And we have made it halfway through June! This month has been filled with a lot of fun and some work and enjoying Brooke turn 7!
I am pretty sure I make the list of most terrible parents-her birthday gift came early and I couldn’t resist letting her open it early (granted, it is what she kept asking for). With things crazy and cancelled and the likes, seems like it was an okay time to let her have something new and fun to play with 🙂
This month has been your typical Colorado Spring. We have had gorgeous days in the 80s and days that are not as lovely in the 30s-with snow. Unfortunately, it has been insanely windy for most of the month. Not a big fan of the wind over here.
One morning, we woke up to 70 cows in our yard. The neighbor herd decided the grass was greener on our side of the fence. Ken and I spent the morning returning them to their pasture.
It was all fun and games until Jasper found the gifts that they left 😉 He got a bath and we were not best friends for a bit.
In other exciting project news, Brooke and I spent an hour taking YEARS of crayon marks off of her desk. Mom hack: erasers take crayon off of plastic like a charm.
Weird fact: every evening at about 5:30, Jasper goes upstairs to “hug the body pillow”. In the process, he wrecks the bed. Thanks, bud.
We made it out on our paddleboards and had so much fun. While the swim beach is still closed, we are able to get out on the water and play!
My favorite kind of Steamboat day….warm with gorgeous puffy clouds!
We ended up going away a couple weekends ago. It was nice to have a different view for a few days.
Before we left, the babies had to come in! They have all since toughened up a bit 😉
We drove to Flaming Gorge Reservoir and enjoyed a couple of awesome, sunny days. Brooke loves the water and had so much fun playing in the sand/mud.
Jasper is also a lover of the water. It was hard to keep him out long enough to dry off before getting in the camper.
We spent Friday on Robert and Rene’s boat with them and Errin and Colin. It is one of the happiest places for Ken (and Jasper) and it was great to see him relax for a bit after an incredibly busy (and strange) end of Winter and Spring.
We saw some wildlife and spent a ton of time playing around on paddleboards.
It was gorgeous.
Friday night got a little nutty. The wind came tearing through and woke us up around 10:30. Ken was running around outside the trailer trying to keep paddleboards and floats from blowing away. There came a point where I was nervous that our whole trailer was going to blow into the lake! Thankfully, it passed and everything was safe.
The next morning it was a bit rainy. This became a problem when we realized that the ground turned to mud and made it impossible to drive on! Ken decided that it was go-time and went full send getting the truck and trailer out and up to the road. Never a dull moment!
E and C came back to our house for the night and Ken enjoyed riding with them the next morning. It was super fun to get a little more time together. The trip may have been short, but it was great seeing family and hiding out by the lake for a few days!
I have been loving my greenhouse and am excited to see how much things are growing. My only fear is that it is going to pick up and fly away. The wind has been terrible.
We are watching our fave visitor for a bit! She fits right in!
And she is not afraid to cuddle up for school 😉
We celebrated Brooke’s 7th Birthday on Friday (I have no idea how she is 7) with a fun day of paddleboarding, golf, pizza and cupcakes with our neighbors.
Ken had to work on Saturday (since he took Friday off to play with us) but Sunday saw us each getting to ride our bikes and then getting to work on a concrete pad for the base of our deck stairs!
It is a thing of beauty! And left Ken and Penny looking like…
And now, we are back into the swing of the week with work and finally some consistent workouts!
Hope you are having a good Summer and enjoying some good weather and outdoor time!
Fit After Little Bits 
Happy Birthday Brooke! I was so excited to head out to Steamboat this summer but I doubt that is going to happen this year due to COVID and my impending house purchase. But I am hopeful that I will get to join my parents this fall if they go out and spend sometime in their place. 🙂
Thank you!! This year continues to be so crazy! But that is so exciting about purchasing a house!!! Hope you make it out here this Fall! Hiking while the leaves change is the best!