Thursday, June 24, 2010

Mesa Verde National Park

Last weekend, Dave and I made a quick trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado.

Before we arrived at our camp, we saw a few mule deer and these adorable baby turkeys!

We are getting a little spoiled with our camping. We rented this tent and two cots. The tent was HUGE compared to our backpacking tent.

The next few pictures show a few of the many cliff dwellings. The Anasazi Indians lived on the mesa tops around 650 A.D. Starting in the 12st Century they began to live in alcoves. Perhaps to avoid enemies or weather. They would still climb up to the mesa top for farming.





Dave and I went on three guided tours which took us into the dwellings.



You can see how they would make their houses out of wood and plaster.


Now the fun part was getting in and out of the cliff dwellings. Amazingly the Indians would use hand and toes holes to climb along the cliff! I still can't figure out how they survived. I'm sure they lost a few people to the canyon.





Throughout the weekend, we went on several short hikes.

Dave cooked some delicious meals! For breakfast, he mixed sausage, eggs, onions, and bell peppers! Yum!

During the day the weather was in the 80s. It felt great! At night it got down in the 50s so the fire felt great and made yummy roasted marshmellows.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Can't Leave My Husband Home Alone!

After leaving my husband home alone for four hours this is what I am greeted with when I walk in the door.

As you can see we are demolishing the kitchen. I had already packed up the food and dishes, but I didn't know Dave was starting tonight! I'm learning with remodeling you have to make things worse before making them better.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Diaper Time!

This weekend I attended a baby shower (my favorite event) for our friends Austin and Leigh. Dave and Austin were roommates in college and we are now very close to the soon to be grandparents. I made a sock monkey quilt for Baby Reed. I only had time to finish the quilt top before the shower. I still need to have it quilted before the baby arrives.

We gave Austin a diaper changing kit. He kindly tried it all on for a quick photo. The kit included: rubber gloves, protective eyewear, pacifiers, duck tape, clothes pin, and a face mask. Oh yeah, and diapers and wipes!

I also made Dave try on the belt! You can tell he was thrilled to have his picture taken.