uncle adventure

this is very common..............................christian taking the
kids on some sort of adventure. there's usually some danger
involved (at least through my eyes) and the kids always love it.

august 2009-photo taken at the tucker's vail house

we wish this was our backyard

before heading out of vail, we had to stop at this most fun park.
this circle thing spun as you walked on it.........please don't slip!

seriously, what's better than a good old fashioned teeter-totter?

make me sick...........................................................................

all smiles, no throw up!

this is how you entered and exited the park! so cute..................

august 2009

cold in august

still waiting for riders to come in, someone snatched my camera
and started clicking..........you can see the cold on their faces.....

august 2009

static at its best

while waiting for bikers to come in, we found a playground for
the kids to play on. christian stuck the twins on top of this tarp
and it turned into a playground favorite. i like the static-y hair!

august 2009

race day

leadville. elevation: 10,152 feet.
first glance at lance....................


uncle larry. studly 50 year old.


mike. studly 40 something.


cousin riley. studly 20 something.


brighton & monet. bright's in heaven, not so sure about monet.


kimberli doing her paris hilton-nicole richie pose.


cameron. someone grabbed my camera &
started snapping pictures of people........


andie, byu tennis player, young


you can see the trail of people lined up.


cheering section.


always pretty hayely.

studly cole.

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lance doesn't stop. he just grabs a bag

and slings it over his shoulder and goes!

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at the finish line. we couldn't get up to the sideline.

lance is coming...........................................................

if you look closely, you can see lance's back & helmet

through all the people snapping pictures...................

this picture was posted on some biking website.

notice who's in the background!

thanks christian for finding this picture.

ninja tag

with 4 families staying in the same house in vail, we came up with
some pretty entertaining things to do. joe taught everyone his
new favorite game.....................ninja tag. basically you stand in a
circle and do ninja moves to tag people out. as dorky as it sounds,
it was very fun to watch and play................................................

august 2009

vail village vent

while getting a pizza in vail village, the twins found this vent that
was so fascinating to them. they spent 20 minutes looking down
and running to tell us what they saw down there. not once were
they bothered by the scores of people walking right past them.

august 2009

rocky mountain high

the gondola at vail..................................now we just need to
come when there's snow and we can ski down..................

we don't need a pool......

another beaver creek favorite: this pond provides
hours of entertainment and lots of wet clothes!

august 2009