A Visit

It has been a week since Aaron, Jen, Morgan, Braylen, and Chloe left Colorado after their 2 week stay with us. The time went by to fast but we have many lasting memories of their trip. Here is a list of all we did together, in no particular order:

1. Jen and I saw the midnight showing of New Moon.
2. Shopping, shopping, and more shopping.
3. Lunch at Costa Vida. Jen had a craving and when I told her we had one in Colorado we were all over it.
4. Aaron and Jake went to a Nuggets and Bronco game.
5. Aaron, Jen, and Jake went to the CU vs Nebraska game.
6. Jen and I stood in line at Old Navy twice. Once on Thanksgiving to buy Rock Band 2 and get a free guitar. The other time was the day after at 2 am to get Lego Rock Band.
7. Playing with the Morgan and Braylen and cuddling Chloe.
8. Chloe started to roll over and now she is a pro at it.
9. Many family dinners.
10. Thanksgiving dinner. Mom made the best turkey.
11. Bowling which was a first for Morgan and Braylen. They did great but got bored halfway through the first game.
12. Celebrating Steve and Mogan's birthday. An awesome dinner by Annmarie and a cake from Cold Stone.
13. Playing outside. Braylen could not get enough of the sand box, luckily we had great weather.
14. Making Rice Krispy treats and cookies with Morgan.
15. And just being together, talking, and laughing a lot.

October Snow

Its still only fall, this should not be happening yet. The storm has closed schools and work for many people, including me. We have about 14 to 17 inches around our home along with drifts. The sun even peaked out while I was clearing the satellite dish off. The parents and Jake drove to Utah last night for a wedding so I was lucky enough to clear the drive way. Thanks dad for the lesson on the snow blower it helped out a lot. I am just staying inside keeping warm and watching old movies.

The Kids

Last week Gordon and Trisha left the kiddies with us while they went to San Diego for their 10 year anniversary. We had quite the busy litle house but it was all worth it. The kids were really great a few arguments here and there but no major break downs. They bunked up with me so it pretty much was a free for all where we slept. In the evenings Jake and I would take them to the park to give the grandparents some quiet time and to release some energy before bed. They went with Grandpa and Grandma on Wednesday to Annmarie's to watch Kendall and go swimming. Thursday was my day with the kids and I kept them very busy. We started off the morning by seeing G Force. At first I was only going to take Madison, Landon, and McKinley. When Kennedy saw us all getting ready to leave she came to me and said, "Ceesa I go movie too" oh how could I resist such a sweet plea. They were all great in the movie with a little bit of sugar they were set. We picked up some lunch at McDonalds and then headed to the Littleton Historical Museum with Margie and her kids. This place has the history of the town of Littleton but we spent most of our time on the farms. We saw donkeys, cows, turkeys, pigs, and chickens. Then home for a little relaxation and quiet time. That night Jake and I took Madison, Landon, and McKinley to Jump Street. This place has about 8 long trampolines lined up next to each other and you just go to town jumping. There is a trampoline and air jumpers for the litle kids plus a area to play dodge ball. We stayed for 2 hours and what a work out that was. I forgot the camera but it was a lot of fun. On Friday night we made homemade vanilla ice cream and made our own sundaes. Saturday came to fast and it was time for the family to load up and head home to Utah.













I really enjoyed having them around and now the house is so quiet and almost boring. The week went by so fast and I learned so much about each of the kids. Madison is very motherly and loves to help out. Landon loved hitting the wiffle ball, he became very good at it. McKinley is a talker but it was so fun to listen to her. Kennedy is soft spoken but can definetly get her feelings across when she needs to. And they all have a great sense of humor I do not think I have laughed so much. So this might sound weird but thanks Gordon and Trisha for letting me spend this time with them. I miss being around and seeing them grow up.

The Suite Life

The Broncos held an evening practice at Mile High a few weeks back which Jake and I attended. It was open to the public and the fans really showed their support I just hope its all worth it. We were lucky enough to have a friend hook us up with a chance to sit in a suite. What a life and only if I had a few thousand dollars to throw away this might be possible. It was fantastic! Comfy seats, great view, awesome food, and just plain fun. GO BRONCOS!

The team

Warm up

The coach on the left on the 50 yard line

The Man in Black - Pat Bowlen

Huddle

Snow in July...

Not really but close enough. Last nite a wild storm came through town causing power outages, trees and limbs torn down, leaves all over, and pea size hail with up to 6 inches in places. Jake and I were on our way home from a friends around 10:30 pm enjoying a little rainstorm. When the car in front of us slowed down and hail with standing water was cover the highway. We were very lucky the storm had already passed over leaving its trail. At home everything was standing up and we had power as well. The only areas that saw damage were the flower and vegetable garden. So Jake and I went out into the neighborhood checking it out. On a normally busy street a car was stranded in about 6 inches of hail. They were digging out the tires and eventually had to pull it out with the help of another car. It was pretty amazing to see the difference from our house and just a few blocks away, we did not get nearly that much hail. Hopefully we do not have a repeat performance tonite.

Summer Fun

Gordon, Trisha, and the kids came for a visit over 4th of July. We had so much fun together with BBQs, swimming at Annmarie's neighborhood pool, the water slide, playing Rock Band, and of course the fireworks. The kids have grown up so much and its great to enjoy time with them.






And is was also the weekend Steve and Annmarie blessed Kendall. Steve gave such a sweet blessing to such a sweet girl.



Madison and Landon stayed a couple extra days with us and rode back to Utah with Grandpa and Grandma. We even got a Rockies game in.