John: the tomato man

This boy LOVES picking produce from the garden!  He picked a truck load:-) of tomatoes after school.  He took some to his teacher, Mrs. Dall, and begged to set up a farm stand in town center to sell the rest😂

Kenny: the budding professor

Kenny’s was teacher, Mrs. Cutter, sent us this picture she snapped while Kenny was teaching the class about space.  She said he was a natural teacher!  She had him teach more the next day too:-).   

Labor Day at Aspen Jazz Festival

We had quite the adventure navigating the Aspen Jazz Festival in Snowmass.  4 adults, 6 kids, and 3 days of concerts.  We saw Lionel Richie on Friday night before a massive thunderstorm canceled the show and left people frantic to get out!
Saturday morning was spent exploring Snowmass Village.  





After lunch and a quick nap, we headed to the festival to see Fitz and the Tantrums followed by Jack Johnson.  We enjoyed exploring all the booths between shows.  The kids did face painting, juggling and Chinese yo-yos at the kids tent.  The Snowmass tent had free digital pictures that you could decorate with digital stickers—-a hit with our crew!

John painted up and ready for Jack Johnson!

We ventured into Aspen on Sunday morning and walked around the downtown.

After lunch, we sent the Dad’s when the venue doors opened to save us good spots.  The strategy worked!  It was our favorite of the three days!  The Dad’s saw The Record Company.  The Moms and kids arrived at 4, in time to hear Gary JoneS JR.  We spent lots of time at the kids and Snowmass tents, and then became concerned when Kenny’s whereabouts cameninto question.  It didn’t take long to find him in the D’Angelico’s guitar tent:-)

He demo’d guitars, got a free pick, and talked Darin into a baseball cap!
We were ready to party by the time Zach Brown Band came on at 7:30!  We danced and sang and had the best time!  This might just become our new Labor Day tradition!!

The Grondas take over Crested Butte!

We had so much fun celebrating Brandi and Brandon’s wedding in Crested Butte!  We swam, hiked, and danced up a storm at the reception...we could hardly get the boys in the bus when it was time to go!  
We hiked with Umcle Todd and Cousin Nolan to a waterfall



Then decided to make our way to the water.







We enjoyed this beautiful view on the hike back.  

All the Bolthouse’s returned to Denver for a few more days of fun.  We took the crew to our favorite hike at Lair of the Bear.

We drove up to Evergreen for lunch at Beau Jo’s Oizza after hiking and were thrilled to be entertained by a elk cow eating from the banks of the creek across from the restaurant.  

SCHOOL!

Where did the summer go?  It flew by...we had so much fun...blinked, and now it’s time to get back in the groove.  


Jacob with his teacher Mrs. Krysa (an angel from heaven who has raised 3 boys and takes everything in stride🙌)

John with Mrs. Dall who is already challenging John with extra work!

The crew before heading off to the first day of school.  Grandma Bolthouse paid Kenny to put the school shirt on for this picture, which he promptly removed before getting in the car:-)

Our school’s new sign—yay!

Kenny loves Mrs. Cutter.  He got to know her as a 3rd grade teacher and was excited to have her in 4th grade!



And they’re off!  I didn’t even shed a tear, but I was air ehappy to see their smiling faces at 3:30:-)

Brainiacs in the making!

A new exhibit opened at the Science and History Museum called Mind Bender.  It was a mansion filled with puzzles. It took two visits, but we solved the puzzles to get the clues to claim the prize!  



Kenny was especially into it!  4th grade is going to be fun!

Inspiring the Budding Guitarist

Darin took Kenny to a guitar concert at Red Rocks in hopes that he would be inspired to play guitar a little more and with less encouraging!  They enjoyed the concert, but said it was too loud!   I guess we’re more of an acoustic guitar family😍