Monday, June 25, 2012

A visit to auntoh's house

Two weeks ago we drove out for a quick visit to Ali and Eric's. As we did the previous trip, we rented a minivan from Avis to make the trip easier and more fun. Alex loves getting a new car, especially one with as many nifty features as the recent Dodge vans. The Avis vans all seem to come loaded with Rear DVD, satellite radio, and other niceties.

Among the other highlights of this visit, we toured the massive Kennecot Utah copper mine near AE's house, and had a delightful Father's Day dinner with Eric's parents. But most of the time we spent following Olli around, between his naps, as he explored the house on his new-found crawling hands and knees. Both Alex and Genevieve were fascinated with his baby toys, perhaps reliving their youths.

Alex at one of the many nearby playgrounds:



Running thru the sprinklers!



Some (mostly) peaceful front porch sittin' with Auntoh Ali:



Somewhere in Southern Wyoming; the after-effects of a busy weekend at Ali and Eric's:



A very worthwhile detour to the Hobo Pool, a free, hot spring fed public pool in Saratoga, Wyoming:



Too bad the excellent nearby Thai place has closed :-(

Speaking of great road food in Wyoming, we came across a great brewpub in Rock Springs, Bitter Creek Brewing. And stopped again at our new favorite almost-home spot, Lovejoy's in downtown Laramie. Always a good Sunday night special.

Genna enjoys a real fruit smoothie at Bitter Creek Brewing on our way out Thursday evening:



Monday, June 11, 2012

Alex's 5th Birthday

For Alex's 5th birthday, we threw a party at the house. Even though it was early March, it was a beautiful weekend, and we rented a gigantic bouncy castle for the back yard.

Alex invited a ton of kids over, which made for a lively event. He asked for ice cream cake. We bought way too much - which is a nice problem to have. Auntie Ali and Uncle Eric came to visit, and Grandma and Grandpa Stangel.



Sunday, June 10, 2012

Daddy's First Braid

About a week ago, I successfully completed my very first braid of Genevieve's hair.


I had made many previous attempts, but had not been able to complete it before one of us got too tired, annoyed, or wiggly.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Pizza, Cookies, and Live Music at Whole Foods

Tonight was $8 pizza Friday at Whole Foods, and a live classic rock band to boot.




Oh, and cookies too, naturally!