Camping trip 2

Tuesday we left again for another camp ground which we have never been to or seen this area.  

It is know for the wet mountains, lots of rain, but it was so green and beautiful.  

If you have time look up Bishops Castle in Colorado, that is where we headed after getting our camp set up.  This guy is building his own castle, weird but cool.

 This bridge Jon is standing on, just ended, not yet finished.   After the castle adventure we drove around and look at the land and views.  Amazing!  Then we went fishing, Jon and Olivia were hooked and just got there.  Olivia is an amazing caster.  She is not a great bobber and waiter person so Jon bought her a lure, she loved it.

 Day two we went to a park to go hiking, this was great short hikes but beautiful.  This picture below is devils canyon.

Then we hiked to this old fire look out tower.  After our hikes they went fishing again, still no luck.

 Thursday am we rented a boat for two hours and i paddles around and Jon and Olivia fished, and you guest it still no fish.  After lunch it started to pour.  We headed towards blue sky and found another lake to , you guest it fish!!!

Jon got a baby fish, well got two of them.  Now he was fish crazy!

Yes the poodle came along on this trip too.  he did not like the fire and was cold so he stayed in the car.

 Today Friday, after clean up and about to go home, we stopped for an hour to you guest it again FISH!

 Olivia caught her first fish ever, then caught 4 more.  Jon caught two.  They even caught one each at the same time.  Olivia's fell off the hook for the picture and she was a little unsure about holding it.

And of course lessons on how to free it, she did great!

 Jon is loving fishing, I think there will be a lot of father daughter lake times now!

Camping trip 1

Summer began right after the last day of school.  Olivia was tearful due to her last year at this school so we started summer off with a bang.  3 days camping with a school friends. 

Jon brought his fishing rod, this is his new thing, and each of the girls tried too.

 Even the poodle came on the trip and snuggles to keep warm.  It rained the first evening around 730 pm so we all went to bed early.  The next day was on and off again but turned out great, due to it poured after 9 pm.  We all stayed tried and slept well.

 Jon testing scooter stuff before the girls think about doing it...

 Funny photo 

Claire's mother backed the girls with a fun camping bag of cool goodies.  

 And of course lots of smores', they ate a whole bag of marshmallows.

What a great three day get away, relaxing run, and cool weather.

Painted Mines Family day

 Olivia's last half day of school at TCA.  After school we headed for a family hike.  You might recognize this place!  Jon and Olivia loved it.  Unfortunate the family photos did not turn out at all, which means we have to go back again.  

 We had a good time climbing around all over the rocks!

Family Triathlon

Three Months ago Olivia asked out of the blue if she could do a triathlon.  

I love google and checked it out for kids triathlons.

I found several and the one sounded pretty interesting.  

Ordinary mortals Triathlon

 Jon and I signed up and did a sprint triathlon : Run 3.1 mile, Bike 12 mile, Swim 300 yds
Olivia did Run 1 mile, Bike 4.4 mile, Swim 150 yrds.  We could not ask for a better sunny 75 degree day to do this!

Jon finished in 1:49:59 : his run time was 33:42, bike 56:27, swim 12:07  what a great time for him!

Amy finished in 1:23:00, run 27:11, bike 47:36, swim 5:45.

Olivia's finished times was 48:05:20, her run was 9:09, bike was 30:21, swim was 5:53.

We had a wonderful family day, hope to do this next year too.

Odd things

 This picture above has been in the works for almost a year.  Before springs break Jon and I finally agreed upon picture frame we both likes with the kitchen.  Then when mum was out here she helped me pick the clock hands.  Mum and I attempted to get this all done before Jon got home but did not work out.  Today after three hours working with Jon we finally got the clock all lined up and working great.  Lastly I need to order family pictures to hand inside and then paint a quote in the circle.  Yeah

So Olivia had a fever for three days and last Friday we took her to the doctors.  Doctor said she had Epstein Barr Virus and she might have mono.  We turned down the mono test and just assumed the worse.  After 6 days of 102.5 the fever finally broke free!!! yeah....She was fever free for 36 hours before returning back to school.  She had a great day at school today and came home with a paper set of lungs.  She is studying the lungs now in science.  What fun.  We did have her tested for mono on Tuesday and it came back clear, mono free.  Happy camper feeling better. 

Painting with a Twist

 Mum's Last Saturday in the springs I had to work and Jon just got home so I set up a Grandma/Granddaughter day. 

Nana never told Olivia were they were going until they pulled up.

Olivia was thrilled.

 They sat together and painted turtles going back into the water.

 What a wonderful day together, hope the memories last forever.

Yea it was like pulling teeth to convince mum that she was going to paint with out numbers.
And see she did a great job with no numbers. 

Friday Family night

Homestead Park

Every friday we try to do something as a family.

Even through Jon was still in California for training we still did our family time and mum filled in.

We walked 3.5 miles in the wood tree's near our house,

played on the bars where they ty up the horses,

and even had a little fun on the play ground.

On our way home we enjoyed Wendy's frosty.

 

Paint Mines

After dropping Olivia off at school mum and I went for a new adventure to the Paint Mines. 

 It was amazing 4 mile walk and climb through some wonderful color rocks.

Mum being a kid at heart, I think she jumped 6 inch's, LOL

Then on the way home she spotted a nest with somthing in it and we needed to go back and investigate what she saw.  Can you make out what is in the nest?  Yes Mother Owl with three baby Owlets, this was pretty cool thing to see since it was my first time. 

Art Work and New hair duo

 Olivia Aspen Tree picture above her head she did earlier in the year.  The school displayed it for Art Fair night. 

 And Punky's new Duo, his puddle hair cut.  He is a poodle so why not try the hair cut out.  LOL

I think he lost his pants!