Strawberry Days Parade!

It's been a busy weekend because of Strawberry Days. Being only 2 blocks from all the events certainly has it's benefits. On Saturday we went down to the parade. It was kind of a disappointing one this year.

Here's my pick: It's for Sunlight Ski Resort and says "Friends Don't Let Friends Ski Vail"


I thought it was pretty lame that the Boy Scouts were selling candy & water instead of throwing it (isn't that what people normally do during a parade).


Pretty realistic looking take-out box on top of this car with a strawberry in it.

And, of course, our football team - state champs this year!


A Shriner having a bit of car trouble...

Summer of Jazz

We went to Summer of Jazz yesterday and saw an awesome band called Breakestra . There were lots of people and we were up by the front so the kiddos had a great time getting out and dancing. After it got dark & they had a few drinks there were tons of "big kids" out dancing too. I tried to get some pics & video but most didn't turn out.









Here's Caleb, he's really mad that we were leaving.







What it's like to play tag with my boys & Allen.





Josh makes a movie:

Ride the Rockies

Ride the Rockies was in town this weekend. The kids enjoyed seeing all the cyclists. Lance Armstrong, who lives in nearby Aspen, apparently was in the area - see here - however we were not one of the lucky few to see him ride.
All the cyclists from Ride the Rockies camp out and there are hundreds of tents set up on the football field.

They also had a live band & beer garden at the park 2 blocks from our house. So we had the pleasure of listening to the band butcher everything from The Beatles to Bob Dylan from the comfort of our living room.

Caleb, enjoying a sucker.


"Do you see the beast, have you got it in your sights?"

- If you can name that movie quote I'll send you an envelope of coupons or something.

Fish Hatchery With 6 Kiddos

Took the kids + Allen & Izzy to the Fish Hatchery a couple weeks ago. The guys there were really nice and brought our a big bucket of food for us to feed to the fish. We had a good time.