Recently we have been.....

Eatting Snowflakes! Emma taking Sam on his first sled ride!

And he loved it................

Not near as much as I love him though!! Isn't he the cutest!

And all that sledding makes you do this...................

We've been:

Trick-or-treating!

L to R: Chelsea, Sam, Emma and Sophia (Molly's daughter)

Carving Pumpkins!

Making Graveyard Cups!



MaryJo and I helping out @ Medical Mayhem (the local EMT Fundraiser)

It's been a while

And this is what we have been up to: Picking Pumpkins!

Chimney Rock Farms Pumpkin Patch, CO with the Lutheran School.

Sutherland Farms Pumpkin Patch, NM

Getting a piggy back ride thru the corn maze.

This is where I live

It dawned on me there are some of you who have not been to Colorado to see where I live. I do not want to name names JANET LEE HANSON or GREG THOMAS WALSH. But I thought this would give you an better picture in your head.

This is my view out my front door to the N of us

There are many bears among us!

What I see when I go to work!

Straight out my front door faces east!

More bears...

This is Lake Forest the lake we live on. We are in the NW corner of it.

Another view of our lake I'll post more but I am tired ATM!!It's midnight here and tomorrow I have to work (and bring Sam Pray it will go smooth). UGH!!

Nemo

Wrong Nemo! I meant this one below!!!

After many years of repeated requests, we gave in and let the kids get another ferret. Kyle has been saving for 2 years and we decided if they were really good this summer and helped out, instead of an allowance we would help them out with the purchase of a ferret. Sam and I went down to Farmington, NM and met my friend Amy. We went to Star Bucks and then she accompanied me to Petco, where I am sure I drove her nuts with my undecisiveness and played with the many wild and crazy rodents. The lady helping us knew nothing more than I about sexing them. All I knew was I was told NOT to come home with a male. All the really cute ones were wild. Amy loved one, which was a doll and while I said I was not going for looks, I lied as I just could not bring myself to go that far! Ehhh! But she was sweet, bless her heart and I hope she gets a great home as she really wanted to leave with someone. But back to how we got Nemo! The rodent man (I mean the small animal specialist)finally arrived and the one I had my heart on was a boy! Damn it! So I said I had to go, call hubby and think about it. Meanwhile Amy and I looked for some boots for Emma. Without success on that I did however get Mike's approval on a male after I filled him in on the news I learned -Scoop out poop daily and bathe often (ferret not me!!) So we went back to bring Nemo home!!

Isn't he cute!

Pagosa Colorfest 2008

Pagosa Colorfest 2008 A very special weekend in my heart, this is the very weekend 10 years ago Mike and I hooked up. As well a special occasion for the kids. This weekend Kyle was @ boyscouts camping and Emma was with a friend. But Mike, Chelsea, Sam and I got up early, got a fancy coffee and headed out to watch some 28 or so balloons lift off!

Though Chelsea loves watching our local balloon touch down in the lake infront of the house I think she was alittle frightened of the noise and massive size as we walked around and under the many balloons! She kept insisiting she was hungry and tired, telling us she needed to go home to take a nap. (Chelsea = nap. NO!) We have since learned this is code for "get me the hell out of here" and words of plea when she doesn't want to be doing something. But not much later she became more comfortable and the false comments deminished. We enjoyed a nice stroll and AM together. Sam quietly watched in awe from the babyhawk carrier he was nestled in.

Ended the day in the evening @ the balloon glow. No pics, sorry! Only 5 balloons came to light up the crowd. Chelsea again pleading she was tired and needed a nap. It wasn't untill we were walking to the car she thought it was cool. Goof ball!!

My Favorite picture of the day

video of our trip to m,l,m house

here is a video, my first ever attempt at creating one -I chose this one as I only had a few pictures, my second attempt is much longer!! This is a clip when we visited our stranger friend Matt and his beautiful daughter Madeline!

http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=3669&CID=218851