Summer in Snowmass

At the end of June we spent a week in Snowmass, CO with my Mom and Mammas and Poppop. It was a FANTASTIC trip. The weather was beautiful, and it was especially nice to get out of the Texas heat while I was 6 months pregnant! Jackopierce played a great show at a beautiful amphitheater in Vail while we were in CO, so Mammas, Poppop and I went to the show. We spent the rest of the vacation in Snowmass. Here is a picture of my boys playing in the pool at the Snowmass Club.

Here are Jaron and Mimi at the Snowmass Rodeo petting zoo. Jaron liked the animals the most. He did not like to see the bareback riders get thrown off the horses. He kept referring to them as "man falling down....no like it."

Here's Jordan at the petting zoo too!

See, Jaron looks a little distressed.

Lollipops saved the day many times as we drove from Snowmass to Aspen and back.

Here we all are at Woody Creek Tavern. My favorite!

Look how handsome Jordan is. He is such a cutie!

The driveway in Snowmass is rather steep, and Jaron really liked to run his toy cars down the driveway "really fast." Here are Jaron and Cary watching the cars...

Mammas and Poppop got this statue of a mommy deer and 2 baby dear to put in the courtyard of the house. Each night, Jaron enjoyed eating his dessert popsicle outside next to the deer, which he called "kangaroos."

On the 4th of July we went to this SUPER FUN parade in downtown Aspen. They had a carnival for the kids, burgers (and veggie burgers for my Mom!), face painting, games, candy and more.

Here's Jaron playing one of the games. It was hard for him to understand that he could only pick out 1 prize. :)

Jaron got a mini-beach ball, and Jordan painted a tie-dyed frisbee.

Mom and I enjoyed watching the boys!

So, the whole time we played games at the carnival, my Mom waited in line for the face painting. And it was SO worth it. Jaron got to pick what he wanted, and he picked an Elmo to be painted on his face. Jordan got his entire face painted like a US flag. Both boys were really patient and still while the girls painted their faces. Here is a picture of Mimi and Jaron with the Elmo on his face.

Here we all are again after the face painting.

After that, we watched the parade come by. Jaron watched all the cars and animals, while Jordan collected all the candy off the street.

Yeah!!!

Jaron really liked these "baby horseys."

Here's Jordan collecting more candy.

Here is our big boy with the 4th of July flag painted on his face. HAPPY 4th!!