The past week...

The new light up tiara from Grandma K and Jaja, an early morning hike to the lake, and the Alma music festival. Merrick loved painting on the easel, so Dad made her one!

Mare bear

I couldn't pick my favorite, she is such a character. I love the full teeth smile!

Slide.

The big kid slide from Marcy on Vimeo.

Park day

Is it just me, or does she look a lot older?!

Frontier day

These were from last weekend, we headed over to Keystone for part of the day. Merrick was ruling the bouncy house with all the big kids.
A quick trip to jail and a ride down the big kid slide.

More from today..

Her new jewelry and Hee-haw.

Dad day, ALL day!

When you ask Merrick to smile, she does, but then closes her eyes..we spent the day over in Fairplay for a music festival. Jay had his first day off in over a month, so it was really nice to all be together. Merrick enjoyed every second of it. Chicken fajitas, we bought her a stuffed donkey (we named him Hee-haw) and her very first bracelet. She was the hit of the town! Seriously.

Merrick and Reid

Remember Reid? My friend Liz invited us to the park last week and we had a blast. These two have been special friends since they were about 4 months old. Merrick even did the slide by herself after she watched "Ree-ree" do it.

Swing girl

Mare bear LOVES to swing. (Who doesn't?!) It is finally summer around here, we had snow last week! Amazing how short our warm season is in the mountains. I am definately enjoying being able to let Merrick out without 3 layers on.

Happy Fathers day!

Daddys girl.

Jobsite kid

What a weekend. This little visit to Jays jobsite was the highlight for Merrick, the rest of the weekend was a challenge to say the least. She is feeling better this morning and I actually caught some sleep. TGIM. I'm ready for work!

Viking girl

Not much to say except that the sense of humor has been popping up on a daily basis. Her teachers at school keep telling me she is the class clown. We knew this. (accessories by River..think we need to have a viking/ullr party.)

Pool girl

We are back online! Merrick has been hitting the pools. We take her to the rec center in Breck, and then last weekend down to Grandma and Grandpa Neerhofs neighborhood pool. She is all about the water thats for sure.

Computer down..

Our computer went down in a big way yesterday, I won't be posting for a while. I don't know when I will even have time to deal with it. Please call us if you need to get in touch. Thanks!

A holiday and no work...

Merrick and I have had quite the day! We went to the pool at our rec center and she had a blast. After a huge nap, we went for a stroll with the dogs. We ran right into a moose. He was pretty much running at us, and Circe wasn't having it. She is so protective of Mare-bear. We ran the other way, then turned around to check him out and Mare shouted "Moose!"

It was awesome. Such a fun day. I love this picture, she is so amazing.

Park fun

Just doing her thing. Who knew I would have an independant girl?

No color...

Merrick came home from school with a red eye yesterday, this morning woke up and it was worse. I ended up taking her in and I knew it wasn't pinkeye. She had to do a dye test, and turns out she scratched her eye. This would be why I posted black and whites, there are too many Grandparents checking the blog, and if you saw how red her eye was...I love black and whites though! Rikta was looking so good, I had to put her up as well. (Sorry Circe, next time!)

I love markers

Lately I can't seem to get a picture of Merrick without markers all over her face and clothes. She loves to draw!