S'mores

For me, the highlight of our mountain vacation was the nightly marshmallow roasts. Allen and the boys would build a fire, and the whole family would find suitable sticks and sit down to roast marshmallows. I loved it,, not only for the time our family had together, but for the absolute hilarity of watching everyone else's s'more-making methods. (Needless to say, none but mine achieved perfect results.)
Here are all the Fountain ways to cook (or in some cases incinerate) a marshmallow.

Mr. Nardin's Cabin

We spent this past week at Mr. Nardin’s cabin in Winter Park. Mr. Nardin is a very dear friend of ours who is an elder at our former church and was my English teacher at H.O.P.E. He is a really great man.
Anyway, we stayed at his cabin last year and had a wonderful time, and we were very grateful when he offered us use of his cabin again this year.
We had a lot of fun hiking, swimming, exploring, enjoying the scenery, making s'mores every night, and just spending time together.

Anna and Aidan setting off.

A long LONG time ago...

on an island far, far away-
it was a July 18th,
and a baby boy was born
to Philip and Zietta Fountain.

The island: Nassau, Bahamas.
The boy: Andrew George Fountain.

(Okay, maybe it wasn't THAT long ago.)

Happy Birthday, Dadddy!
You are the best-est, and we all love you.

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I like this picture.

Daddy in the Bahamas with his family:


Uncle Richard's hair still looks like that.

Just kidding.


Here's Mommy and her family, also:


I think Allison is alomst a carbon copy of Mommy.

Just for fun

Picture Time!

Cuties!
Giggles

Some girls

^The Boys ^
< Andrea & Aidan me & Anna

me & Abby

The 3 troublemakers youngest!

4 oldest.
We tried to line up tallest to shortest.. Allison insists she's taller than I am. But she's not!

Typical Allen...

Neo-To-Go

I saw a commercial recently. Nothing so very exciting in that-- but mark the sequel. The commercial was for Neo-To-Go, which is a little portable spray bottle of antibiotic/painkiller. It fits in your pocket; you need to carry it with you at all times apparently, because children are always scraping themselves up and without the all-important Neo-To-Go they will contract horrifying and painful diseases. The commercial started with three classily dressed and dazzlingly smiling mothers sitting on a park bench and chatting, when a small boy fell off the slide (which was about a foot off the ground). He started bawling, so the three mothers simultaneously whipped out their little bottles of painkiller and dashed to the aid of the wounded child.
Now, I am not a very deep thinker (those close to me frequently point out that I rarely think at all), but at that point in time I broke the trend and had some brainwaves. How ironic, I said to myself, that those three mothers were so overprotective. And why was it ironic? I asked myself. Well, it seemed to me that those

Rain!

I am loving all of this rain! I love hearing the rolling thunder and seeing lightning flashing across the sky, and I love knowing that our mighty God is behind it all. I love the sound of the rain on the windows, and feeling safe and cozy inside. But I think the part I love the most is the way things are just after it rains. I love the smell, I love how green everything is, I love how clear the sky gets. It's so beautiful!

I think all this rain is normal for Colorado, but we've been in a draught so long I don't really ever remember