3 Men & A Little Lady: {Ragged Mountain, Colorado}

Friday, August 3, 2012

{Ragged Mountain, Colorado}

We had the opportunity to go camp at Ragged Mountain while visiting our family in Colorado. Ragged mountain holds a special place in the heart of Kenny's dad, Kelly. He was one of the men who made it possible for the church to purchase the land, so that it could be used as a place for the youth of the church. Kenny and his sisters grew up going there for scout and girls camp. Many testimonies have been strengthened because of the special spirit felt at Ragged mountain.

The views were breath taking and I kept telling Kenny that this is where I want to live. Unfortunately, they don't let people live on church camp sites.

Drew started catching frogs the minute we hiked down to the lake.

Owen started catching them also, however the frogs he caught tended to not jump away as he put them back in the water!

With the help from daddy, Mya held the frogs too!

Ian however, was grossed out and did not want anything to do with the frogs. Kenny of course told him to stop being a weenie and forced him to hold a frog!

The water was freezing, but it didn't stop Drew from swimming all the way across the lake.

Ian only swam across after Kenny promised him a soda of his choice and if Drew swam with him.

Owen was smart and had Aunt Kim do the work of crossing the lake for him!

The boys found a home made raft to play with.

Like Grandfather...Like Grandson!

Mya and the aunties made a game where they hid in the trees and jumped out to scare the rest of us as we came around a corner.

Mya really got into it and loved jumping out and growling at us. She then would run ahead to another tree to do it again. The game did get her back to the camp site quickly without any of us adults having to carry her.

We were careful lighting a fire in Colorado, since the rest of the state was burning, but

we enjoyed roasting marshmallows around the campfire and talking late into the night.

Aunt Kim and Mya

We slept in the cabin known as the, "The Stable," which was named after his truly! The kids loved sleeping with the aunties in the large bunk room!

The next morning we went out on a beautiful hike.

I love this picture of Kelly. He has Parkinson's disease, but it hasn't stopped him from doing what he loves, hiking in what he refers to as "God's Country" wearing his BYU colors proudly!

While we were hiking, Kenny heard a loud crash and then noticed a baby bear cub in the top of a tree! I took some quick pictures and then we high tailed it out of the area. As we were leaving, the baby bear started crying for its mother. It made us move even faster away, so that we didn't have to come face to face with mama bear!

The meadows surrounding Ragged Mountain were filled with daisies, which are my favorite flower!

The view was gorgeous!

Owen and Carol

Mya taking the time to smell the flowers!

Kelly told me that he has, "Ragged Mountain Fever!" I think I've gotten the same fever! He and I share many similar loves: dark chocolate, carmel popcorn balls, and now Ragged Mountain! I am so grateful for the opportunity we had to go to Ragged Mountain with family and for creating special memories in such a special place!

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

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Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

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Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"