December 25th, 2011 
Boy howdy, this summer has been hot. All the more reason to head back to the mountains of Breckenridge to cool off and have a snowball fight in August.
You might notice a new addition to the group. That would be Abby’s super-special friend, Micah.
Yes the Blue River was cold, but ooooh so worth it.
Here Micah and Blake are making funny faces.
A brief but fun trek to one of my favorite little hiking spots in the world.
What a great weekend at Richera! For those outside of the Cooper family, “Richera” is the family farm named for Kate’s great-grandparents, “Richards” and Vera, located in the fertile plains west of Wichita.
We arrived Friday night in time to watch the sunset and climb fences. Saturday we woke to breakfast by the lake and a chilly dip in the inflatable pool. We fed our pet cow “Number 61″ apples, toured the land in the golf cart (adorned with fake sunflowers – a Mumsie original), went on a treasure hunt in the Quonset hut (rescuing a beautiful antique sewing machine for Kate), canoed the pond, and roasted brats on the fire. As you can see, for Blake and Henry clothing was optional.
It’s true, time flies by. We attempted a repeat of Blake’s birthday party at the annual balloon festival, but the weather wasn’t cooperating. No worries, his Newton cousins came to hang out, which he loved (thanks Maddox for the DS).
The next day the sun came out and gave Blake an opportunity to play with one of his presents.
But one of his favorite presents was that of a beta fish (after the initial gold fish gave up the fish ghost before it was even gifted). Here he is giving it a kiss. And as is typical in the Sawyer household, his little brother tries to eat it.
PDC (pretty darn cute):
