Where did the summer go?

Oh my gosh!  Our stay at Chatfield is coming to a rapid close.  We plan on leaving our camp host positions on September 25th and drive down to Albuquerque to visit with our long time friends Mike and Rita.  After Albuquerque the motorhome head  south on I-25 and east on I-10 to Tucson.  We have been planning this trip before our summer began and we will finally see Tom and Maryann's newest granddaughter - Emme.

It seems like yesterday that we were posting a mid summer blog and celebrating David's 33rd birthday.  We have had a wonderful stay here and made friends with the staff and other camp hosts here at Chatfield SP that will last a lifetime.  There is no way we could cover the entire summer with this blog posting so we apologize for not posting earlier (that may be a mixed blessing). 

 

 

Roxborough State Park about 5 miles south of Chatfield SP.  We drove the scooter over to Roxborough SP to take a hike through there magnificent geological formations but a storm came up and we hurriedly got on the scooter and sped back to our campsite.  Yes we got wet!

Amy's birthday and two future bronco players help her celebrate.  Can't believe she is finally 21!!!!

 

Kris arranged a VIP tour of Coors Brewery and a visit to the employees only "Bills" bar above the brewery.  Kris really believes this is a dream job, he has two bars at his office downtown and of course when he comes out to the brewery... another great bar just for him and his guest apparently.

 

 

We get hot air balloons launching everyday here at Chatfield but this is the first to land near the motorhome.  We took this picture from the back of the motorhome (no, I do not know who the guy in the picture is)

Amy went to South Dakota and Kris came over for supper and a little relaxation around the camp fire ... of course he supplied the beer and even got Pat to drink a beer called Redd's, an apple cider beer.

 

The Super Ks had a sleep over with Grandma and enjoyed "morning coffee" with Grandma.  This summer we got to have a couple sleepovers with the boys.  It has been one of the highlights of our summer and we will miss our "alone" time with the super Ks

The supper Ks being picked up from their school by Grandma and Grandpa.  We looked forward to picking up the boys and volunteered many times over the summer.  They always asked Grandma for her special snacks of fruit animals.  Just so all of you non grandparents know...you can learn a lot from listening to three year olds. 

Pat and Maria Marten (Bob and Donna's daughter) at Maria's daughter, Indy's marriage 1st Anniversary party in the Black Forest.  We are fortunate to be considered a kind of extended family to Jeff and Maria,  Maria babysat for Kris and David when she was 12 years old and they were 2 and 4, so anything that they now do wrong we blame on her!!!  Hard to believe she has a married 22 year old daughter.

 

We are leaving Colorado to go see the young lady pictured below.  She is the miracle daughter of Carrie Graue.  Carrie is the daughter of our friends, Tom and Maryann Graue.  Emme Graue was born at 29 weeks and has fought everyday of her young life.  Emme is now part of an amazing family.  She is also part of an amazing story that began when her mom, Carrie, decided to have a baby at the age of 40.  Born a twin, Emme survived numerous problems and will face many more but she is a determine young lady and will grow up to be much like her mother and grandmother...a strong independent and smart young lady.

 

See you soon Emme!

 

We will try to be better at posting our backyard adventures but our life seems to moving at an incredible speed and we are having trouble finding time to post...or.... it maybe that we are just a tad lazy and like resting after a day of camp hosting.  The good news that adventure will be over in a couple of weeks but the bad news is ---- it is football season.  No more watching ribbon dancers and no more watching reruns - it is Ohio State and Denver Broncos football time!  Go Bucks and Go Broncos!!!!