Family Reunion-Derrick Farm

We had the Gropp Family Reunion here in the Cortez area this week. 

Almost everyone came in on Saturday night from Texas and we went to church on Sunday.

Then Sunday afternoon we went out to the Derrick farm and ate lunch and played lots of fun games.

Chris with his bow and arrow.

Cole and Maycie shooting marbles.

Baby Grace is so cute and smiley.

Kaleb and Cole shooting marbles.

Keaton and Cole on an old tractor.

Kyle holding baby Cora.

Lynnae shooting bows and arrows.

Ken let Lynnae drive a tractor. Brave man.

Mindi with her baby Cora.

Mindi shooting marbles.

Kaleb and Becca sitting in the shade.

Not only did we shoot bows and arrows and marbles, but they shot skeet too. I didn't take any pictures of that though. We also threw knives and tomahawks. It was a violent but fun day.

More Baseball Pictures

I have more baseball pictures to share from last week's games. I got a new lens that helps me zoom much better out on the field. We have just a couple of weeks of baseball left, with tournaments the next two weeks.

Cole in outfield.

Cole on third base.

Cole slid in to home.

But was tagged out by the pitcher.

Landon's team saying the pledge.

Kaleb playing 2nd base.

I love how Kaleb puts his batting gloves in his back pocket.

Kaleb at bat.

Landon playing 2nd base.

Landon on bench.

Landon throwing the ball.

Landon batting.

Rockies in the dugout.

I'm sure I'll have more baseball pictures to share before the season ends.

Chalk Art

I took some pictures of Cole and Landon creating chalk art on the sidewalk.

A great summer past time.

Animal Planet

It's like animal planet around our house. We have deer, prairie dogs, eagles, rabbits and more just outside our door. I got a new zoom lens this week, so I have been exploring with things that are further away.

White tailed deer in our yard.

We have hundreds of prairie dogs in our neighborhood.

Cole and duffy the cat.

Shadow the cat.

Sam and Shadow snuggling together.

Landon and Sam. Yes his eyes are that blue (no photoshop).

Needless to say, we are enjoying living out of town on our 3 acres of land. 

I just wish I wasn't allergic to all the animals here.

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures from the last week or so. Nothing amazing, just everyday life.

Here I was trying out some lowlight techniques:

Kaleb with his Nintendo DS.

Kaleb with my phone.

Kaleb with Sam the cat:

A few pictures of the boys at the outdoor pool. It was so bright that most of them came out too shadowy.

Here are the ones I saved:

Kaleb has been my poser lately, which has been wonderful!

Landon finding the diving stick.

And here are a couple at Landon's baseball game. He was playing catcher.

Cole helped him put on and take off his catcher gear.

That's it for today!