On Top of the World!!

Happy Tuesday everybody. I am happy to inform you all that we had a splendid week :) It was 7/11 so we partook in some free Slurpee action. Calum decided to dip his toothbrush in the toilet then suck the water off; who knows how many dips he made before I found him. Yuck! We have new callings in church, I'm in the Young Womens working with the Beehives and Kevin is a Sunday school teacher for the 16-17 year olds. We are so excited to get to work with the youth.

We also went to the zoo, zoo, zoo, with the kangaroo, roo, roo, and the lions too, too, too, we went to the zoo, zoo, zoo! Ok so we actually went with some friends :) He was a little tired but he still got to see, the elephants, the lions, and the chimpanzees, the gatas, cicadas, mice, lice, geese, moose. If your wondering what all my rhyming is about...

It's my rendition of this!

Anyway, we had fun checking out all the animals. When we were done we zipped over to my friend Michelle's house for some swimming. Calum slept in the car on the way over so he was ready to be a wild man at the pool. He is so brave in the zero entry pool. He was sticking his face underwater and running all over. He even took a dive or two that didn't even phase him. He is definitely my son. He'll be a regular old tadpole in no time :)

All the fun mommies. Minus me the photographer!

We went up camping for a night. We kind of got a late start but still had fun around the campfire. Calum slept like a champ. I can't say the same for me. Calum thought the tent was the funnest thing ever. It made it hard to put up and take down cause he just wanted to run around inside it and jump on the walls.

La Familia Huish came with us :) Calum was so excited to have buddies to run around with. 

We got to test out Kevin's birthday present. He got a camp stove. It was awesome. I'm trying to convince Kevin to set it up in our house because it works way better than our stove.

We also finally broke in our sweet Cabela's chairs. We've had them for about two years and had never used them, we didn't know what we were missing.

Calum has reverted to his put everything in his mouth phase. Camping with him was ridiculous. I was constantly pulling rocks, twigs, and dirt out of his mouth! Little Mountain Man.

Helping dad pack up. What a cutie!

We were going to go on a nearby hike but decided instead to make the trek up to Mt. Evans. Mt Evans is one of Colorado's infamous fourteeners (Mountains above 14,000 ft). But what is cool about Mt Evans is you don't have to hike your butt off to get to the summit. There is a paved road that takes you within a few hundred yards of the summit.

 It's the highest road in North America, and by my calculations one of the sketchiest. Haha. There were almost no guard rails all 28 miles up, it's pretty narrow and you just keep climbing up and up! This is my sweet pic of Kevin's dream car from the cliffs above. It took me awhile to muster up the courage to even take this picture. Haha. I was trying not to look down most of the time, it made my palms too sweaty!

The abandoned little cafe at the top.

Silly Calum

Kevin being awesome.

Hiking the short climb to the top.

We made it!

 Checking out the elevation marker.

Such a pretty view even with it being a little hazy.

Lucy and me trying not to fall off the cliff!

The littlest mountain climbers!

As you can see, we were way above the treeline. Definitely the highest place I have ever been. And we could feel it. Kevin and I both had minor headaches and felt a little lightheaded. Calum didn't seem to mind until later when he threw up in the car on the way down. Car sick or Altitude sick who knows?

 Calum decided he was a big boy and wanted to walk down the last little bit.

Thanks for the fun weekend Huish's. Got our first fourteener out of the way, we're old pros now. Maybe we'll tackle another one next week :)

Glow Sticks and Party Poppers

Lots of pictures this week. I hope your ready...

Happy Independence Day! Kevin had to work so Calum and I headed over to our ward breakfast in our festive attire. There was a big pond near by and Calum kept trying to go jump in. Needless to say it wasn't all that relaxing, but I did manage to visit here and there and get to know our new ward a little better. Every little bit counts right?

Calum and his new crush, Jovie.

Trying to escape again :)

We came home and Calum helped me clean the house :) He was really excited when I lowered the handle to make it his size. I think it took me twice as long to vacuum our house since Calum insisted on helping me with the whole thing. But it was so worth it and he loved it! He couldn't stop laughing. Haha.

Once Kevin was off work we headed to a little BBQ at our friends house.

 Calum loved playing with all his buddies even in the chilly pool :)

Can't believe how big all these babies are getting! They are pretty much all on the move. It took a lot of effort to snap a pic while they were all sitting there. 

The ladies and babies.

 Since we've had all these crazy fires here in Colorado they had a ban on fireworks. We were a little bummed on the drive home so we tried to improvise with glow sticks and party poppers. Calum liked it even though he was ultra tired.

Fireworks or not, so glad I got to spend the fourth with these cute boys :) 

The rest of our week was eventful as always. I mean how can it not be with a Calum on the loose. I have been watching the Biggest Loser and its motivated me to work out more, so I've been trying to do that. I was really excited to get our jogging stroller working and take that out for a spin. 

We went to a splash park with some friends. Calum loves little kids and they love him back! As you can tell by this awesome hug! Haha.

 Calum was a little timid at first but eventually warmed up to the idea of getting sprayed by water, then he couldn't get enough.

So this is what the park looks like that we went to, a giant sleeping cowboy.

I found it fitting that Calum decided to do this on the way home. Haha. I think he liked the park.

Our friend Kylie and Ryan came to stay with us Friday night. They live in New Mexico so it was fun to get to see them and visit. I'm a loser and didn't get any pictures. I guess we'll have to make up for that when we head down to the Land of Enchantment for the Balloon festival this fall :) 

On the Fourth we were talking about how sad we are that Colorado is really lacking in the shaved ice department. Snow shacks are seriously non-existant here! We have even seriously considered, and are still considering opening up our own Fugee's Freezies just to get our fix (Pretty awesome name huh?). Anyway, we were very excited to find a vendor at a street market selling shaved ice! Woot! So I had to document.

We happened upon this ginormous dandelion on a walk by the river so we stopped to check it out. Can you tell Calum is trying to blow on it. So cute :)

Our Nauvoo trip is quickly approaching, so we have been prepping a little bit this week. We got a new cheap umbrella stroller for snug packing. I've been trying to come up with stuff to keep Calum entertained on our cross country journey and I also made some travel pillows. Calum couldn't get enough of his and wore it around the house for a while one day. 

And of course, what would the week be without some random monkey pictures.

Calum's latest favorite place. He clears it of all his stuffed animals and sits there like its his throne. I don't know why he likes it so much but he seriously goes there a few times a day!

 Calum is a good helper, remember the vacuum? He also likes to help me put the laundry in the dryer, then climb on the door because thats just what monkeys do.

Every day he gets bigger and bigger. He eats with his own spoon and fork now (some days better than others). And is learning new words everyday. My favorite is "No." He does things that he knows he's not supposed to, like climb on the table or run to the front of the class during relief society then points and says "No." He's so naughty.

Yeehaw! On to next week!