Colorado Crookstons - David, Katy, Jacob & Evan

Jacob's first day of preschool.

At the amusement park

Evan was so excited to get to ride with the boys.
Nolan is in the middle and his mom is in the black shirt.

Jacob on a carnival ride

Nolan (the boy next door) invited Jacob to go to the amusement park with him.

Jacob likes to feed Miyah.

Usually I don't walk away while he is feeding Miyah.

This time I did.

"Jacob, why is your hand purple?"

Purple Sharpie + Jacob hiding behind a chair =

Purple hands and

purple carpet.

Jacob likes to draw circles. He filled one circle in with color.

I used up my magic erasers and my visiting teacher brought me her magic erasers which I used up as well. The stain is mostly gone and because it is behind the recliner I think it is good enough.

Heat Therapy Bags

This evening after the boys went to bed I made two heat therapy bags. I made the bags out of muslin and filled them with flaxseed. Flaxseed is not stinky like many other items that are commonly used to make therapy bags. In 30 minutes I made two bags and started on the first washable cover. Right now I am testing out the first bag on my neck and it is great! About a minute in the microwave and the bag acts like heating pad lasting 1-2 hours. These first two bags are for my sister, Sharon, and for my Mom, but I already have a request from Dave and I want one too. I will post photos sometime later.

Grandma and Grandpa Zimmer visit Colorado

My Father had to come to Denver to look at a generator for a project. My Mom came with him and they made a weekend of it. On Dave's day off we went to the Denver Aquarium. Jacob held his Grandpa's hand almost the entire time.

Lots of new stuff

I just discovered the beauty of Picasa. I can make collages and publish them to my blog from the program on my computer. It is so easy! The new stuff is not in chronological order but oh well.

Lake Powell, AZ and UT

On the way to Lake Powell

On the way to Lake Powell we drove through southwestern Colorado.

My Mom and Dad

Jacob's Camera

This is one of the first photos Jacob took after he got his camera for his birthday. Here we see his father trying to dig the truck and trailer out of the sand at Lake Powell.

Jacob and his Camera

Jacob absolutely loves that he can make his subject look extra silly with his camera. As Jacob would say, "Silly Miyah."

Nolyn Evan and Jacob riding a train together.

Grandma and Grandpa Zimmer visit Colorado

Spring 2009 visit to Tucson

Trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Y(our) Sky. A website.

Y(our) Sky

This website belongs to someone I have swapped with on swap-bot. I like it and thought I would share it with anyone who is interested. I have a recent cloud shot I plan to send sooner or later.

Meet Miyah

On April 7, 2009.

Evan took his first unassisted steps.

What we've been up to in 2009, Part 4

We visited the Denver Zoo.

What we've been up to in 2009, Part 3

Evan improved is climbing skills.

Jacob played and played and played with trains.
We put his track on the table so he could play without extra hands disassembling the track.

Haircuts for all (except me).
This was Evan's first haircut. In this picture Jacob is wearing his Quarter-Midget t-shirt from Cousin Keith.

We talked on the phone to my Mom.

We had a bookshelf built in the loft.
It was built by Dave Margetts who is the same person who did our backyard.

What we've been up to in 2009, Part 2

We went for a drive.

We found a "primitive" road that led out of Monument.

The dirt road took us to a nicer dirt road that we had been on before. The road went from Woodland Park to a paved road near Sedalia.

We could see Pikes Peak through the trees.

We drove toward Denver and after 20 miles came to a locked Forest Service gate. How very frustrating. Just before the gate there was a jeep trail so we decided to take that. It was very steep and icy in many places. Luckily we were in Dave's truck because we needed the higher clearance.