Christmas Pictures

We took our family Christmas pictures this morning. Here are a few of them.

Enjoying the Snow

We have been wanting to take Bucky sledding for a while so we decided to bundle up and brave the cold to do it this afternoon. Boy was that a mistake! Bucky really enjoyed his two trips down the hill but when I took him back up the hill to take our turn, he walked the other way and said, "Go home. Too cold." He got his point across and I was OK with that. We'll try again on another day while there is still snow on the ground but the temps are above single digits.

Skating

On the 22nd of November, we took Bucky skating to a real rink for the first time. He really enjoyed it but quickly tired so Buck and I took turns eventually. Bucky started with some tiny real skates (size 8) but ended up using his fisher price skates.

Family Pictures

I know I've been VERY behind on blogging for a while so I don't need anyone to point that out. Now that I've admitted I have my faults, here are some pics.



We had an FRG potluck on November 18th and we all looked nice so I took some pictures on our front porch.

Happy Halloween

We all got dressed on Friday night for a party that didn't happen and trick-or-treating that wasn't but I still got some pictures.

Saturday we headed to the mall for trick-or-treating so Bucky could get some treats and figure out how everything worked. We met our friends Paxton, Jennifer, and Ian for dinner and a few more stops before heading back. Bucky and Ian have such a good time and they are so funny together.

I Heart Faces - Week 38 (Blue)

The theme of this week's I Heart Faces challenge is "Blue". I immediately thought of a previously posted picture I took for my son's 2nd Birthday pictures. I love the way his blue shirt brings out his blue eyes. Head to iheartfaces.blogspot.com to see more entries.

Bucky's 1st Bowling

We took Bucky bowling Thursday afternoon when Buck got home from work. To our surprise it was only $1 per game for us until 5 pm so that was a bonus for us. Bucky did so good and he really loved it! After a couple of tries with help, he started picking his ball up out of the return, walking to his lane and rolling it himself. We tried the ramp but all I could picture was him dropping the ball on his foot while trying to put it on the top. We had to correct him a few times because he would veer towards our lane or stand way too far back to start the roll or chase the ball down the lane and fall as a result....but he had a great time and that's what matters!! (and yes, we are wearing long sleeves and jeans in September :( )

Pikes Peak

Both of our FB teams won yesterday so we were both in relatively good moods today. We took Bucky to the park and then headed up Pikes Peak...something Buck has wanted to do since we got to CO. Although the change in altitude can make you nautious, dizzy, thirsty, and faint, we braved it to go to the summit. The trip up was a little rough but we walked around in the snow (yes, snow) when we arrived. Buck threw a snowball at me and was warned shortly thereafter not to do it again ;) Bucky didn't really want anything to do with it - fine with me. Rascal was skiddish but quickly began to enjoy it. While we were enjoying the donuts inside, I looked outside and quickly asked, "Is that snow?" An emphatic, "Yes it is" was the reply. So then, of course, we "had" to play in it. This was Bucky's first view of snow and his response was to hold his arms and say, "Brrr...cold." That's my boy!! We went very slow on the way down due to this new precipitation and I was glad to be back in the 70 degree weather at the bottom. On the way down, you are required to stop to let the ranger check your brake temp to make sure they are not too hot. The max temp is 300...Buck did such an amazing job driving that ours were only 86. To give you an idea of why they check, the car in front of us had to pull over and park because theirs were 345. Also, the water bottle that was shaped perfectly compressed on the trip down. We are now home and tired and relaxing watching football. It was overall a great day.