In the beginning of May, we went back to Estes Park for the 24th Annual Duck Race. Basically, people can buy a rubber duck and chose from a list of organizations where they want that money to be donated to.
The Ducks are then dumped into the river.
The Lady with the stick is in charge of getting ducks unstuck!
They then float down the river. If your duck is one of the Lucky Duckies, you win a prize!
This day was a lot of fun; enjoying the duck race, walking around Estes, and eating Ice Cream.
We also went to the Sealing of Josh's cousin Marissa and her now husband in Utah.
I also had my End of the Year Field Trip with my class. Every year, the 5th graders at University Schools spend a week traveling around Colorado and Utah. This year's trip included: The Sand Dunes, Fort Garland, Pagosa Springs, Mesa Verde, Arches, and Glenwood Springs. We (50 students, 3 teachers, and 10 parents) traveled in a charter bus and parent cars. We had gorgeous weather the entire trip. It was a great trip and I think I slept for the next 3 days straight after we got back. Here are some pictures:
This is what our sleeping arrangements looked like.
Double O Arch
Delicate Arch
The next week was the last 2 days of school and I officially finished my first year of teaching! HURRAY!!
The next week we left for Playa Del Carmen, Mexico (Pam, Richard: In laws, Josh, Cam, Scott, Bobby, and Lindsay. Missed Mark and Camille. =( Brothers and Sisters in Law). The next post is completely devoted to that trip.
June was a pretty mellow month. We spent time with Dehncke family, spent time with Heidbrink Family, and went to the Greeley Stampede.
In July, Mark, Camille, and Scott came out to Colorado for 5 days. We went to the Stampede again and went swimming at least 2 times a day =).
Other events for the month included: an airshow in Wyoming, Olympics, and a James Taylor concert.
Pics from the airshow:
Because of my AWESOME Uncle Stephen, we got to go see James Taylor at Red Rocks!! This was Josh's first concert. Before the concert, we got to walk around backstage and even go ON THE STAGE!! Then we watched some of the show from the crowd and some of the show from backstage. We were especially glad we could go back stage when it started to DUMP rain. The power went out from lightning in the area, but after about 2 hours, the rain stopped and the show went on. We had so much fun and loved the concert.
We had so much fun and loved the concert!
August was Cam's Birthday!!! And we got a fire pit.
In September, we went to Aspen a few times. SEE ASPEN POST! We also went out to Virginia to visit Josh's Grandpa, Richard's Dad. It was so great getting to meet him and see his AMAZING poker skills.
So far in October, quite a bit has happened. General Conference (more on that in future blogs) was the first weekend. The next week I helped out with an intervention for a child with behavior problems at University Schools. That weekend we went to Utah for Camille's baby shower and Josh's cousin's farewell before she left on her mission to Brazil. We also bought a new jeep that weekend! And have already been 4-wheeling in it! The jeep is manual transmission so I have been learning how to drive stick shift. EEK!
This past week we went 4-wheeling, I went down to the Temple and hung out with my "soulfriend" and now we are getting ready to head out to Utah on Friday for Josh's Grandpa's funeral.
Well there you have it!! A full year of the doings of Cam and Josh!
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