BBQ Shrimp and Crawfish

Some of our good friends are moving to Germany in August. We get together with them about once a month and brew beer. I decided to do something a little different when we got together with them. I found some already cooked crawfish and shrimp at a good price at Whole Foods so I bought it. I made New Orleans BBQ shrimp and it was AWESOME! Kayden was calling it chicken but the kids loved it. We are certainly going to miss this family while they are gone but they should be back in a year!

Kayden's First Swim Lesson

This summer Kayden is taking a private swim lesson every Tuesday and Thursday while Ross and I are on the pool deck together coaching. The lesson lasts 30 minutes. He has done really well and is going under water and jumping off the side to his teacher. He feels like big stuff. These are from his first lesson.

More Swimming

This is Kendal and Kayden on a swimming break with their buddy Price.

Backyard Fun

Ross added a pole to our playset so the kids can slide down it. They love it! Here is a few pictures of the kids having fun in the backyard.

Dress Up

We play dress up a ton at our house. We had some friends over last week and we pulled out all the costumes. They were so cute. Kayden put on the Snow White dress and he used the button on the front to be a shooter. Check him out!

Camping Season 2009-Chalk Lake

We went camping Memorial Weekend south of Buena Vista in Chalk Lake Campgrounds with another family. We had a great time. It is much easier to camp with another family then by yourself. Steve and Miriam have two girls, Kate is 4 and Kaia is 2. The kids get along well. It was a little rainy on us but we all still had a great time. We hiked up to a waterfall which you could see from our campsite. I can't wait to go again this summer. Rare family photos but we actually had someone who could take a picture of us. This is Chalk Lake.



Kendal and Kate

Silly kids

Steve, Kaia, Kate and Miriam

This is the walk down to Chalk Lake

Having breakfast at the campsite.We made smores and they were yummy!

This creek was right behind our site. The kids could not stay out of it even though it was freezing. Kayden loves to help!

Mystery pictures from inside our tent. Wonder who took them?

We hiked up to Agnes Waterfall. It was a nice little climb.

Kids having a snack after the rocky hike.

Everyone slept most of the ride home which is about 2 1/2 hours.