Train Museum

Sam and Ed's little guy Jack is obsessed with trains! Henry has a love of them too, but not like Jack. So when Sam had heard about the Greeley Freight Station Museum and invited us to go along, we figured why not!

I really had no idea what to expect, but it was actually the coolest thing! A gigantic warehouse with the biggest collection of model trains I've ever seen! There must have been a dozen volunteers that ran the trains and the displays. They also had a collection of train memorabilia; signs, lights, tools, hard hat, etc. as well as an actual train car you could walk around in.

To add a little fun, they have a list of things to find in the displays as well as 5 dinosaurs that are hidden throughout as well. We had so much fun finding everything and exploring the museum!

Henry's First Baseball Game!

  We took Henry to his first

Rockies game this Spring! It unfortunately was a cold and rainy day, but at least we had seats tucked back out of the rain.

The Wranosky family joined us and I think, overall that we all had a good time. Not sure that the boys actually even noticed that there was a game going on. ;) Henry's favorite thing to do during the game was to "clean" the peanut shells off the ground under our seats. **ick**

Children's Museum

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Sam and I were determined to get the boys to the Children's Museum this year. They had both turned 2 just a couple months earlier and it couldn't have been a better time. They LOVED it!

The fire truck in the beginning was popular, as we would have assumed, but the boys really like the old school pay phone (that showed how 911 worked) - they are so used to our flat rectangular iphones, they thought the big metal buttons were the best!

All us adults were a little disappointed to find out that the grocery store, which we all have fond memories of, was closed for renovations. But they certainly didn't realize that the temporary space wasn't as cool.

The bubble lab and painting room were also big hits! We ended the day with a picnic outside before heading back home for nap time!

Henry just loved this firefighter! It was lucky that I got a picture of him in the gear, it only stayed on for maybe another minute! :)

Summer Fun!

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Being able to walk definitely made this summer more exciting for Henry. We had many an adventure to the park nearby to splash in their water features.
And a few days when it was just to darn hot outside, Sam and I took the boys over to an indoor play place called 'Cool Beans'. As you can see in the above photos, they had a great time!

Just taking a rest to cool off for a second!

Daddy, check out this fountain!

Egg hunt!

Sam and I decided to have an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos on Saturday. We were trying to go to the park, but it ended up getting windy and chilly, so we moved it to our living room at the last minute. We had a good turn out: Henry, Ajax, Mason, Aidan, Gunnar (Sam’s neighbor across the street) and little 2.5 month old Natalie (the lone girl) joined in the fun!

It was pretty much chaos. Henry’s favorite part seemed to be throwing the little plastic eggs. And once they all realized that we had filled them with Cheerios and Chick and bunny crackers, they quickly figured out how to open them!

Weekend in Breckenridge

Sam, Ed and I took the boys up to Breckenridge for a rocket weekend in September. Unfortunately Hahn couldn't make it because he had a class to take for his teaching license and a ton of homework to grade. So Ed went on to do rocket stuff during the days while Sam and I took the boys exploring.
The boys showing off their matching rocket shirts.


The kiddos sound asleep after a long day of adventuring!

Henry showing off his skiing skills in this fun cutout we found.


We started to get rain one afternoon and camped out in the car for a little while so Sam could feed Jack. Henry had a blast playing in the back!