Hike in the mountains

We spent Saturday in the mountains to enjoy the fall leaves and take a little hike with the kids! We took some pictures with our friends the Oxnam's while we were there. I loved the one of Jason carrying Tyler on his shoulders AND Ashley in the back pack. What a dad! At the end of the hike, we saw a lot of elk and took some pictures in front of them. The kids thought that was pretty cool, and Kara tried to see how close she could get to them. We may take another trip next weekend because Andrea didn't get any fishing in, but we'll see how the Colorado weather holds out.

1st Birthday for Ashley

Here is Ashley's first birthday. She was way too clean with her cake--we never even put a bib on her. But she enjoyed eating it and actually liked her presents more than the wrapping paper. I think that is a first for us with our kids turning one.

Ashley 11 months

So we haven't been good about pictures in general, so this was Ashley's first photo shoot. I thought her hair looked really red in these pictures, but it was sure fun to watch her.

Tyler

We haven't taken Tyler's picture since he was 9 months old, so a friend of mine took these for me of him. He did pretty well, and we liked what she did. I guess since he is 3 1/2, it was time for some more photos!