As the winter winds down, I've been spending some time sorting through photos and putting albums together. It's something I've been putting off for years. I like to think of it as a wonderful chore to browse through all of our photos on the computer and pick which ones to put where. Instead of focusing on chronological order, I've decided to put them together by theme. I'm only partway through our photos, but I started categorizing some into our family festival and concert experiences and thought I'd share a handfull.
As long as Jeremiah and I have been together (and before we were together) we have gone to as many concerts and festivals as we possible can. We've always had our favorites: Widespread Panic, The Dead, Further, Festival in the Clouds, Phil and Friends, Copper Mountain Sunsation, South Park Music Tour, anything bluegrass, jam band, reggae, rock... man, the list could probably go on forever. When we had our kids, concert going naturally became a part of our family life and we learned early how to make it work! Of course there have been many, many shows that we have attended without the kids. Sometimes a sitter is necessary. Sometimes we'll take our kiddos to the pre-concert "lot scene" at Red Rocks just to soak up the vibes, but not take them into the venue. We've been known to hike the hill behind the Rocks and watch the show from afar with the kids. We know when and what is appropriate for kids and what is not. It's important to us that our children learn to love, enjoy, appreciate and groove to music.
So, here is good chunk of photos from the last 6ish years... Unfortunately in the early years we didn't have a digital camera, so there are some big gaps, but we have been able to document a lot of our fun, good, family show times!
~*enjoy*~
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| Georgia hoopin' at Festival in the Clouds. |
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| At The Dead - okay, no kids at this one, but I love this photo! |
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| Festival in the Clouds |
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| A concert on Main Street in Frisco, CO... can't even remember who! |
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| Good times at a Peter Rowan show in Dillon, CO. |
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| Hodi at his 2nd Red Rocks show - making friends on the lot. |
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| Red Rocks lot for a Phish show. |
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| Jas Aspen 2007 - Snomass Village, CO |
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| Georgia needs a miracle ticket at Phish. No luck ;) |
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| Bluegrass and Brews at Keystone, CO |
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| Moon over Red Rocks. |
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| Ned Fest '08 - Nederland, CO |
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| Red Rocks lot... like I said, home away from home! |
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| Groovin' with Sara at Copper Sunsation. |
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| Always fun at Sunsation... can't wait for more! |
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| Waaaaay back... we were living in Iowa at the time, but came out for Widespread Panic in Aspen with the Nelsons. This photo is at Sapphire Point in Summit County. We did get a babysitter for the shows! |
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| Happy times! |
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The band that brought our Mountaintop Tribe together in the beginning:
Widespread Panic! |
Needless to say, I'm always giddy when spring hits! I know it means another season filled with shows and festivals is coming our way! This year will be even better than last as Holden is a bit older, which always makes it easier!
Hope you've got some great things to look forward to when the warm weather is here to stay!
~~**Love to You**~~
Nicole
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| Holden's very first concert - Widespread Panic - Rainbow and all! |
nice!
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