Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Matthew praying

Matthew will now pray "a little"! It's always for Mommy and Daddy, but let me tell you with this kid - Mommy needs all the prayers she can get! :)

Monday, June 6, 2011

First Fish

We had our Summer Squadron Picnic this week and despite the heat I think everyone had a great time! It was hosted by our Honorary Commander at I am assuming their family "farm" complete with a bar-b-que and icecream. There was so much to do including miniature golf, basketball, shuffleboard, a bouncy house, paddle boats and of course fishing!

I think we did it all and Jackson caught his 1st, 2nd and 3rd fish ever! So So glad Daddy was there to not only bait the line, but to take the fish off too! :)

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The North Pole

We headed back to The North Pole - what a fun place for the whole family, but especially little ones! Here are just a few of the pictures I took!


















A little Getaway!

David and I were blessed with being able to go away one night while the kids had a great time with Nana and Papa! In fact - Jackson didn't want to see us the next day, so I guess he is okay spending some time away from us!

We were trying to figure out what to do bc we are always with our kids (this was actually my first night away from Matthew EVER and he will be 2 in about 3 months), but we managed to have a great time!

First we went to Garden of the Gods (my 2nd trip) and walked around - then found some trails to hike on! What an absolute beautiful place!

Here are the Kissing Camels

And this looks like a buffalo head





Then we managed to find the Olympic Training Center, but tours were already closed for the day.

Casa Bonita

No CO vacation with the Akins Family is complete without a trip to Casa Bonita!



Family Pic

Here we are in Granby! What a beautiful place!

Colorado Vacation

We just returned from Colorado! What a wonderful, fun filled vacation! Now I need a vacation from my vacation!

The first couple days we spent in the Mountains at the YMCA Camp by Granby! It is a good thing we brought our winter gear bc it rained, hailed, sleeted and snowed! But the views are spectacular!

We spent most of our time indoors! And I think we pretty much had the camp to ourselves! NO one was there!






We are going to plan an Akins/Orr Family vacation there next year! I can't wait to go back.....but in the middle of summer for sure!