Gran's 70th at Snow Mountain Ranch

We all packed into to a "cabin" at snow mountain ranch for Gran's 70th birthday! It was fabulous! Pa fell in love with roller skating, we went horseback riding, and fishing. Good times. I am blessed to have such a great family.

Visit with the Randalls

We spent a few wonderful days in Grand Lake with the Randall Clan. Everyone gathered to scatter the ashes of Grandpa Joe. Tim and Marilou hosted everyone, and I mean everyone. We had a few bonfires, live music, and lots of good times.  It was great to see everyone!

4th of July 2013

Sitting up and taking a ride

6 months/3.75 years.

first foods, garden adventures, and cleaing out the burning man box

 First solid food @ 6 months. She is 10.5 months now and still just wants purees.

 Frances helped us with a fairly major garden project his spring. Olive was a little more hands on in the dirt pile.

Cleaning out the old burning man box with Olive was AWESOME.

Stock show

Okay seriously, the girls killed at the stock show this year. Uncle Zeke and Aunt Judy gifted us some 100% authentic (mid)western wear from Missouri. The girls looked like they could be on the brochure for the event. Too stinkin' cute! Olive's outfit was so good that she told me that she was a "seriously real cowgirl" as if she had tapped into her true self via the most amazing rhinestone belt buckle ever.

As usual, we loved the stock show. Olive got to ride a pony, pet some farm animals, and eat fried food. Frankie got a diaper change on the floor of the coliseum. Clearly a good time was had by all! Thanks Zeke and Judy!

Fairbank Family

Andrew, Stephanie, Kel, Anthony, Ked, Annie, Kiel, Molly, Robin, Everett, Gran, and Pa all came over last night. It was a real treat to see the Euro cousins. It had been 10 years since I last saw Kel. All of the cousins were doing intersting things and living full lives. The older generation looked great and were wild as usual;) So good to see everyone! Unfortunately, I'm missing photos of a few key attendees.