hike at Lair O the Bear

We went on a hike on Labor Day (Sorry, this should have been posted earlier) with our friends the Grundens.  we headed up the mountains to Lair O' the Bear.  we have never been there, it was great.  A nice trail, beautiful scenery and good friends, what more could you ask for.....

mini golf

Before school started we decided to take the kids to Colorado Journey and play Mini golf.  We laughed and had a great time!  

Christmas Day

Ok, we had such a fun day.  We woke up to beautiful snow falling.  It continued to snow all day long.  I think we ended up with 8".

We started out the morning with opening our stockings, it was fun.  Even Shadow & Fiona had something in their stockings.  

Before we opened our gifts we called my Aunt & Uncle, as a kid one of the memories that sticks out is Uncle Dick reading the Christmas story before we opened presents.  We couldn't be together so we did the next best thing, we called and put them on speaker phone.  Uncle Dick read the Christmas story from Luke while we all cuddled together and listened.  It meant so much to me to share this childhood memory of mine with my kids.  

Next we passed out packages and began to open.  Emily & Ethan were so excited, they had so much fun and were so appreciative of every gift they received.  They both got new Bibles and devotion books and they loved their Bibles.  The Heelies were a big hit to!  They loved the telescope too!  (now if we would have a clear night that wasn't freezing to go check out the stars).  Ethan noticed that there weren't any gifts from mom and dad, Ted pulled out some more presents from the closet and they opened a few more.  They were so excited when they discovered their new game system!  

We had a wonderful lunch of Prime Rib, corn casarolle, layered salad, crescent rolls.  It was yummy!

We spent the rest of the day playing games and laughing!  It was awesome!

Ted's brother and his family were supposed to come over, but felt the roads weren't safe so they stayed home.  

Our very good friends Paul, Lori, Ryan & Jordyn drove up from Springfield, CO and made it safe.  We spent the rest of the evening laughing, playing & talking!  

What a great day we had!

Here are some pictures from our fun day!

Merry Christmas

What  a fun week we have had!  

On Christmas Eve we had 2 services at church and then went to friends house to eat dinner, play games and laugh!  We had so much fun!  The pictures above were taken on christmas Eve at our friends house.  

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, today has been a little tough for me. It was 2 years ago today that my grammie passed away. She was 88 1/2 years old and one of the most amazing women I have ever met. I can not remember my grammie ever complaining, I never heard her say, why me, it's not fair or anything like that. She had a lot she could have said it's not fair about. She buried 2 husbands, was alone for about 41 years. She lived a good life, loved her family without reservation or strings and gave to everyone she met. She always had a kind word and a smile.

When I needed someone to pray, she was the first person I called. I knew that she prayed for our family at least twice per day. If I needed to talk I would call her, she always new just what to say and I always felt better by the time we were done talking.

My kids loved her, they thought she was a very special lady! Emily is still writing poems about her.

One of my favorite memories, one day when Ted & I were at her apartment (we were just married then) we were getting ready to leave and she looked at Ted and said "by Joe" we looked at her and she got the funniest look on her face and we all started to laugh. It became a big joke between us and after that whenever she would call, she would ask about "Joe." It was our inside joke.

I miss grammie so much! I miss our talks, I miss her hugs & smiles and I miss her prayers!

I have so much to be thankful for,

~ my husband

~ my amazing kids

~ my family

~ our home

~ our church

~ a beautiful state to live in

~ friends

We spent the past week at our friends, Paul & Lori, they live in Springfield, CO. We helped them move from one house into a new one. It was a lot of work, but we had so much fun! We spent Thanksgiving with them. We had so much amazing food! We had to drive home after dinner (in the afternoon), that was sad, but it was good to be home too.....

Here are some pictures of the kids