More Pictures from Colorado

Priya had a blast visiting all of the different parks in Summit County. This one was the biggest and is at the elementary school in Frisco. Pappy and Grandmaman were waiting at the bottom of the slide.

This one is the smallest and is located in my parent's neighborhood The Ponds. It has just a couple of swings and two spring loaded dinosaurs. Just enough for Priya and Grandmaman:

We visited Breckenridge one day and Priya wore here pretty dress from South America. Of course she had to represent Portland with her Trailblazers hat to keep out the sun!

Priya also enjoyed watching the dogs swim in the pond. She was ready to jump in with them. Below she is wearing her new dress Grandmaman bought her at the Dillon Farmer's Market.

Soaking in the Sun in Colorado

The weather has been miserable in Portland this spring. Luckily, Priya and I had scheduled a trip to Colorado to visit Pappy and Grandmaman. A nice 6 day weekend to soak in the high altitude sun in Silverthorne, CO. So far we have had amazing weather and lots to do.

We arrived on a Thursday. We headed straight to Boulder from the Denver airport in order to give Priya a chance to nap in the car.




The heart of Boulder is the pedestrian mall on Pearl Street. Shops and restaurants line the pedestrian only street over several blocks. Each block has a small park, which comes in handy keeping the kids interested. Priya found a few things to climb on.




It is great to see Priya running around in shorts, t-shirts, and dresses. Grandmaman bought her this cute tie-dye dress at the farmer's market in Dillon on our second day in Colorado. Priya loved the tie-dye tent and was playing with all the shirts.

Priya starting saying Pappy during this trip, which is really cute. Pappy showed his princess how to dance in the backyard overlooking the Blue River. What a view. The beautiful weather has kept us outside almost the entire day. Priya has had so many trips to many different playgrounds.

This is the small playground in my parent's neighborhood. It is small but the surroundings are amazing. More pictures to come....

Some Spring Photos

Well, another delay in posting on the blog and another excuse. First, I spent two weeks in early May in the lovely town of Hermiston, OR. Ami and Priya stayed in Portland with Ami's mom. So, I didn't get to spend a lot of time with my girls. Second, the weather has been miserable. I am talking worse than normal. We are on our 20th straight day of rain. This is more like January than June.

This is Priya playing with her new water and sand box all the way back in April when it was a nice sunny day. She hasn't played with it since. It has been collecting water though!


This one must be from back in April too. The playground hasn't been this dry in a long time. Priya is all decked out in her Puma track suit. This is one of her earliest turns on the tire swing. She loves it.

Here she shows off here perfect sweeping technique. I have a video of this too that I will post.

This last picture is actually from last weekend. It managed to not rain long enough for a walk around downtown. Kids were actually playing in the water fountain but it was a bit too cold for Priya (according to Mom. Priya was trying to take her clothes off and get in.) Here she gives the bear sculpture a kiss. More to come soon....

Priya Singing and Calling Her Cousins

Here is a cute video of Priya. At the beginning of the video she is singing "Ba Ba Blacksheep". I caught her mid song. Then she picks up the phone to call her cousins. You can hear her say "Hi Bai". That is Gujurathi for "brother". She has much to say before calling out to our dog Sona. That is when she says "B" - one of Sona's nicknames. Enjoy.