Denver, Colorado

This past week our little family took a trip to Denver, Colorado to see an allergy specialist up there.  We decided to drive because flying was too expensive.  It made for a fun little road trip, and we all had a blast.

The boys rode in the car for a little way in their pjs.  They slept for about the first 2 hours.

The first night we stopped in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The next morning we made a detour and rode the train up to the top of Pike's Peak.  Notice the boys are eating ice cream and Chris is drinking coffee.  It was 88 degrees at the bottom of the mountain.

It was the perfect time of year.  The aspen trees are turning a beautiful vibrant yellow.

The streams and waterfalls that were along the train tracks were gorgeous.

 

The views at the top of Pike's Peak were breathtaking.  I can definitely see why they inspired the song "America the Beautiful."

It was 30 degrees at the top.

That evening, we drove the rest of the way into Denver, Colorado.  We had a little bit of time before supper so we decided to let the boys try out their Top Golf skills.

The next morning was the doctor's appointment.  Chris and Heath were both retested for their allergies.  Heath amazingly sat perfectly still and let the doctor draw blood from his arm.  He was fascinated with the blood shooting out of his arm and into the tube.  However, he lost it when it was time for his allergy testing.  Hunter and I stood outside the room, and Hunter cried because we could hear Heath crying so hard.

We headed home after that, and spent two more days on the road to get home.  It was exhausting and we may have gone a little stir crazy.

We are so glad to be home and back at school.  I will update about the new allergy treatments in a few weeks if we see results.

Mimi's Blankets

Heath caught Mimi making travel blankets for his cousins. They were red and black school colors for them to carry on the bus for out of town school events. The nephews love them, but Heath was majorly jealous. 

Right then, he declared that Mimi needed to make him an orange blanket. Then he proceeded to dig through her material and pick out what he wanted. What grandma can resist that????

Today, Mimi delivered his new blanket and he hasn't been more than a foot away from it all afternoon. He loves it!

Of course, Mimi couldn't leave brother out, so he chose green for his blanket. He loves it!  They are so comfy and so soft. 

Mama may steal them. 

Country Comes to Town

The boys have learned a new song. I'm sure from school because it's not the type of music Chris and I listen to. 

The boys: we can whip, whip and we can nae, nae....

Chris: Boy, what's a nae, nae?

Boys: You know Dad, like a horse goes neigh, neigh. 

September Happenings

We had "Preppy Day" at school. We don't do preppy very well at our house, but I managed to scrounge this together.

We saw the blood moon and the eclipse.  This called for a family selfie.

We love watching our favorite football player on Friday nights. He loves us too!

This little man shot these two dove All. By. Himself!!

Bird Boys

September = Dove Season

We love bird hunting around our house. The boys are great at retrieving the birds and get really mad when Warden beats them to the downed birds. The twins have actually been requesting that we leave him at home so the competition isn't so tough. 

Playing in the mud.....what could be more fun....

Maybe shooting frogs with their BB guns???

September = Football Season. 

We love #12!!!!  Go Braves!

Persimmon Jelly

All around our new house we have Persimmon trees.  I'd never even heard of Persimmons until I moved out there, but our friends tell us that they are a yummy fruit and really good to eat once the fruit turns black.

On a mission to test this out, the boys and I picked a whole bucket full of black ones over the course of a few days. It was difficult to find good black ones that they deer, raccoons, and birds hadn't gotten to first, but we managed.

After washing the fruit, I boiled it so that I could get the juice.

I didn't have any cheese cloth, so I strained it through one of Chris' old t-shirts. (It was clean)

Then I started the jelly making process.

The juice is very black.  I would like to call it a dark plum color, but I would be lying....it's black.

The final result is some very tasty.....very black jelly.

I'm a little leery about giving Black Jelly as a gift, so if you want some let me know.

SUPER Kindergarten

It wasn't the easiest decision, but we decided to keep our boys in Kindergarten for another year.  We are calling it SUPER Kindergarten.  They both have new teachers.  Heath has Mrs. Audrey Holmes, and Hunter has Mrs. Kindra Tutle.  They are both super excited and very happy with their teachers so far.  Of course, they will miss their other friends that went on to 1st grade, but they will make new friends soon.