Edwards Update!

October was a great month - we had a wonderful snow storm that shut down school for a couple of days, of course halloween and we got a new family member - Zeus. He is an Italian Mastiff (Cane Corso) puppy-and very cute!!

Here are some pictures to catch everyone up with the Colorado Edwards!

September

Since it's been awhile, this may be a little long. I'll try to keep the commentary to a minimum and maximize the photos!

***************************KARATE!***********************************

The kids had a great time in the Karate demo classes conducted at their school. After 3 weeks of training, both kids broke a board at their "graduation" on their first try!! Alexis is going to continue with Karate and Logan is looking forward to getting back into gymnastics.

*******************************FISHING DERBY**************************

Pinehurst had their Annual Fishing Derby to end the Summer season. It was a great time, although, I think the kids were more interested in the frogs and horses than fishing! :)

Please indulge me while I brag a bit about my eldest....

Another family sat near us under a big tree by the lake. With them was a darling older woman in a wheel chair who had had a stroke. She was extremely difficult to understand.

My beautiful, thoughtful, caring daughter noticed she was alone when her husband went to fish and her granddaughter went to ride the horses. Stacy took it upon herself to help this lovely lady.

She wheeled her over to the horses so she could watch her granddaughter ride. Her face lit up with smiles as she clapped for the kids and horses.

Once again, we were reminded of our daughters big heart and compassionate nature. As she's done many, many times in her short 22 yrs on this earth with us, she's made our hearts swell with love and pride for this amazing young woman.

****************RACOON RUN***************************************

The kids had a beautiful day for the Racoon Run at Gov. Ranch Elementary. Thank you all who contibuted to their donation funds!! The money goes towards the Physical Ed program as well as technology for the school (computers and such). Alexis and Logan both ran over a mile and had a lot of fun!

A Watery Weekend

These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago. We had a great day at the pool with the kids, a nice dinner at Pinehurst and then went over to have a blast at Pirate's Cove with our church family from Foothills Bible Church. I was the photographer, so you'll be seeing Alexis, Logan and Mike in all the pictures. We were pretty tired by the time the day was through - too much sun, water and fun!

I took a ton of pictures, unfortunately, something happened to my camera and most of them were blurry! I posted the decent ones. I guess I'm not as camera savy as my eldest! :)

A Walk in the Park

The kids and I took a walk around the lake at Clement Park. I was very proud of them! They made it the whole way around, fed the ducks, saw a pelican and were ready for Cold Stone ice cream when we were all done.

Deer Creek Canyon

We went hiking Sunday and the kids did great!! Actually, I wasn't worried about Alexis - it's Logan who always wants to be in a cart - even if we are only at the store for a couple of minutes!

It was a great walk the we all had a good time - even Bogey. :)

Block Party

The weekend we returned home from Minnesota, we had a community garage sale followed by a block party.

It started out being a very hot day and Logan made a comment that it was too hot to have a block party! Later in the afternoon it became overcast, but still warm -just perfect.

There was enough food for the entire neighborhood I think and we had a lot of water balloons and squirt guns for the kids. It didn't take long for the big "kids" to get in on the act! It was a great afternoon/evening ending with sparklers and fireworks before bed. :)

July 4th

July 1st found us flying to Minnesota for our yearly trip to visit family at Lake Ada. This year was especially wonderful as all 4 of our kids were able to join us!

The afternoon we arrived, we took the kids to Mall of America where shopping and rides were thoroughly enjoyed.

The next day, we headed up to Lake Ada for fun in the sun and on the water!

Upon arrival, we found Heidi and Mom had designed an area for the kids to play and sleep in. The kids loved it and was a wonderful surprise! Cots to sleep in, a wall for art projects, TV, DVD, and Wii - who could ask for anything more? :)

We could not have had better weather the entire time we were there. Swimming, fishing, boating... so much to do!

Alexis had a blast jumping off the boat! (be sure your sound is on!!) :)

Decorating the boat for the 4th of July parade is always a lot of fun.

We are looking forward to next year!