Winter Family Hike

We went on a hike today on this great trail in North Boulder. It's scenic and perfect for a toddler since it's pretty flat & easy, as John now wants to walk by himself (not to mention that mom and dad certainly don't mind the break from carrying him in the backpack or pushing him in the stroller)! When I asked John if he was enjoying the hike, his response was, "Yes! Big Hiking!" :) It will be a fun trail to hit when the weather warms up since there is a stream & lots of rocks to climb and play on.

Quick family shot while hiking.

Playing in the snow.

The boys waiting for mommy (who is of course stopping to take too many pictures)!

Hummm...Lions & Tigers & Bears - OH MY!

Mommy & Johnny checking out the stream.

Following in daddy's footsteps with a love for the woods & trails!

Very happy hiker!!

Another happy hiker!

John-John confidently leading the way.

Cute things John says!

John has become quite the spunky 2 year old. I just wanted to share a couple of fun things he has said. Recently, when we have gone to church, John has walked into the church and pointed to the sanctuary saying, "Sing to God!" He hasn't wanted to go into the toddler room because he is more interested in going in with the adults so that he can "Sing to God!" The interest only lasts a couple of minutes and then off to the kid's area to play with toys, but the fact that he has picked up even a tiny bit on what we do at church is priceless. The other night when Ben and John arrived at the church for their Wed. evening activities, everything was cancelled because we had just gotten a bunch of snow. John was upset that he couldn't go in, so Ben tried to explain in 2 year old terms by telling him that "the church went Nite-Nite." When they arrived home, John then told me the reason that they had come home early by saying, "Mommy, God is sleeping." :) Another cute one - tonight we were at a friend's house watching the Super Bowl. John wanted me to come downstairs to play with him and I told him that I would be down in a few minutes. He kept persuading, with a final determined command, "Mommy, Obey!" HA! :) Oh, the things they understand and pick up on...and then repeat! Enjoy the pictures.

John's 2nd birthday & January pics

We had many fun celebrations for John's 2nd birthday including parties with both families as well as friends back here in Colorado. John's favorite part was definitely the 'cake-cake' (adapted from 'cupcake'), which was great since he wanted nothing to do with his cake on his 1st birthday. Below in the slide show you will see pics from the various birthday festivities. There is also a picture of the amazing charcoal portrait of John that my parents had done for us for his 2nd birthday. I included some pictures from the last couple of weeks of John doing some of his favorite activities. You can stop the picture and see the caption by holding your mouse over the picture.

Christmas 2007!

I am back!! I am finally posting some pics from our time with family and friends in OH, IN & MI over Christmas and New Years. John loved his time with all of his grandparents, aunt & uncles! It is so fun to see all of them become such a special part of John's life, even though we are far away. I am finally feeling 'back into the swing of things' here in CO after 2.5 weeks of traveling in the midwest. One highlight is that I am actually keeping my New Years resolutions so far this year, which is not often the case. :) They were 1) to exercise more and 2) to start using the reusable grocery bags that I have had in my car for months and never have used. I made a conscious effort to make managable resolutions so that I might actually keep them, so I am quite excited that I have seen progress in both!

John turned 2 on Jan. 7th, so in a few days, I will post John's pictures from our celebrations.

December 2007

From Fall to Winter in Boulder...

We had a beautiful, warm fall with lots of time to be outside up until this past week when our first snow hit. Now we are enjoying a beautiful winter! :) This slideshow captures the end of fall and beginning of winter for the Huntoon family.

Fall Family Pics

Our friend, Andy, took these great shots of our family and captured some of John's precious expressions, as well as a few of all of us smiling and looking at the camera! Don't be surprised if you see one of these pics with our Christmas greetings. :)