Summer is finally here

Summer has arrived and with it the need for a sassy summer bob hairdo for Miss Amélie aka monkey girl. Here is a little collage I put together of some fun photos we took in the backyard the other day right after cutting her hair.

The monkey girl hanging from the jungle gym and telling me it is time to stop taking pictures!

Self-portrait of me and my girl.

Our weekend with Burly and the Happy Camper

Eric and I went on a little impromptu trip this weekend since it was a three dayer. Burly was still hanging out with us waiting for his daddy to get home from Canada so we decided to take him along too. And of course we had to try out the Happy Camper. It rained most of the weekend and it was great. The scenery was beautiful, the camper was dry and warm, the food was tasty and the company was the best. Plus, to top it off, the Patagonia outlet in Dillon was having a 40% off sale the entire weekend. We managed to loop around and hit it three times (Saturday, Sunday and Monday). And then, on the drive home we stopped at the Lewis and Clark Caverns and totally coincidentally ran into my mom and Susan on their way home! It was so nice to have a little change of scenery and just relax for a couple of days.


Burly took the wheel for awhile when Eric got tired of driving.

The Taco Bus in Dillon. Pretty good Mexican food and worth it just for the experience.


The Happy Camper was a happy camper in the lovely little spot we found for it at the edge of Clark Canyon Reservoir.



We spent a long time watching the lake for risers. There were a lot of them but never close enough to the shore for Eric to want to fish.



What a wonderfully relaxing weekend!

Pâques

Just me and Amélie for Easter this year and actually we celebrated the day after - so today. We spent a long time dyeing eggs and then had our hunt. After the hunt came the best part, making and eating deviled eggs. Eric was wondering what the significance of me always eating deviled eggs on Easter was. I had never really thought about it. Mostly that is just my favorite thing to do with hard boiled eggs. Why are they called deviled anyway? And don't most people eat them on Easter? It has been much more difficult to get excited about the rituals of holidays that I used to love now that it is just two of us (me and boo-boo) for so many of the holidays. But I am trying and hopefully it won't always just be us two.

My Girl

There must be something in the water here...

because I am posting photos of fly fishing! What is wrong with me?


Yesterday Eric 's friend Eric (E2) was doing some video taping (actually having someone else videotape) of himself fly fishing. We went to check it out and Eric thought that he might do some fishing too but decided against it. I just couldn't resist snapping a few shots. It was hard to get a decent shot because the guy videoing was in the way of the best views.


It was a beautiful day though! Sunny and warm with a little snow still left on the ground.

This is my favorite shot of E2's reflection in Eric's sunglasses.

Happy First of March (tomorrow)

On the job

I took some photos for a woman in the office right next to our's yesterday afternoon and Amélie came along as my assistant. Here are a few photos of my lovely Miss Amélie, Assistant Extraordinaire.