ZapMama and other July fun,

Colter and Eli swimming in the Colorado River near Moab

My surf boys all loaded up and ready to go.

Atleast we know what to get him for his birthday, he won't get off of Everett's little strider bike!

Playing in the sand. showing Mom their "cheese" smiles

ZapMama, Penelope's 100% electric car. We were in the 4th of July parade with other electric cars that were pulling a Hummer with a For Sale sign in the window. Pretty funny. The best float of the parade was named "Party like it's 2006" It was a huge group of people dressed up in all kinds of costumes, dancing and throwing $100 bills at the crowd. They had signs that said "In Madolf we trust" and "This economy will never stop!" and so many more---

We have been enjoying a bit of sun and summer, finally! It came just in time for the rainy season to start in mid July, oh well. We went to Moab with Rob and Sheila and the boys and did a super fun Moab daily river trip. It was so much fun to swim in the river, play in the sand, ride bikes around town and sit outside on the front porch until midnight in our shorts! We don't do that in Telluride, ever. Dylan has been zooming around on Everett's bike for the past week or so and actually started saying "orange" so that we would know what bike he was talking about. We are ordering him one for his birthday, orange I would imagine. He is still adding words daily and mimicks Colter constantly. The other day it was "nana booboo", nice eh? Colter has expanded on our "live in an RV" idea and now has a pink, purple, red and black with flames design in mind. It will be powered by solar panels, vegetable oil, peanut butter and orange slices, maybe apples too- not sure yet. We will have a gold jeep in the back for driving around and maybe a kitten or a small dog. He is very detailed with this stuff. That should serve him well later in life. Colter has been in a Dinosaur Art Camp every morning this week and he is having a great time. They made paintings on canvas, a found object dinosaur sculpture, clay stuff and drawings. It has been nice to do these different activities this summer and not have regular preschool. Dylan misses him all morning and tells everyone that "Dolder cool" (Colter school). Very cute. He has started to help dress himself and has opinions about which clothes he wants for the day. We have been spending tons of time outside, mostly riding bikes or playing with the new kitties at Modee and Pappy's house (while mommy and daddy fix the hydroplant) More on life later, Dylan just woke up and needs a hug and maybe some peanut butter!