Wednesday, September 30, 2009

16th Street Mall, Cheesecake, and the Rockies/Cardinals game

The Bigelows and our little family were in need of a night out. So, this meant going downtown to the 16th Street Mall and eating some yummy food at our FAVORITE restaurant...the Cheesecake Factory!! If we are ever hungry, we always end up migrating to the Cheesecake Factory.






After waiting absolutely forever to get in, because well, it was a Saturday night and the CARDINALS/ROCKIES baseball game was starting a few blocks away, we finally ate and rushed over to the baseball game. After searching for parking downtown for nearly a 1/2 hour, we finally decided to park illegally, and walked a good mile and a half to the ball park to get there just in time for the 5th inning! Yep, the 5th, but hey...we made it! And the best part? The Cardinals won! Yay...my favorite team!!!! Sean wasn't too happy since he's a Rockies fan, but what does he expect when a team is named after some rocky dirt mounds? Ok, BIG rocky dirt mounds, but still...



















If you look at the pictures, you'll see that the stadium was COMPLETELY PACKED...there were TONS of Cardinals fans!! It was such a blast. Oh, and we didn't get towed! Yep, even better. We were totally prepared to have to ride the train home, but our lovely car was still there!

Hiking the Colorado National Monument

We went home to Grand Junction a few weeks ago and thought we would take advantage of a nice day! So, here we are hiking the National Monument behind Steve and Connie's house!



Connor's first time mini-golfing







The boys





Connor's Swimming Lessons

Connor began swimming lessons this year and has had a blast! The last day of each 6 week session, the teachers take them down the slide, which they otherwise would not be able to go down because they have to be much older. So this sure was a treat for him, and these are just a few pictures of him "beaming!"


Connor and one of his "classmates"








The infamous SLIDE!

A weekend in Grand Junction!

The last weekend in August we headed over to Grand Junction for Dane and Aimee's reception and for Brett and Jessica's baby's blessing. As you can tell from the pictures, we sure had fun! Friday night we had a great reception at Brad and Camille's house, and on Saturday we had a pool party/BBQ!


Here is a picture of Connor and his cousin Austin getting thrown around the pool.







Just lounging by the pool and hanging out with Kade







Sean and "Pops" grilling







Connor getting tossed again







Connor yet again getting tossed!









Kade and I hanging out!










Connor and his cousin Alyssa!









Just getting their feet wet on the waterfall










Kade enjoying himself








Connor and Alyssa eating a hotdog