August was another busy month filled with family and fun!
Early in August, Chris' parents and his two youngest brothers visited from Ohio.
We tried our hand at miniature golf for the first time ever with the kids.
Group shop of everyone but me and Kolbe...
...because he was here sulking about being tired and hot.
Granddad and Kolbe coloring at a restaurant one evening.
Mommy and Kolbe selfie
Awwwww!
Chris' younger brother, Nick, and their mom
It was a lovely visit. They took Kayla to the air and space museum one day and there were plenty more days of staying home and playing games and chatting. I'm so blessed to have been welcomed so completely into this incredible, faith-filled, kind family.
Chris planned a hike one morning for us all up near Dinosaur Ridge.
Lovely views, a good, solid hike, and the best company.
Yeah, those are cliffs behind them. But they really wanted these pictures so I smiled bravely and told them to be super careful and snapped them as fast as was humanly possible.
Those Colorado clouds slay me. God is incredible.
Happy Feast of the Assumption of Mary
We celebrated with some food in honor of some of her titles. The cheese is "Tower of Ivory" and the lily sandwiches are "Mother, most pure"
The rest is healthy yumminess for Our Lady of Good Health
Flowers and decorations for Our Lady
And a special blueberry cheesecake
Chris took Ava on her first every backpacking trip. He may eventually get on here and blog about it.
While they backpacked, we went on an adventure with Uncle Nick
He took us to a neat hiking spot we've never been to
We found the remains of an old bus
When we arrived back at the car, I noticed that our already slow-leaking tire was completely flat. Nick was a true gentleman and took care of it all while I took the kiddos down to the nearby creek to keep them busy.
They later told me they were glad for the flat because it meant getting to go in the creek and explore.
Adventure car.
Thank God for his providence and for Nick being the best brother we could ever ask for.
We celebrated St. Rose's feast day with (half off!) roses and a special tray of fancy finger food. The kids loved it. I guess we'll have to celebrate more feast like this.
At a local evening summer concert with the littlest ones while Chris took the older two camping one weekend. The picture shows neither the depth of beauty of my kiddos nor the beauty of the sunset that evening.
The girls wanted to bring St. Therese roses (since she said she'd send a shower of roses from heaven and they WERE half-off). We love our friends in heaven who pray and intercede for us so wonderfully.
Sweet Sophie started dance class!
It's a combo jazz, tap, and ballet class, and she loves it!
It was a good month filled with happy memories to keep forever in our hearts and minds.
