry and some other unknown green things grow (Patrick said he would remember which seeds were where...ha ha!) The kids take turns watering every day and they too get a kick out of seeing things grow and grow.


I'm so happy to see my favorite flower plant, fuschias, growing so well! Colorado is so dry, it's a genuine miracle anything stays remotely green during the summer.

quick family update

Patrick: getting ready to travel the country for 5 weeks making rock star commercials!

Liz: Graduated from PT and walking with minimal limping, proudly un-addicted from diet caffeine for a whole week and a half now.

Afton: lost another tooth this week, went to first dentist appt with minimal forcing by Mom, no cavities!

Abel: sporting a adorably healthy dose of drama and whining (i never get a turn doing that!), perfecting his transportation sound effects and enjoying hand holding in parking lots lately.

Abel gets a hair cut

Here is Abel in his relaxed-you're-not-taking-my-hat-off pose (with his monkey, a new favorite)

Here is Abel after his ginormously traumatic buzz cut. Mom said it was time for the long hair to go. Dad said let's do it at home. Mom knew it would turn south fast. But we did it anyway.

Good thing Abel has a super duper big sister to cheer him up!

letterboxing

We went on our FIRST letterboxing adventure on Saturday. The kids, especially Afton, were so excited for out "treasure hunt." I found an easy box at the Celestial Seasonings headquarters, just down the highway from us (and we scored some super deals on herbal tea at the tent sale afterwards).

Here is the box, hidden under the rock. We're using a "CTR" stamp as our family stamp

And this photo will go below our first stamp (of a tea pot, of course!) in our log book. Thanks for hamming it up Abel!

I can't believe I missed this...

Yesterday was Boulder's annual naked bike ride.  The theme this year; Less Gas, More A**.  I love living here!

You can read about it here.

Ice Skating

Abel can be found ice skating any time Afton's slippers are left unattended.

Love me some free

Patrick's work is always full of great perks. Nike workout clothes, toys for the kiddies, in-home Geek Squad services... Last week, we both got SIGG water bottles for FREE..saving us $40 in cancer free drinking containers.

And on Saturday, we got to go see JERRY SEINFELD for FREE!! And the tickets were up close and so cool. And, I was surprised how funny Jerry really was.

100 hour per week jobs totally pay out!