Friday, March 29, 2019

Colorado 2019

In March of 2019 we visited Jolie, Alexandra, Bradley, and James in Colorado.  Jolie had prepped lots of ideas for excursions we could take.  We had a ball!

On our first day, Ali took us to the neighborhood park.  Snow still on the ground, but she was in sandals!





The scenery was gorgeous on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park.

 
We ate lunch in Estes Park, and Ali demonstrated her artistic skills!  She's better than ever!


Jolie drove us up to the top of a mountain, where we hiked to Alberta Falls.



Our hike up to Alberta Falls was very snowy and icy!






And the waterfall itself was frozen.  But we made it!






The way down the mountain was VERY SLIPPERY!
                  


                  


The snow was up to the bench seat!






We made a Peeps-in-a-Car project.








Our next outing was to the Colorado Railroad Museum in Denver.

Bradley loved it!




Were we by a famous train bridge??

Nope!  It was a fun photo op!

The model train layout was HUGE!


We all loved watching the model trains.
                     


                     


Then outside there were 15 acres of real trains to explore!












Next stop was the Denver Aquarium.













There were lots of interactive activities.


















That night we had another experience at the Casa Bonita Restaurant.  Great food, entertainment, waterfalls, and more!





Another delicious meal at the Red Truck Brewery.  Here is Alexandra the driver!




And Bradley the driver.


We went on a hike near James's house, up to Horsetooth Mountain.



















Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Mom's Going Strong

Mom drives the motorized cart now when I take her to the grocery store.  But she still wants to come along, and still chooses her own produce and other items.


She recently broke her elbow, but is using the special attachment for the walker, and is still going strong.



Friday, March 15, 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Sunrise/Sunset

Beautiful sunrise over the barn.

Amazingly Jessie took a picture of a sunset right about this same time.  I love these colors!


This was a rainbow over the barn at sunrise in 2016.

  

Here are some more!


My friend took this one.


This one is actually the sunset reflecting on the trees on the northeast line.

And this one was taken in Winona and posted on the YKYFW site by Jessica Jonsgaard.








Sunday, March 3, 2019

Louie Cuts a Tree Down

Louie cuts trees down all the time, but this one was at the house on Highway 31, and was during a visit from JulieAnne.


Alex lent a hand.



Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The Fox

 A fox killed a rooster, and Louie killed the fox.  He won't be back.