We are out of our house and now settled into the condo we are renting from a friend for the month of July.  It’s great.  David is thrilled.  He is one of the most active people you would ever meet, but he loves having everything on one floor.

I’ve been sitting outside watching the golfers go by.  We face one of the holes on the course, and they are lined up all day.  On green, fairway, teebox – all day!  I’m listening to them talk golf on the course.  Golf course people watching.  Pretty funny.

I’d like to live in Erie.  It’s not even ten miles north of our house, but it sits in a big valley.  I love the big open space and then the big mountain view to the west.  This picture doesn’t come close to doing the view justice.

We watched fireworks from right outside the condo two nights ago and then last night with our friends in Broomfield.   Buster sat next to me last night when we watched them, and they didn’t phase him at all.  He’s a good dog (even though I am currently having to keep him from barking at golfers).

We are worn out today so it’s a lazy day.  Davey loves playdoh and was enjoying a new set this morning.  It’s amazing how fast he can mix up the colors.

Time for a little knitting I think.

Two more nights in our house.  Everything is just about ready to go.  Most of the contents are going into storage tomorrow.

Yesterday, David mowed this yard for the last time.  Davey wanted to help.

Davey looks pretty serious about mowing.

This evening it has been so pretty and comfortable outside.  I sat on the deck and worked on some knitting.  We played with Buster and Davey did some pretending.  He (as Harry) is battling the “whomping willow” here.

He’s running towards it ready to defeat it.  Buster (aka Hedwig) wasn’t too helpful.

It’s been pretty hot here lately, so the other day we picked up a new sprinkler for Davey to play in.  I guess I have never become completely acclimated to Colorado summers. I am not convinced that it is ever hot enough in this state to play in the water outside.  It may be bright and sunny, but the air is so dry that when I come out of the water, I am always cold.

I always feel like this:

But Davey got in there and had a good time.

Buster did too. He tried to eat the sprinkler.  He didn’t much like the cold water either, and he’s covered with fur!

Still though, it definitely cooled Davey off in a hurry.

David discovered a broken screen the other day, and Davey has had more fun playing with it.  He thought it might protect him somewhat from the cold water conditions.

He learned that it really didn’t, but there are endless other imaginative possibilities!

Great Father’s Day weekend.  Saturday evening we took David to Benihana.  He has always loved it.  Davey loves it too.  He thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment and the food!

We made special Father’s Day cupcakes for David.  Pinterest of course was the source, although I found them through my friend Carol.   We decorated the cupcakes with lawnmowers sitting on half-mowed grass.  Not that David, in a million years, would leave the lawn half-mowed.

I will say that his first guess was that these were wagons.  I can see it.

We used Wilton melted chocolate disks as the “glue” which was a little messy. Those lawnmower handles were very tricky, but overall, they looked pretty cute.  I also made David a key lime pie.  I’d take a picture but it was GONE too fast to be photographed. It was a great recipe.  It called for plain Greek yogurt, and it was a reduced fat pie.  It was the best recipe ever as you’d never guess that it was a “healthier version.”  I’d like to say that Davey discovered that he loves key lime pie and that he really laid into that pie.  But that ain’t so – it was all David and me.

We had a nice Father’s Day afternoon as well.  David and Davey played with the playdoh outside.   They were probably having a discussion about Harry Potter here.  It’s always a safe guess these days.

And the picture of the day may be this:

Davey, as always, loves a celebration.  We had a nice one.