July 4th!

This year due to the wildfires in Colorado most of the fireworks displays were cancelled! We were lucky to go up to Denver on the Friday before the 4th to check out the great show the Rockies put on after the game!

On the Fourth we got up early and went to the Highlands Ranch parade with our good friends the Bartels. From firetrucks to bands we had a great time enjoying the festivities! The kids decorated bags and got to catch all the candy being thrown into the crowd. My friend Kim even brought tattoos for the kids, so fun!

All dressed up for the big day!

Kim helping Cameron with his tattoo!

His first Tattoo!!

Ashley's turn.

Look at my rebel:)

Cameron, Ben, Meg, Ashley and Catherine with Gary in the background! Ashley and Ben will be in the same Kindergarten class and Meg and Cameron will be in 3rd grade together.

Since we couldn't set off fireworks that evening Meg decided she wanted to set up a lemonade stand to raise money for the Colorado firefighters!! It was very cute and the kids raised over $10 in just over and hour. We also decided to cool off with some water balloons, so fun:) It has been so hot for weeks in Colorado so the kids loved it!

Happy Birthday America!!

Science and Nature Museum

Last week I took the kids up to the Denver Science and Nature Museum! The kids love this place and it makes for a great day of exploring and discovering. I love all the questions that I get when we take trips up to the museum. The dinos are always a hit as well as the animal exhibits! Here are some pictures from the day.

We always do a scavenger hunt and somebody loves it!!

Ashley and the deer.

This is my favorite animal in the museum! This is an Alaskan Black Bear, it is huge!!

Cameron checking out the fossils!

The museum currently is showing live lizards and snakes, yikes!!

Trying to stay cool in the summer heat, they look pretty cool!