Vigo's First Outing

Looking back, last weekend was actually pretty busy :)

We took Vigo on his first real outing, since he had his shots last week. We took him on a hike up to Devil's Backbone, an interesting rock structure. We wanted to do a longer hike, but we thought that since Vigo was so little, we might as well keep it short. This was a good short hike, and although the day started out cloudy, the clouds soon split and the sun came out. It even got a little hot!

Vigo did great! As you can see here, he is smiling so much he almost looks like he is yawning ;)

We brought lots of water for Vigo, but his tongue was out the entire time regardless of if he just had a drink.

What a beautiful Colorado day! And it is so nice Vigo isn't too big to hold yet!

Defending the Caveman

Rob and I had another fun double date last weekend when we went with some friends, Bogdan and Irena to the dinner theater play, Defending the Caveman. It was a lot of fun, and it was great to get to dress up and go out! The play was not the traditional dinner theater event... it was a one man comedy show about the differences of the sexes. Pretty funny. I had wanted to see it in Vegas anyways, and so I was glad I got to see it here (and for less $$ I'm sure!)

Geocaching?

I know I haven't blogged in a long time -- where does the time go? So now I have to cover some lost time! Here it goes!

Last weekend we had some friends over for dinner... they told us all about their adventures geocaching (as well as all about their cool phone apps you can use to geocache). In looking at the phone app, we learned there was a geocache treasure about 500 yds from our house! And so off we went on our very first Geocaching adventure!

It was a lot harder than I thought. Perhaps that is because I was the only poor soul without a smart phone. Sarah, Dave, and Rob all used their nifty phones to direct them straight to this tree... I was left just using my imagination! (and of course taking pictures)

Rob and I had pretty much given up and assumed someone had since stolen the valuable treasure, but our friends Sarah and Dave didn't give up so easily. it was dark, but Sarah kept searching and finally found the treasure!

What a valuable treasure it was! It was filled with plastic rings. We signed the guestbook (small enough to fit in an advil container), and took nothing nor did we leave anything.

It was a fun adventure! perhaps one of many more...

Vigo

Vigo is growing rapidly! But he is still as adorable as ever.

My latest idea for a career is to be a dog photographer! Great idea, eh? Anyways, I thought I'd practice on the subject I just happen to have at my home! Last week I snapped these pictures of Vigo.

How can you not love this face?

Mmmm... photo shoots make me hungry.... this blanket doesn't taste that bad....

Unofficial photo -- instead of using his nice dog bed that I have, Vigo much prefers to lay on the part of our bedspread that has fallen to the floor.... he does this every time he gets a chance...

Mountain Biking -- Not for the Faint of Heart

While we were in Steamboat, we also packed a morning full of mountain biking in. It was both of our first time -- I thought it was a lot harder and scarier than i thought it would be. But, both Rob and I survived without losing any blood or really even falling (I kind of tipped over once, and got some cool bruises, but that is all). The bikes we rented were really nice -- they were brand new this year and were each $4500 downhill mountain bikes. Rob and I agreed that if we would have taken our own bikes, they probably would have fallen apart!

We rode the Steamboat Gondola up the mountain after we went mountain biking. It was nice to be able to relax and let our muscles relax. What a beautiful day!

We also went on a hike to Fish Creek Falls -- it is a short (1/4 mile each way) hike to the waterfall, and then you can continue on to a lake (5 more miles each way). We hiked for about 1 1/2 hours, but we didn't make it to the lake. But the waterfall was pretty!

Steamboat Springs Balloon Festival

Rob has been working like crazy these past few months, but he is finally finished! Phew! I get my husband back and I am so happy! To celebrate we went to Steamboat Springs to watch a hot air balloon festival! It was really fun. We had gone when we were dating, so it was fun to bring back some old memories-- it didn't seem like it was that long ago, but we think we went about 6 years ago. My, time does fly!

Here are my scrapbook pages from the Balloon Festival...

The best part was a 'splash and dash' where the balloons touched down in the water -- I guess the balloons have the water come inside and the pilots all get there feet wet.

This was a great place to practice some of my photography skills, or at least take photos :) I made this layout in Photoshop so I could 'display' my photos...

The reflections were beautiful!

Happy July 4th

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July! Here is the latest cake I made in my cake decorating class.

A big thanks to all our armed forces helping keeping America free.... especially you Ryan! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!