Harvest Farm Fall Festival

Yesterday we went to the Harvest Farm Fall Festival in Wellington, CO (about 20 min north of Fort Collins) and enjoyed all of the activities they had to offer except for the corn shooter (when Nick gets a little older). They had a pumpkin patch, corn maze, petting zoo, barrel train ride, and some yummy kettle corn!! We had a great time!

CSU vs Houston

Since I work for the ER Docs of Poudre Valley Health Systems, we have a contract with CSU to provide a doctor for each home game and they in turn give us 24 tickets to each game. So I put my name down for the Houston and TCU games. It was Nick's first live football game and he had no idea what was going on but he clapped when everyone else was clapping! :o)

Elk in the RMNP

Since it was mating season for Elk we took a drive into Rocky Mountain National Park and it didn't take long for us to find a group of them. I think we counted about 4 males with 80 females. And they make this high pitched sqweeling noise when protecting the herd! We also stopped at the Gateway which is a huge store with all kinds of stuff to buy and we grabbed a bite to eat in the restaurant next door.

Nick's Bday Weekend

For the weekend of Nicholas' Birthday (Sept 13th) we rented a cabin about a mile outside of Estes Park called Rustic River Cabins (highly recommended). It had a couple of bedrooms, two fireplaces, and even its own hot tub! Oma and Grandma came and we also got a surprise next door neighbor, Uncle Jim and Aunt Sue! It was a great weekend that included lots of bonfires, marshmellows and trips to Estes Park. Sometimes just to go in to check our cell phone messages because they did not work at the cabin and we were worried about our families and friends in Texas with Hurricane Ike! Oma and Grandma got out just in the nick of time! Nicholas was very happy with his presents because most of them had to do with Thomas the Train of course! And a cute Thomas cake from Dad! Nicholas says thank you for all his great gifts! :o)