wildlife!

we saw some great animals in Estes Park. the Elk just walk along the sides of the road. it's a pretty rare site especially when you live in Oregon and the elk are only seen running and from a distance.

HERE'S SOME ROCKY MOUNTAIN BEAUTY!

Estes Park Vacation pictures

well after the 16-17 hr drive we were so thankful to arrive in one piece at our house in Estes Park, Colorado. We got there Wednesday at 5 pm in Estes Park and just let the kids play. we rented a house with my great friend Myriah and her family. together we had a child 0,1,2,3 and 4. we had a great time and the kids were a lot of fun to have together. We are already wanting to plan another trip with them if that tells you how much fun we had together! we woke up to SNOW on Thursday morning! the kids were excited to see it but all of us adults were hoping for sun not snow in JUNE! well it kind of took one of our days to go out and explore the town, but our kids got to stay in and play for the day and we got a lot of good time to visit! we drove around and looked for elk and other cool animals. we found out that while we were gone our new house got broke into. bummer, very hard to have happen when you are gone out of town. we think it could have been someone we hired that knew we were gone and could have know the combo to get into the house. very frustrating! we meet up with some of the people I went to college ( Ravencrest) there with and had a barbecue with our families! very fun. we took the boys fishing and Clay got to catch his first fish. he screamed like a girl when he touched it, he's such a crack up! wow the mountains are awesome. I hadn't been back there since I left school, so it was really fun and relaxing. the house we rented was really nice and was in great spot. we had a trail into the Rocky Mountains right off out front yard. well that's all for now, off to make some calls for our building project!

toxic baby products

I'm back and our trip was great! I will post some pictures later this week. Right now I have some things on my mind. mainly Phthalate -free baby products. Phthalates are a material that is used in our baby products and is so bad for them. I found a couple of articles and a blog to help us all to get rid of this substance which could be causing all kinds of problems for our children. the blog is http://thesoftlanding.wordpress.com/. they have all kinds of helpful articles and product lists to help out. and a good article that i read was http://www.babycenter.com/0_phthalates-what-you-need-to-know_3647067.bc?scid=mbtw_post4y_11m_1w:37&pe=3UOmqO. easy to read and had good info. well I hope this helps people keep our little ones safe and healthy! love ya all and I'll post again soon-