Grand Mesa

Last Sunday we took a drive up to Grand Mesa National Forest to see the leaves. To our surprise, we also encountered snow. We stayed close to the road to avoid being target practice for bow hunters. Our only adventure was when Diana's wedding ring fell off her finger into a creek. After a few minutes and numb hands, the ring was recovered.

Baby For Sale

Cute Baby for Sale or Rent! Serious offers only. 2007, Rammell Edition, Like New. Loves playing outside, tearing up magazines and already knows how to brush his teeth. Estimated diaper use = 19 per day. Favorite Foods: mama milk, nectarines, saltine crackers and oatmeal. Caution, this baby bites. (see below).

Moab

We finally got back to Moab. Granted I was there for work, but we still had a great afternoon. This was the first time Diana has been to Moab in the summer, typically I drag her through Moab for Valentines Day (romantic, right?). IJ loved the scenery but thought the prices were high and that the microbrews were rather amateur.

FamDamnly

The whole family all under the same roof for an entire weekend and not one fist fight -- Amazing! Isaac was throwing a few open handed slaps though. There are more cute pics under Our Pics on the top right of the blog.

Go Huskers!

Isaac was cruising through the blogosphere and saw that his buddy Jorgen had been cheering for Nebraska. He begged us to get out his Husker gear for the Saturday morning game. I guess you could consider that healthy peer pressure, right? I mean at least he is not cheering for BYU!

Isaac seemed oddly interested in the cheerleaders but also enjoyed the bright lights and the band. After kickoff he was diverted by a shadow on the wall which occupied the rest of the afternoon.

Our 2007 Labor Day...a.k.a The trip to Southern Colorado to pick up a motorcycle that ended with sunburns and NO motorcycle.

As you can guess from the title, we spent our Labor Day weekend in Southwestern Colorado. The trip originated when Justin bought a motorcycle in Durango. We decided to take the long labor day weekend to pick it up and also to explore parts of Colorado we had not seen. Well...we did the latter, but didn't end up with the motorcycle. Justin took the bike for a test drive and discovered it was missing an engine mount and was leaking all over the place. The seller assured us it was checked out by a bike shop and was in tip top shape. We past on the deal and left wondering what kind of 'bike' shop he was talking about.

So, we had another crazy Rammell adventure and wandered around Southwestern Colorado exploring old Indian ruins and very cool mining towns, getting sunburned, and waking up in the San Juan mountains to elk bugles. We loved every minute of it. We are really lucky that Isaac is such a good traveler.

Isaac's first experience with water that wasn't his bath. A little too cold for his taste.

Canyons of the Ancients is the newest National Monument. We hiked a six mile trail that is full of cool old ruins like these.

The two extremes of Isaac during the trip. And no, we are not unfit parents, he was not riding in the front seat (although he does look pretty secure with the seatbelt).

Camping just outside of Silverton, CO. There are hot springs feeding the lake. The steam coming off the lake and meadow in the morning...beautiful.

Isaac enjoyed being able to roll around in the tent, instead of being in his car seat or in the backpack with Justin.

Box Canon Waterfall just outside Ouray, CO. It really was beautiful. The pics are kind of dark, maybe it was a had to be there thing.
This momma is lucky to have such cute boys!!