Hammond’s Candy
by fasterlaster on Oct.23, 2009, under Laster Family
Every year since we moved to Colorado Steph and the kids have taken a trip to see Hammond’s candy made, and every year I always miss it. This year was different and I got to go.
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Twins Birthday
by fasterlaster on Oct.16, 2009, under Laster Family
The twins turned 9 this year. Seems like a very long time since trying to learn how to change two diapers in record time. This year we had a party at the bowling alley, which was very cool. They each invited some of their friends and had a good day.
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Happy 15th Anniversary
by fasterlaster on Sep.08, 2009, under Travel
Steph and I celebrated 15 fun years together this past weekend. We were able to go to Walt Disney World for a few days, and Nana and Papa flew in to watch the kiddos. Here are some of the photos from the weekend.
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With the remainder here
Backpacking at Palmer Lake
by fasterlaster on Aug.30, 2009, under Scouting
Wyatt and I had a great short backpacking trip at Palmer Lake with our Troop. Here are a few photos snapped by a co-leader.
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Olivia gets 8 in. cut off
by Steph on Aug.29, 2009, under Laster Family
Olivia has been asking to get her hair cut for several weeks now. I have been hesitating. She has such pretty long hair, and she will still let me put hair bows in. On Thursday she woke up with a huge knot in the back. I guess her hair was still a little damp when she went to bed. It was horrible to get out. So I decided to get her hair cut. She wanted it as short as Chloe’s but Momma wasn’t ready for that. So what she ended up with was having 8 inches cut off. Here are before and after pictures.
First Day of School
by Steph on Aug.21, 2009, under Laster Family
I know this is a little behind, but I thought better late than never.
Friday August 7 – Stryder and Chloe are starting 3rd grade, and Olivia is starting kindergarten! I can’t believe it! Time is going by really fast. Everyone is very excited about starting school. Olivia is beside herself about finally getting to go with everyone to school. It was a little hard for mom to get up early. I have been so used to sleeping until at least 9:00 that getting up at 6:00 was rather hard. All the kids got up with no problems or fussing. Wyatt would not start school until Monday, but he had to get up early too. He didn’t like that very much but he wanted to get to spend the day with Jason and I by himself. We had a surprise for him.
So its off to school after a few pictures. Jason was working so he had to meet us at school. With a 30 minute drive to school Olivia fell asleep in the car. So when we got to school she was a little cranky. She wasn’t as excited as she had been. Once we got inside and she woke up a little more she was fine. Stryder and Chloe were off once we got into the building. Jason and I barely got out a “Have a good day, we love you”! We waited with Olivia to go into her classroom. She was very excited by this time. Jason was holding up pretty well. He was very tired after being up all night, and his baby girl was going to kindergarten. I think that Jason took it harder than I did. Of course Olivia was fine in her class. She found her cubby, put her backpack and lunch box away and sat on the carpet in the gathering place. She was ready! With a wave good bye, Jason and I left. I have to say it was strange. The PTO was holding a BooHoo/Yahoo for parents at a deli across the street from the school so we headed over there. There were not many parents there that were crying, most seemed pretty happy that school was starting. I know that Jason and I were glad. We stayed there for a little while, and then headed to a friends house. Like us, she was sending her last child to kindergarten, and was really happy about it. She was hosting a champane breakfast for a few people who were sending off the last child to school. We knew several people there and got to meet some new ones. It was nice. All of those parents were like us, glad and happy about the last once finally being in school.
Jason and I surprised Wyatt by taking him to see Harry Potter since it was his last day of summer break and the others were all in school. He was excited about that. Jason made it through the movie, without going to sleep. By this time he was on 20 hours of no sleep. After the movie we took Wyatt to lunch. Then it was time to go back to school. Olivia’s class was having popsicle party during the last 30 minutes of school, so we wanted to go back to that. The 3rd grade had a popsicle party after school. It was a very good first day of school.
Monday-August 10- Wyatt’s first of 7th grade (Middle School!!!! Yikes! )
Wow, I can’t believe that I have a middle schooler! We got up with no problems this morning. Everyone is still excited about school. Wyatt doesn’t seem nervous at all. He has been really excited about starting a new school, and starting middle school. He is also really excited about riding the school bus. The bus stop is about a 10 minute walk from our house, and we ask him if he wanted us to walk with him. He said it didn’t matter to him, but you could tell that he really didn’t want us to. So I stayed home and Jason walked with him half way. Jason could see the bus waiting, and then he came back. Wyatt walked the rest of the way there. He said that he had a great day. He has now had 3 days of school and he is still excited about it. I have a few pictures, Wyatt would only let us take one.
Magness Adventure Camp 2009
by fasterlaster on Jul.25, 2009, under Laster Family
Another Magness Adventure Camp for young Cub Scouts has come and gone. I took Stryder the past few days and we had a fantastic time here. Lots of fun shooting BB guns, Bows & Arrows, as well as some cool tomahawks.
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison
by fasterlaster on Jul.16, 2009, under Laster Family, Travel
With so many mechanical issues with the bus and suburban it really cut into our trips planned this summer. We were fortunate to be able to visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park . Here are a few photos from that trip.
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Yet another pulled head stud in the bus
by fasterlaster on Jul.10, 2009, under VW Bus
As preparations began for our camping trip Monday I found that one head stud was loose. An attempt to torque it in the bus resulted in another pulled head stud. That makes 5 in this case. I’m quite frustrated and unsure of what the deal is with this case. Every case insert I have repaired has remained solid, but this is getting quite old. Next stop VW shop.
Boys Fishing Day
by fasterlaster on Jul.08, 2009, under Laster Family
We woke up early this morning to head to the South Platte River for some fishing. We had a great time, and the boys worked on their casting, unfortunately with the heat not much was biting, and the river flow was pretty high. I managed to hook one decent sized brown trout, but it got off the hook just before I netted him. Great day anyway.
