The dog days of summer....

We've been enjoying our summer thus far. Although Aidan's summer is very short. He actually heads back to school as a big 2nd grader on the 8th of July! Anyhoo, here are some pictures of a few things we've been doing as of late. (Most of our outings involve zero pictures. Who wants to see yours truly in a bathing suit at the pool?)

Dino Ridge! Pretty cool place and a very inexpensive history trip. The place is located in the foothills near Red Rocks Amphitheater. I guess back about 80-90 million years ago what is now Colorado was flat, tropical and a prime location for DINOSAURS!

(The darker section of the rock is actually dinosaur bones.)

I guess several years ago a construction worker was starting to tear up the ground to build something, I can't remember what and noticed some strange markings. Strange enough to alert authorities. Low and behold, they ended up being dinosaur tracks. Wow! What foresight of the construction worker.

We've had a lot of afternoon thundershowers, which personally, I love! It keeps everything green, green, green and the temperature drops several degrees! Love that! Here are the kids with a couple of neighbors making the best of the rain. Actually this was before our torrential downpour.