Saturday, October 01, 2011

This is why we live in Colorado

There is a commercial that is aired here that shows the ski slopes and says "this is why you live in Colorado". Well, I don't ski. A short-lived class at A&M, in which we skied down a wet, soapy, white astroturf into a chain-link fence, pretty much ruined me for that.

But, I love the fall foliage here. We have the famous Aspens, but we also have maples and many others whose names I don't know in our neighborhood. It's still a bit early in our area, but here are some shots from our walk this morning.


The park near our house - it has an amazing mountain view, and always seems to be 5-10 degrees cooler than the rest of the neighborhood.





The elementary school in our neighborhood.


Our front yard. Our tree is a red maple, and won't change colors for another few weeks, but our neighbor's tree is already losing its yellow leaves.




Note the long-sleeved shirt; unfortunately we'll need to change it soon because it's supposed to hit 90 today. And yes, I know that those of you in Houston or College Station probably think 90 and low humidity sounds dreamy, but if I'm going to be shoveling snow in April, then I expect October 1st to have autumnal temperatures!




I hope everyone else has a good fall weekend; we're planning to buy mums and maybe head to the mountains to check out the Aspens (they're peaking at higher elevations). Happy Autumn!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Galveston

We're in Houston for an extended weekend, full of family, friends, and my 5 year vet school reunion. Hamming it up on the drive down to Galveston.

Jack's 1st time on a beach.



We got there pretty late, so just a quick visit. We may try to go back Sunday if we have time. He really liked the water and wanted to go in, but it was too late for a swim.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Gig 'Em Aggies!

We watched the first A&M football game over the weekend. Jack watched off and on.

Wearing some of his Aggie gear (thanks Amy and Joe!).

He really likes the camera.

Talking with Charlie about the game.

We moved his highchair down to the family room so that we could all have dinner while watching. =)

Sunday, September 04, 2011

Welcoming Autumn

Jack loves climbing on the back of the couch to look out the windows.

Enjoying the fall weather that arrived yesterday - it was in the high 50's when we went out yesterday morning!



Trying on his Halloween costume. Emma thought it was real!