Family Time in Steamboat

We headed up to Steamboat this weekend for some good old fashioned family fun!

Packed in tight for the 3 and a half hour drive

Sitting at the new table that Grammy got for the kids

Heading down to the barn to ride the horses

Ashton and Cate riding Hawk Eye

Ashton helped Grammy build a rock wall around the flag pole

Start of another day:

We decided to have a family party and first we posed for some fun pictures with Grammy and Grandpa Rlowe's stagecoach

What a stud!

Grammy

After picture time we let the fun begin:

filling up water balloons with Aunt Steph's friends Jarrod and Hannah

I think that Ashton is getting too big for this trike

Playing horseshoes with Grandpa Rlowe

Cate and Ashton blew bubbles while the grown ups played horse shoes

Aunt Steph and Uncle Q

Ashton decided to be a lion hiding in the grass

Next it was time for the water balloons.  We started out aiming for the target from the upper deck.  Before you know it Eric became the human target.

Eric decided to teach Cate how to jump rope.  I think that the jump rope is a bit short for him.

Hanging out on the deck

Before we left this morning Cate and Ashton helped with the chores down at the barn

Enjoying Spring...Just in time for Summer

The weather has finally been nice for the last couple weeks.  I feel like spring has been 2 weeks long and that we are jumping right in to summer.  We have been trying to enjoy the nice weather as much as possible.  

Ashton racing around on his trike

The kids climbed to the top of the tower for the first time all by themselves.  They were also able to get down on their own too.

Cate is my little fashionista

Always prepared for Colorado weather... a dress and snow boots

Aunt Rita Jean is in town visiting

Making Jello out on the back deck

Playing with the water table

The water table is looking smaller and smaller each year

Cate is 2 1/2 in this picture

Preschool Graduation

Cate graduated from preschool today.  Her teachers had a graduation ceremony at her school.  The kids sang a few songs and then got their "diplomas".  

Cate on her first day of preschool in 2011

Cate on her first day of preschool in 2012

Cate on her last day of preschool May 2013

Cate with a group of her friends before the celebration

Ryan, Ava, Lexi, Cate

Getting ready for the celebration to begin

All of the preschool graduates

Video of two of the songs the kids performed:

Cate with her amazing teacher Miss Kristin

Cate with all of her teachers

Aunt Steph was in town over the weekend so Grammy, Grandpa Rlowe, and Uncle Q came down to visit.  Aunt Steph took the kids to the Lego store and the Disney store to buy a few new things.  Ashton got two lego trucks, which everyone helped put together, and Cate got a Rapunzel dress, a Cinderella bowl, and Little Mermaid silverware.