And Mommy and Daddy have a new digital camera (see my blog).
Put those together? Yep, it's picture time.
Here's our latest Shutterfly Share of Weeks 1 & 2 for the Fisher Brothers
]]>And Mommy and Daddy have a new digital camera (see my blog).
Put those together? Yep, it's picture time.
Here's our latest Shutterfly Share of Weeks 1 & 2 for the Fisher Brothers
]]>Liam Robert Fisher
19.5" long, 6lb 13 oz.
Here are the very first pix of Señor Liam!
Here are some pix on Shutterfly of Liam Robert's first few days.
]]>In the meantime, we've gotten this cool new stroller travel system from Grampa Bob & Gramma Peggy for him to cool his jets in.
Max thoughtfully models the new Graco MetroLite Green Glen Plaid system.
Here's another image showing how the front tray flips down. Not sure why, reallly...
Max returns upstairs after the grueling model shoot of the stroller. Bailey looks on to see if biscuits are forthcoming.
Mom & Max look on at the Ken & Barbie cakes. With so many family members moving out here, it's Birthday Month every month, although we're trying to consolidate.
Max was into the sugary cake and now he's really buggin' out!
Daddy was into the, uhhh, cake, and now he's buggin' out!
Just wonderful. The final 3-2 win over the competition made it sweet, three goals by my Daddy made it all the sweeter, and homemade rhubarb strawberry pie shared with relatives made it sweetest.
Here's a few pix from the afternoon playing with the backdrop of the Foothills and the Flatirons behind us.
BilFish puts on his coaching hat while taking a breather
Max isn't sure which soccerball to play with first!
Cousins Shawn and Max discuss the finer nuances of goal scoring
BilFish lies pitifully on the ground after another shot is stonewalled by the keeper
After his 3rd goal of the afternoon, BilFish is too tired to celebrate. In the background, Susan gets the assist with a beautiful through ball
Max jumps. He throws. He scores!
Action shot as Max kicks the soccerball with Uncle Mike
Max runs towards where Daddio is talking with teammates in the background
Max and Shawn decide to switch soccerballs
Max enjoys a stroll on the soft green soccer field. You'd think it was Ireland except for the snakes and cacti around
Uncle Mike and Max play soccer during halftime against the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
That's a nice lasagna noodle, if we do say so ourselves!
Getting ready to lay down a looooong lasagna noodle for the eggplant parmesan lasagna we made!
Dad & Max check out Max's new Rapids jersey in the mirror.
Max is quickly growing to be a big Colorado Rapids fan!
Here's Max's cousin Dylan walking with Gramma O'Neill.
Isabelle the princess runs through the field of flowers!
Max and cousins play with the water pump at the picnic area in Golden Gate Canyon on a fine summer morning.
Max and BilFish take a walk in the woods.
Max and Mommy hide amongst the aspens.
Fuzzy looks on fondly as they cut the birthday cake.
Max also shows heightened anticipation as the candles are blown out.
Dad gets dinner ready while Max performs the necessary work to create fine, homemade lemonade.
As you can see, the weather presented some confusion for us. It was raining, but very bright!
Bright indeed! It was sunny but raining on us!
This was the first visit for all of us. I've waited to do many activities around Colorado that I knew I'd be doing with the kids, and it paid off handsomely with a great visit yesterday afternoon. The museum grounds are just up the road from us, very picturesque as you'll see, and really nice to walk around.
We showed up on a "steam up" day which means they have the train running and can catch a ride around the park. It only happens about 6x a year, so it was nice to catch it, really rounds out the museum experience.
We'll be back in October when "Thomas the Tank Engine" visits! Yea!
Kids! They think they're invincible!
Enjoying our first tour around the park in a passenger car behind a diesel engine
Looking out from the top of the caboose
Max enjoys the convenience and satisfaction of riding Amtrak
On the train with Grandma O'Neill
One of the many restored trains on the grounds
Oops! The ladies slipped off the back for a bit of shopping
That's okay! Max and Dad turn the wheel and slow the train so they can catch up with the girls
Sure, this looks like an impressively big engine...
But ya really gotta see it up close. This is a monster!
Or even closer...
Max and DadFish enjoying our train ride
Ever the suave character, Max onehands his train ride
Just a nice picture of my favorite people
Woops! Sounds like it's time to say goodbye
Au revoir from the fictictious town of Richardson near Golden, Colorado!
Max and Daddio call Grampa & Grams on the cell phone. "Hi!" "Can Isabelle talk?" and "Hello Moto" (as in Motorola) are Max's favorite phone expressions.
BilFish hangs with his Nephew Christopher visiting briefly from hot, Hot, HOT! Arizonie.
Max enjoys peanuts in the cheap seats (the most fun seats) at his first ever Colorado Rockies pro baseball game!
Done with the peanuts and cracker jacks, Max is getting a bit sleepy on Mom's lap as the baseball game goes late.
Exchange student from Paris Robinson enjoys quality DVD movie night with Maxwell. DVD's are great because we can do English with French subtitles or vice versa. Helps us all learn a little language skills even as we enjoy the flick. Turns out Robinson's a big movie watcher, which should surprise nobody with a mother who edits films (we watched one, "Read My Lips" at Blockbuster in the foreign film section — very good) and a father who directs for TV.
Max, Fuzzy & Robinson enjoy a quick respite along Clear Creek in Golden where we took an afternoon stroll, with time out for footie, of course.
Max watched us help our O'Neill brethren move into their new home for a while, then it was time to play.
With Uncle Mike and buddy Robinson in tow, Max settles down for a bit of green tea ice cream coldness at our favorite sushi restaurant!
Max enjoys messy homemade chocolate chip cookies. The secret ingredient is Cinnamon.
BilFish enjoys cappuccino. The secret ingredient is a dollop of natural sugar and a splash of brandy.
Cool!
Here we were making a little fresh-squeezed lemonade on Father's Day morning.
When life gives you a cute kid and a bunch of lemons, make lemonade!
Horseplay always seems to add to both the enjoyment of the moment, and the length of the moment... :-)
Not big on the too-high wooden chairs, Max chooses to eat his waffle up against the wall, where he can also keep an eye on a skulking doggy.
Max and the Fisher's joined the merriment as everyone decided the perfect weather was a perfect opportunity to head to the Zoo!
It was definitely Spring. There's a new baby gorilla, baby giraffes, and hundreds of baby humans and pregnant women running around. Well, mostly the husbands were running around chasing the kids as the ladies waddled through the park.
Kathy and I and Max joined them and loved our time walking the circuit. It's a great zoo, and it'll be better when they get the renovations finished! Well, we did bring the camera with us, so here's a few shots from the day.
Mom & Max visit the ol' Pachyderm Patch, with elephants being the first "aminals" we saw!
We soon found the little train that goes through the center of the park. Doesn't see much, just a few flamingos and whatnot, but it was fun (for Dad & Max anyway).
Daddio and Maxwell watch the kitties at the zoo...
Max and the Hippo! (and Mommy)
Max enjooooyyyyys his PB&J in front of the Zoo's camel range
I mean, he reallllly enjoys that sandwich. BTW — that's a Bactrian camel in the background, which is a two-humped camel vs. the one-humped Dromedary
Max & Mom get friendly with the local Peacocks
Some beeeeutiful green-tinted plumage on that there bird