I can't really say where the summer went - it seems like I blinked and it was gone! The boys and I talked about updating our blog more than once this summer, yet somehow it never got done! Here we are about the start the 5th week of school and there has been no blog post about all the fun stuff we've done since the 4th of July. So - here it is - the Dachel Family's summer in a nutshell...
July
We spent a weekend in Breckenridge (our favorite mountain town). We hiked the Lily pad lakes trail in Wildernest and saw a moose right as we got out of the car - it was so fast that I was unable to get a picture of it... but it was so beautiful and majestic! Moose are my favorite - so it was really amazing to see one!
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The boys and I before our hike The boys on the hike - notice the beautiful wild flowers!  Lower lily pad lake  Nels and the boys on the way down The Boys and I went to Spring Canyon Park with Friends and played in the water feature there. It was a super hot day -so the water was quite refreshing! We also spent an entire day swimming and playing at Windsor lake - after we were rained out on July 4th, we decided to make a day of it, so we packed up a friends car and had so much fun, swimming, building sand castles and playing on the playground.  It's COLD!  Getting wet  Friends Tate and Seth  Harrison Chillin' in Windsor Lake |
On the very last day in July we spent some time with Nels' parents at the 'beach' - Diamond Rock in the Poudre Canyon. The boys love to play in the river and after a picnic lunch, they spent hours building a dam, skipping rocks and chillin' in the river.
August
August started off with a bang as we prepared for school to begin - clothes shopping, school supply shopping and getting the house organized after the wonderful chaos of summer. The boys and I spent a lot of our days relaxing at the pool and our weekends seemed to fill up with activities with friends and family. We went to meet the Ram's day at Sonny Lubick field, watched them scrimmage and then got some autographs. It was fun for the boys to meet the players - it makes it more real when you watch them on TV. Hayden partcipated in a one day Lacrosse camp with the Colorado Mammoth (our indoor Lacrosse team) and Harrison took up breakdancing and was invited to join the breakdancing Troupe at his performing arts school, he will perform 2 numbers in their upcoming production Candy Land! The boys attended their first concert - 1964 a Tribute (a Beatles Tribute band) with Grandma and Grandpa (and us). The concerts was at Red Rocks, which of course is an amazing venue! We also took them to see Green Day at Comfort Dental Amphiteater - WOW! This band really knows how to put on a show - complete with Pyrotechnics and all kinds of bad language! It was loud and rockin' and we all LOVED it!!
First Day of School 2010 (5th & 2nd grades)
Hayden and his buddy Athol after the Mammoth camp
at the Pepsi Center
Meet the Ram's day
Green Day Concert
September
Here we are almost halfway through September - school is in full swing, I'm back to teaching pre-school after taking the summer off and Nels has a big project going at work... We spent Labor weekend with friends and family - watching the Rams get their booties kicked by the Buffs and catching up with my Brother, Sister-in-law and Niece. We tore the carpet off our stairs and have spent a lot of hours painting them (with help from Papa- THANKS) - They really look great and are so much easier to clean now! This weekend, we have been relaxing at home and canvasing the neighborhood selling popcorn for the Cub Scouts.
Life is in full swing at the Dachel House!
