Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Peach Festival 2011

Last weekend we took a spur of the moment road trip to Colorado for the Peach Days Festival they have near Grand Junction.

Axel and Evey were troopers on the 5 hour drive. Both of them took a long nap and the portable DVD player was a life saver!

Here they are relaxing in our hotel room after the long drive was finally over.

This is the Peach Festival itself...which truthfully wasn't much to brag about. Just two long rows of booths full of expensive souvenirs. But there was this train ride that Axel absolutely had to go on. He LOVED it! Totally worth $4....at least in my opinion :)

Cute Axel, he's all boy!
Evey didn't care so much for the train, she's just happy being with Justin.

Here is the one peach item we purchased at the festival. We thought it was necessary to at least get something peachy there, and the $15 peach pie was out of the question. Yes, that's right, $15 for a peach pie. No please :) So instead we got some vanilla ice cream with fresh peaches. Now that was yummy!


My kids sure do love their ice cream!
It was an awesome little weekend getaway. Perfect way to end the summer :)

The Zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Chambers!


Evey looking at the Tigers
Axel roaring like a dinosaur
The famous Lion drinking fountain
Axel loved the Dinosaurs, but he almost loved his map even more! He still carries it around.
My cute mom and dad with Axel, Evey and Tabi. They had such a fun time!

Friday, December 31, 2010

Marie Elm Jenkins

My wonderful mother in-law Marie passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010. She was such an amazing person. I was so blessed to have her as my second mom for 3 years. Her viewing and funeral was on the Wednesday and Thursday before Christmas. Christmas just wasn't the same without her. We all love and miss her so much!

This is our family photo back in May 2010

This is her with Axel when he was about two months old.

Playing with Axel in the garden, he always loved that!

Reading to Axel and Anna.