Colters Activities (August 2010)

Colter sure does keep busy.

Here are some of his most recent activities in August:

Playing with the ball. He especially likes to try and sit or lay on it.

Using the highchair as a jungle gym.

Trying to wear Daddy or Mommy's shoes.

Sloppily eating lasagne on his picnic table outside.

Getting lasagne hosed off.

Eating yogurt for a snack.

Giving big smiles while watching Molly fetch her ball.

Aunt Kira Came to Visit

Aunt Kira came from Coeur d'Alene to visit us last week.

She stayed with Colter the days Daddy and Mommy had to go to work.

Friday night was Bunco.

Saturday we all went to Murdochs, our favorite ranch and home supply store.

Saturday night, Kory and Kira (along with Justin and Mandy) went to the Broncos/Lions game. I choose to stay home - someone had to watch Colter. Besides, I've been to a few games and I'm really not into football.

On Sunday, we went to the Highlands Ranch farmer's market for some peaches and other local goodies.

Then, we drove up to the mountains. First, to Idaho Springs, to have lunch at BeauJo's pizza. The dude ranch is yummy!

Then, we took a scenic ride home through Blackhawk/Central City and on to Boulder. We stopped near Nederland at a lake. Actually, Barker Reservoir.

Monday, we went for a walk late afternoon.

Tuesday, we went to CIvic Green Park, which has fountains for the kids to play in and a fun playground. And plenty of room to run around.

Alaska Cruise 2010

I am finally getting around to blogging about our cruise to Alaska we took in June. This was the third cruise we have ever taken. All of which have been on Royal Caribbean.

Our 7-night cruise was on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas. It departed from Seattle and went to the following places:

Our stateroom with a window. Some nights they put towel creations on our bed.

Kory and me...

The pool... where are all the sunbathers? Our two previous cruises were to the Caribbean, so it was strange to not be able to hang out on the pool deck.

Seattle, WA

Hanging out with Andrew, LaVonne, Beth and Steven.

Standing by a crab pot in Juneau. The reality TV show Deadliest Catch is a favorite of ours.

This picture sums up how I felt most of the trip: cold!

View from the ship of beautiful Alaska.

Glacier in the mountain.

Outside of our stateroom was this poster. It helped us quickly find our room. The ship is so big, getting lost happens.

At our first stop in Juneau, we took a helicopter ride to a glacier. It was just Kory, me and the pilot. It was cool to have our own private tour. Although that meant we got the smaller helicopter, yikes!

The glacier was amazing!

It looks like tire tracks, but is actually where three glaciers met.

In Skagway, we took a short train ride to a trailhead and hiked about 6-miles round trip.

The forest was awesome.

This caboose has been turned into a camp space.

There was a rushing stream all along the route.

The cruise ship sailed into Tracy Arm Fjord.

We saw wild life along the way, including seals.

At the end of the fjord, was a glacier.

Dinner on the ship was in the formal dining room. For breakfast and lunch, we usually ate in the cafeteria buffet.

Every night had some sort of entertainment, usually in the theatre.

We usually hung out together.

One night was karaoke. Kory and I got 'grabbed' as we were trying to sit down. He had us doing the song from Grease 'Summer Lovin'. Kory mostly sang; I didn't want to hurt anyone's ears. Here is Steven singing 'I'm Too Sexy'.

In Victoria, we saw The Butchart Gardens. A huge garden with wonderful flowers and plants to view.

Sunken Gardens. This used to be a quarry.

Souvenir shopping on our way back to the ship in Victoria.