horses & deer

We just couldn't help but stop...

As Mojo & Sam and I were driving by we saw these horses getting a good run around the arena and they looked so cool! So we stopped to chat and check out the beautiful animals...

And to top off the day, we ran in to these two fellows on our walk through town...

Enjoy the fall... I know we are!

pumpkin patch

Last Saturday morning found us hunting for perfect pumpkins under a beautiful blue, autumn sky!

Hamp was so happy to find all his friends downtown!

Once home, Hamp and Sam got to work on the business of carving... with a little help from Mojo and Daddy!

One scary face... one sad face!

HAPPY OCTOBER!

Mojo's here!

Everyone is excited for whatever adventures

are in store while Mojo is here...

I'm sure there will be plenty of stories, games, pretend play and activities!

~

long shadows

A long weekend of stay-at-home and play with friends and watch football and rake the leaves kind of adventures!

But sometime the best adventures are just riding bikes in the middle of the street at sundown...

troy

The past few days we have shared adventures with our friend Skylar!

One of Hamp and Sam's bestest friends, Skylar has enjoyed playing with the kids next door:

(too bad we didn't get him a tie-dye tee shirt, too!)

and walking Hamp to school in the morning:
and best of all, playing football in the back yard with Hamp:
(this kid can throw, I tell you!)
Despite being only 13 days older than Sam, Skylar likes having Hamp around as a surrogate big brother who will play ball with him.
Sam thinks that's fine, though - he'll just play the role of "coach":
(that's his "coaching stick"...???)

You may (or may not!) be wondering where that nice, new child-sized football came from... or perhaps why we adopted our friends' kid for a few days.

Well, the ball was a gift to Skylar from his brand-spankin' new baby brother! And while mom & dad delivered and recovered in the hospital the past few days, Skylar stayed with us. The best part is that it was the perfect excuse to go meet baby Troy and introduce him to his new big brother!

Welcome to the world, little brother!

rock climbing

Whilst Hamp and Sam had some mild backyard adventures of their own this weekend, Jason took the torch and ran, or rather climbed with it on a spectacular first-time adventure with some really good friends...

Glenwood Canyon - just a quick hour's drive south - is a great place for recreation: kayaking and rafting, biking and hiking and apparently, rock climbing!So Jason got his first taste of this fun outdoor pastime - and I think he liked it!

It was great that our friends - who are outdoor recreationalists extraordinaire! - were kind enough to let him tag along and learn the ropes (ha! pun intended!)...

Marty

and Kris:

They did three climbs of slightly varied difficulty -

- and it was a good day for climbing!

Indian summer

When you wake up to 37 degrees in the morning, but then the sun warms the day up to a nice, hot 90 degrees in the afternoon...

isn't that wonderful?!
Sam sure thinks so!