Breath of Fresh Air

I love the mountains. So does Dom. We made the mistake of telling him we were going to the mountains for labor day 4 whole days before we actually went. Oh.... man. He didn't want to go to preschool, on playdates, the store... anywhere after that, unless it was the mountains. Note to self: 3-year-olds have no concept of "this weekend"... never unveil until the last minute.

We had so much fun. It smelled great, the weather was sooooo much cooler... I think it was, like, 75 up there. We headed up to one of our favorite spots in Arizona... the Mogollon Rim. Woods Canyon Lake to be specific. Love that place.

The boys ran, and ran, and ran some more. Poor Damon wore new shoes (didn't think that one through) and he came home with two HUGE blisters on the backs of his heels that are STILL bleeding every day because he refuses to wear bandaids.

We pretty much just followed them around until they were exhausted. It took a long time... but it happened.

You can see the lake there, in the background. We are renting paddle boats next time.

Tah-dahhhh!

Stopping to smell the flowers. An obsession owned by the both of them. (And me.)

Overlooking the Rim.

Innes Family August 2011

The rest of our break was spent swimming/eating/playing with the wonderful Mr. and Mrs. Robinson. "Hey, hey, hey!" (Nate and Amber, that is. And their cute kiddies! That's Adelin in the middle.)

We had a little BBQ in our back yard.


Dom and Jens have the same exact birthday. How cool is that!? They were destined to be friends.
Little Derek and his pink cheeks.

Dame with his ginormous grin...love that gap in his teeth.
Cheeeeese-erific Dom.

Hope your Labor Day was awesome!