We love staying at Grammy and Poppa Great’s home in Greeley. Their home just feels so good and it’s because of the AMAZING people who live there. They are incredibly talented at making people feel welcome and good about themselves. Here are a few photos from our last visit of the kids with Poppa Great:
Grammy was so busy cooking for us that she didn’t make it in our candid shots… watch out Grammy, we’ll get you next time!
more...This post is titled ‘water’ because I have some great shots of the boys from Glenmere Pond in Greeley and Jackson State Reservoir that needed to go somewhere… Here they are as a testament to our FABULOUS summer.
You will notice there are only a few Adele shots in here. She enjoyed the park and the reservoir by sleeping and nursing. In fact- I was nursing while enjoying the beach and chatting with the boys when a woman came over and asked if I wanted a chair. I didn’t even realize that it was weird to nurse while standing up. She declared, “You are talented!”
The photo of the toad is important because Phin caught him and named him “Hopper.” The boys all went to work on building a sand castle for Hopper. Eventually, we told Phin that Hopper needed to go on a vacation and we set him free in the trees. We also catch toads at our favorite local park. It’s really great to find toads because then Phin gets his “pet fix” and then we go home to our clean, stink-free, pet-free home. Ahhh. I love Fort Morgan.
more...Leading up to Nate’s brother returning from his missionary service for our church, the boys would play the following game at breakfast, lunch, and dinner:
Phin: (chanting in a regular tone) Uncle Chris! Uncle Chris! Uncle Chris!
Eli: (gradually getting louder) Uncle Chris! Uncle Chris…. UNCLE CHRIIIIIIIS!
Phin: (super loud) UNCLE CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!
They loved going back and forth saying his name and seeing how long they could yell before I would crack up laughing and try quieting them down. (“We don’t yell at the table you guys…”)
Anyway, we are happy that Chris served a wonderful mission in Los Angeles. Welcome Home you bilingual power house! We love you! Here are a few pics for posterity-sake:
