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Click on the link above and vote for 'U' (Kate) in the comment section of the photographer's webpage. You're voting for "photo of the year"!
We really loved working with this photographer -- she did Kate's 1-year photos at our home. She's doing a photo contest, and if Kate wins --- we'll receive a $250credit so we can have Lora do Kate's 2-year pics as well!
Thanks for voting!
Don't miss all the posts from October that I snuck in below ... there's Halloween, pumpkin patches and the visit to the Dandies' ... and more!
Pics from November excursion to AZ and FL coming soon ...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Check out the scrolling photos on the homepage for the new website of Palmer Land Trust (the place where I used to work) to see Kate and the horsies!
www.palmerlandtrust.org
Well, I'm behind on blogging -- I have lots of pics to post from October but... I can't do that right now. I just had to post the video from tonight. We were eating dinner, and I decided to give Kate some noodles, and I started singing a silly song, and Kate ... well ... you'll see!
Kate and Mommy took another trip together...to go visit Carolyn's sister. Kate was a superstar on the two airplane rides on the way out there! yay! It was a special occasion as Carolyn's nephew, Jude, was getting dedicated. Jude's super adorable, and getting so big! He's barely 5 months old and can hardly squeeze into the 3-6month clothes (whereas his cousin, Kate, wore this size until she was about 9-10months! We went on neighborhood walks, played at the park, and went to storytime and the neat-o Fayetteville library.
University of Arkansas campus -- loves crunchin on those fall leaves!
Jude: "Ahhh, it's exhausting being this cute ....."
We have some friends who've been passing down all their daughter's clothes to Kate...very sweet! We even got her Halloween costume -- a bat. When I saw it in the bag of clothes, I thought -- naa, probably not...but then I put it on Kate...and well, it was stinkin' cute! So yes, Kate was a cute little black and purple bat this year, and I put together a silly bat costume for myself too! Well, then I actually randomly found some doggie batwings and couldn't resist buying those soooo.... there were 3 batgirls in the house ... until Tiana told me that she was going to a Halloween party and she picked up a real, live batgirl costume...and viola! 4 batgirls!!
We went to a little Halloween event at our gym on Friday night, and then down to Old Colorado City on Saturday afternoon (which is becoming a tradition -- 2nd year in a row) with our friends, the Hellands and the Flights. It was like 70 degrees out that day... an absolutely gorgeous fall day!
Well, it sure was a cold day, but we ventured up to Denver anyway to enjoy their monthly "free day" at the Denver Zoo.
It only happens once!
... then, let's see, 21 YEARS on the 21st. Well, that won't be until 2029!!
Going to Sunflower Market in the crazy snowy cold weather -- on my birthday
mmm, the produce guy gave me a banana & didn't even know it was my 21-month birthday!
snowfall for the day!I'm pretty sure that this is going to be the record year of all years for the number of pumpkin patches we've visited. Kate really enjoys them, and we've been going every weekend! First, we went to one out at Rock Ledge Ranch (next to Garden of the Gods) with Tiana. They were having a Harvest Festival. Then, we went to TWO pumpkin patches outside of Boulder with Lynda. Then we finally went to one with Daddy -- located up in Elizabeth, CO (about 45 minutes NE of here).
It was a gorgeous day to go do FALL things :) Carolyn, Kate, and Carolyn's lil sis, Tiana, all went down to Rock Ledge Ranch to their Harvest Festival (pics above "pumpkin patches galore". We also went to Old Colorado City to see the Giant Pumpkin Weighing Contest -- whoa, some pumpkins were more than 1,000 lbs!!
hee hee -- our lil pumpkin in comparison....
We went a little roadtrip with our friends, the Noskers, to check out the fall colors -- nothing like the colors out east -- but better than, say, Texas or Arizona :) The girls were so cute -- hiking along a trail at Mueller State Park.
Brinlie and Kate
We went to our first tailgate this season ... with our friends the Bracks who live up in Denver. Gene used to fly hercs with Dave in Tucson. There are always parachuters (who land right on the football field) and neat-o airplanes that fly over right before the game starts. Some of the parachuters have smoke 'streamers' -- which you'll see in one of the pics below.
Suddenly, it's the summer of visitors! Carolyn's sister, Mandy, and her husband and baby boy decided they'd come out for Labor Day weekend. Gene hadn't met baby Jude (now 3 months old) yet, so this was great! As you'll see from the pics below, we had a jam-packed weekend.
~We went to the Colorado Balloon Classic, and saw many neat-o hot air balloons
~Gene, Dandies, and Jude went up the Incline (the old cog railway trail...see pics...eek!). Carolyn and Kate stayed home since Carolyn's race was the next day.
~Carolyn ran a half-marathon! Mandy ran the last 2 miles with her (thankfully! cuz that REALLY helped at the end). Kate ate a giant burrito on the sidelines and cheered on Mommy with the rest of the fam
~We spent a lil relax time at the pool after the race.
~We ate wild game :) in Manitou Springs
WHEW!
TEAM BBBS AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING!!!
Carolyn & her nephew
Carolyn & her sis, MandyWe had a great visit with Grami and Papa! We ventured out to the zoo (imagine that!), visited the Will Rogers Shrine (located above the zoo, higher up the mountain), went to a nature program on Monarch butterflies --where we went searching for Monarch caterpillars, and had lots of fun -- just playing and chilling on the homefront!
Oh - and Gene and Carolyn even got to go out on a date to celebrate their 6 year anniversary!
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