Glenwood Springs Must See! Doc Holliday's Grave

Going to Glenwood Springs?? Linwood Cemetery is a must see!   

Sweet moves on a hike- just cant do it any better!

But seriously- do you see this view???  It was a cloudy day but perfect for a hike, 

not too hot or too cold. Just right :)

The rare shot of just me! As moms I totally think we should do more of these!

The grave- not much to it but the hike itself was just amazing.  

And it started raining as we hit the car- can't beat that timing!

Here is how to get to the cemetery, I hope you had as great of a time as we did! 

Colorado Bucket List: Colorado Rockies Game with kids

We recently took went to a Colorado Rockies game with our kids.  

Can I just say that the Rockies really go far and beyond to make the kids love the games!!!!

The view is amazing- cant beat it!

During the 3rd & 4th inning, directly behind the waterfall- Dinger will be there to take photos and sign autographs for the kids!! (We totally found this by accident while we were searching for the bathroom!)

We lined up 1/2 way through the 2nd inning and were back in our seats before the end of the 3rd. Totally worth it! The kids absolutely loved it.

Also, right behind the waterfall is a toddler play area.  If the kids get bored head over there!!

Thanks awesome Rockies photographer!

If you keep walking past the waterfall, towards the massive scoreboard- you will find this amazing gem.

A playground!!! Thank you to the genius who felt to need this in, its amazing to let the kids stretch and play in the middle of a long game!  They also have staff members watching the playground to make sure everyone plays nice :)  We also found a food spot right next to the playground that has the most affordable kid meals in the entire park and the kids loved them!

Cant have a 98 degree baseball game without a delicious cup of shaved ice- yumm!

I hope you make it to a game with your kids this summer!

How to stop your sprinklers from overspraying

Sprinklers have long been my nemesis....  up until recently they have honestly just terrified me. My amazing dad has slowly been teaching me how to fix them and as I learn I will share my amazing lessons with you!!! 

Our sprinkler head all of the sudden last week started spraying water 360 degrees, across our street and was watering our neighbors yard- across the street and giving any passing car a lovely car wash.  Sorry random people driving on my street!!! Besides being a complete annoyance to our neighbors, the extra water costs will really add up for watering everyone else's lawns!! :)

First off, almost all sprinkler heads will have directions on the top of the sprinkler head-- who knew???

Mine has two holes on the top- one for how far to the right it will spray and one for how far it will go.  

The home improvement stores has a special tool you can buy to fit into the sprinkler head to adjust them.

I just dug around my massive tool box and found a super long and thin screwdriver and it worked great.

Now, turn on your sprinklers.  Turn your actual sprinkler head so that the left side starts/stops where your grass line is.  Then put your screwdriver/ tool into the hole that will adjust the spray width.  Just keep turning until the spray stops where you need it to stop.

So now you have your sprinklers staying within your lawn but it spraying so far that it is hitting your house or the street?  Put your screwdriver into the other hole and turn again until it shortens the spray that it actually stays within your own property! Look at that you just solved a sprinkler problem!!!

Mellow Mushroom Copy Cat Recipe- amazing!

Head on over to Lark & Lola (all around amazing blog with some of the most amazing recipes I have ever tried!) 

http://www.larkandlola.com/2013/04/favorite-things-friday-no2-favorite.html

This recipe is by far the best one yet though!! The dough actually ended up making the 2 pizzas below and one more small one- just warning you! I think next time I will save half the dough in the freezer for later.  Usually, my family runs and hides from new recipes but they ate all of this up that night! Good luck, I hope you try it and love it too!

A day at the White Fence Farm

Have you been to White Fence farm yet?

If you have not and you live in Colorado- you are missing out!

If you decide to go, plan for a few hours because there is so much to see and do! The lines are usually about 45 minutes to sit and eat- but there is always enough to do to keep you busy until then.

It has a great kid's play area, including a great tree house, playground, tire swing and of course...

photo ops :)

a peacock!

a great pond with ducks that you can let the kiddos feed!!!!!

(my son's favorite part!)

Once inside they have great shopping, homemade candies, a great kid's play area, an arcade,  a slide and sometimes live music!

on the weekends you can also get character pictures done.  If you go at Christmas time they almost always have Santa and Mrs. Claus ready for photos and carriage rides.

An amazing farm area with goats, pigs, chickens and more!!

The best part really is the corn fritters once you get into the restaurant though! Save room for those delicious little guys :) The chicken is pretty good but I also really enjoy the white fish. Meals are about $15 a person which I think is a pretty good deal for all the amazing activities included.

http://whitefencefarm-co.com/co/index-home.php

Harry Potter Themed Baby Shower

My boss at work is having her first baby and really wanted a book shower instead of a regular baby shower.  Let me just go ahead and admit that I am a hard-core nerd! I love Harry Potter. So it was the one and only thought I had :) and it legit made my day.

I also love an app that is huge in my area called VarageSale- it is like CraigsList but for your specific area. 

I found almost everything on here from a lady on that site for $40!  I bought it awhile ago but I am hoping that maybe one of my kids will love it as much as I do :)

The letters are just printed out on paper and then we cut them out and taped them to look like they were flying.  I got the glasses in the big stash of Harry stuff! 

I found this graphic online of the whomping willow and I downloaded a Harry Potter font for the text.  I found the book at a secondhand book store for $3. We had everyone sign the book and I just loved it. 

Don't mind our ugly bathroom :)  But I just had to show you the sign, absolutely hilarious

Mason jars and these awesome printables!

http://www.atypicalenglishhome.com/2012/08/harry-potter-party-printables.html

And soda label printables http://www.pinterest.com/pin/278167714459692618/

We used the quidditch robe as "the mommy to be throne"

Another awesome thing in the Harry Potter stash!

It wouldn't be a party without Hagrid's Hut & his dragon.

Time to be jealous-- The Sorting hat talks. oh yeah, i'm that cool! :)

I hope she really loved it! I always find that no matter how much I think I have to decorate when I put it out, it never seems like enough! Do you have the same problem??