Beach Week 2009

Probably my favorite beach week so far! It was so relaxing...the weather was PERFECT (didn't get over 65 the whole time....ah...), got to sleep in (thanks Janene), ate good food (thanks Jake, Ralph and Janene), spent an entire week with Morgan without work!! (thanks Keith), also got to spend an entire week with some other pretty cool people (thanks beach week friends and the family Pew) AND got a little bit of a tan (thanks Sun) I mean really, who could ask for more? Too bad it had to end....

Get a load of those chompers!
Yes, she bites sometimes and yes, it hurts every time.

Cousin Ayson Pants! We miss you!

What a star....took a nap on the beach everyday...

Daddy!!

Going "SMART"

So we finally decided to go ahead and practice what we preach and get our
SOLAR PANELS!!!!!!!!!

No more electric bills for us!!! EVER!! YAY!!

****If any of you out there are interested in getting a few of these fancy panels of your own (and you know you all do)...contact Morgan with
Solar Electric Systems & Products
480-353-9824 ;)

Sweet Summer....

I don't keep track of the date these days....I don't want to know how much of the summer has gone by...Then the real world of school starts and I have to share Emery again...Don't get me wrong, I love school and love that I'm ACTUALLY doing it. I love more that because I'm actually doing it'll be over very soon! Then I can get back to my life here at home...not that I do extraordinary things while I'm here or anything...I just like having the option...if I feel like it ;) Come to think of it...I think I was actually more productive at home when I was in school...I have never been so behind on my laundry than I am right now...But here I am....on the internet while Emery is napping instead of doing it...and by the time I get done with this post she'll be awake...its a vicious cycle...My mom always said "if you want something done, give it to a busy person" SO TRUE! Anyways...this is what my summer days look like....Emery and more sweet Emery.

We Love Ouray!

What a TRIP! Get ready for lots of pictures! (none of which do this place justice)
Morgan, Emery and I, along with Matt (my brother who works with Morgan), Courtney (his wifey,) and their baby Makenzie all got to go on a "business trip" to Ouray Colorado. Its a tiny little tourist town just north of Dorango. Morgan and Matt put up a big solar system for a family friend of ours who is building a cabin up there in some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen.

***Our pictures are good but if you wanna see what this place is really like then google "Ouray Colorado" and you'll get a better idea of where we were. ;)

We were there from the 17th of May till Friday the 22nd...(not long enough) The boys worked all day the first three days while us girls walked up and down Main St and window shopped...We went to the little grocery store, sat in the little coffee shop and drank our diet Pepsis, took some pictures, and enjoyed the scenery...We stayed in a little two bedroom, two bath condo with a full kitchen so we were able to cook our meals which made us feel right at home!

The weather was glorious...it never got over 70ish degrees and rained every afternoon...Our condo had a RAGING river flowing right behind it so we slept with the windows open so we could hear it all night long...(sigh....) It was so nice....

So here's some pics!

SOLAR!!! YAY!!!!

The ONLY grocery store in Ouray and it closes at 6pm...we found that out the hard way :)

I thought this was hilarious...

Courtney and Kenzie in our corner coffe shop

My cool red bench in front of an even cooler teal shop...

There's a waterfall coming out of my head!

Lots of raging rivers!

On the day the boys didn't have to work, we went up to the cabin with them and explored!

Ouray, back in its hay-day, was a big mining town. This is an OLD bunk house where all the miners lived...I'd say its in pretty dang good condition considering its age and the harsh weather its endured....

Make this picture big and take a look at the date....

This is called Box Canyon Falls

Thats a loooong way down and yes, of course i'm wearing a skirt on a walk way that you can see right up through...good thing I was wearing my G's that day... ;)

I love this picture...holding on to dads hand so tight!

Let There Be GRASS!

And it was good.

More Emery....

One of Emerys new favorite things is to sit in front of our screen door on a cool day and watch the cars go by...
On this particular day she also got to watch her daddy weed-eat the yard :)

(can you see him?? )