Sunflowers

The Deck Is Complete

We power washed the deck and Heath sealed it over the weekend. It is complete and looks amazing. You cannot even tell that the benches are from an older deck. They cleaned up nice. We are really going to enjoy entertaining on it! I think we even have our first party scheduled!

I think Heath is glad to have this project completed so he can move on to one of many other projects (not at our house)!

Here it is! The building of the deck is complete. We just have to power wash it and seal it! We are very excited to have this project done! We look forward to entertaining on it as well.

New landscaping that we added to the east side of our home! There are similar plants on each side of the porch.

Heath completed work on the deck bench last night. We just now have to remove the pole, wash and seal the deck. This pole was going to be part of a clothesline, but we decided that wasn't important so it's going to be removed!

This was another picture from our vacation. This is actually a volcano (not active) that is in my cousins backyard.

I thought after the county fair was over things would slow down, but even Heath mentioned last night that we haven't slowed down one bit. We played in the town ball tournament this past weekend and have been trying to stay caught up with our garden. I have zucchini and tomatoes galore!

We plan to finish up our deck this weekend too. Watch for pictures!!

NRA

Daniel and Heath checking out one of the many exhibits at the NRA Center.

James, Me and Daniel posing for a picture at the NRA Center in New Mexico.

While we were in New Mexico we had the opportunity to visit the NRA Center. Heath really enjoyed this stop. I think he could of spent the whole day there! There was a small museum, practice ranges, gift shop and even a library.

The End of our Vacation

While we were on vacation we had the opportunity to visit some family in New Mexico. We took a scenic drive from Colorado to New Mexico and got to see some very pretty scenery. In the picture above is the first great grandchild on my dads side. He enjoys helping his grandma water her flowers. .

Our second day in Colorado

Our second full day in Colorado was spent on a train ride under the Royal Gorge and rafting on the Arkansas River. We spent most of our time on the open train car catching in all the pretty views. After the train ride we enjoyed a BBQ lunch and then loaded the bus for our rafting adventure. Despite some nervousness before the rafting trip, we had a GREAT time. Heath and Leigha even jumped out of the raft for a short swim. The scenery was beautiful!

Our Adventrue Begins

We traveled to Sharon Springs, Kansas for the first night and then continued into Colorado Springs for the beginning of our first full day. While there we toured the Garden of the Gods, Seven Falls and other things around the city. It was a rainy day in Colorado and kept us from spending a lot of time outside as the temperatures were low. Heath, Daniel and Leigha did manage to hike up 224 stairs to the top of Seven Falls and then over to Helen Hunt Jackson's grave and back down 224 stairs!

The day concluded with us checking into our motel in Canon City. We spent the evening in the hot tub and heated outdoor pool.

Vacation

Seven Falls

Garden of the Gods

Rafting the Arkansas


Heath and I spent the last several days on vacation with my family. We spent most of our time in Colorado visiting sites such as the Garden of the Gods, Seven Falls and the Royal Gorge Bridge. We had the opportunity to go white water rafting down the Arkansas River as well! I'll have to admit is was pretty fun and exciting eventhough I was pretty nervous before we started. We wrapped up our trip in New Mexico visiting my dad's sister and her family.
Watch for more pictures over the next few days!