04.15.15

Morning View
I've spent years out on the CSE playground. Something today just caught my eye.

Had the worst round of golf at Red Hawk ever tonight...could not focus!

04.08.15

Busy Day

The 3rd graders got a shipment of cabbages today...brought me back to my days of Cabbage Patch Kids.

Erin got a brand new container of Red Vines today...YUM!!!

Finally, ended the evening with golf league at Red Hawk. The weather was a little better, but not by much. We had a few distractions during our round.

04.01.15

Busy Day
Enjoying the first on the daffodils

We played at Bear Dance in the morning and then I had golf league at Red Hawk in the afternoon. Missing the sun for Wednesday nights already...and it's only the first night of pre-season.

03.30.15

Two Courses
Well, I didn't actually play at two courses. Our ladies golf league had a membership meeting at Red Hawk and then we played at Bear Dance. Once again...another beautiful day...the spring flowers are even beginning to make an appearance.

03.15.15

Beautiful Day!
Started off today with finally pulling down the Christmas lights. 

We then headed to Red Hawk for a late tee time and managed to get all 18 holes in! Loved being back out in the sun!

03.03.15

Another Tuesday
The next storm started blowing in this morning.

I had to get a shout-out to some of my Colorado favorites for 303 Day...I did enjoy a little Breck!

02.27.15

Busy Day
This morning we woke up to perfect, untouched snow outside. 
















Today I was finished getting all of our devices ready for PARCC testing that begins Monday.

Finally, I spent an hour at the local Lost Coffee with the students from our 1st/2nd Combo class. They have been learning about various artists and recreated a famous drawing from each one. They recorded a video reflection and we used the Aurasma App to integrate the video and art work. It was a great night and fun to see how excited they were.

02.21.15

More Snow
Feeling better today. Was able to head out and take a few pics of the snow...unfortunately the snowflakes were crap! 

I will say that watching the huge, white flakes coming down while I could smell the chocolate banana baking in the oven...made the snowy weekend even better!

02.16.15

Snow & Reef
Got a good amount of snow today...too bad we already had the day off!

Parker enjoyed a little of the Cayman Reef Cam this afternoon. It's always fun to visit my "happy place"!!

02.14.15

February??
Had a great Valentine's Weekend! Friday we did dinner, Chad stole my car for a wash and detail and then delivered three-dozen roses. (Thanks for nothing FedEx!) Today we enjoyed the opportunity to play 27 holes of golf...the 14th of February! Also saw two blue birds on the course. I am looking forward to the upcoming snow today and tomorrow. Finished the night off with a favorite beverage.

02.11.15

Glimpse of Winter
It was just a couple of inches, but this morning's wet snow was beautiful...right before it all melted!

01.21.15

Snow
There was GREAT snow this morning. I wanted to just hang out in it...or take photos...but had to go to work. Lots of people loved today's snow!

Funny story from school today...a class of Kindergarten students came into the lab for their standardized testing. I was in there working at my desk and just a few minutes after they came in, I hear one little boy say, "These headphones are going to mess up my mohawk." Loved it!

01.04.15

No Football
How do you fill a Sunday with no football? (At least football that really doesn't matter?) Cleaning and sledding of course! Did some closet purging and organizing and then headed to the sledding hill again...this time with the Kenyon family.

01.02.15

Day of Fun
These days don't come as often anymore...a day to watch the nephews. Back when they were "little", just an FYI they are three and six, I could always count on some downtime when they took a nap...not anymore! I was the one who needed the nap.

While waiting for the pool to open, we had to get in some video games...LittleBigPlanet was the game of choice.

We then made our way to the Castle Rock Rec Center for some fun. The last time I took Matty there he had just turned two. Back then he wouldn't go down the kid's slide on his own. (Aunt Jen had to take him and then got in trouble because she was too "big".) This time he spotted the big slides and was hooked. He spent all his time there while Ryan and I hung out in the shallows playing shark. (He also had no interest in the smaller slide...guessing that will change just like his brother.) 

After a lunch of Old McDonald, we headed to the sledding hill, AKA - Red Hawk Ridge's driving range. It's the perfect spot...no rocks or crap under the snow and it's a nice long slope. We had picked up two tubes the day before, but Matty insisted on the sled from the garage. He made one run down the "regular" section of the hill and then spent the rest of the afternoon going down the section with the jump at the end. (Even impressed some of the older boys there.) As for Ryan, he got a few less runs in due to the fact that either Uncle Chad or I had to tow both our tube and him, in his tube, back up the hill. It was a great workout! 


With a couple of unhappy, very tired boys, we made our way home for some hot chocolate and popcorn.

Later in the evening, after all children were safely home with their mom and day, Aunt Jen had a little refreshment of her own! Santa knew she would get good use out of the ice spheres!

01.01.15

New Year - New Fun!
I have to start by wishing everyone a "Happy New Year!!" May 2015 be filled with love, joy and happiness!

Well, started off the New Year with a GREAT day...chocolate chip cookie for breakfast, coffee on the way to Arvada for snow tubes, SmashBurger for lunch on the way home, and then several hours of tubing on the Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course. With the snow coming down it was awesome! Looking forward to spending the day with two of my favorite little men tomorrow!

I did manage to get a photo in the AM before the afternoon storm rolled in.

11.25.14

Writing in the Snow
Was going to post this yesterday...forgot...it was "HI" written in the snow on the fairway out back first thing this morning.

11.23.14

Storm
Little taste of winter this afternoon.

11.15.14

Grounded
Was supposed to be headed up in a Bell 407 this morning over downtown Denver, but the fog and snow kept the helicopter on the ground. I'm hopeful that we will get to reschedule the flight for next week.

The snowy afternoon was a perfect time to finally enjoy the New Belgium "Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout." It was okay...nothing to rave about.

10.29.14

Day Three - Team Up
Had to be the rebel today and go with the other local team and pull out my Avs jersey.

Also had a great final night of league golf...will be missing everything about it though this off-season. And who doesn't love some sweet treats...especially when they are from the "darkside".

10.22.14

Eagle!
For several holes, the best part of last night was no rain. Then I got the par four, 5th hole. I know I've gotten an eagle before, but just don't remember when. Now I can say my last eagle was October 22, 2014. I managed to save it for the next to last week of post-season league play...would have helped my ringer score get under 30! I wasn't overly impressed with my tee shot and was about 112 yards out. Hit my pitching wedge, the ball hit 3-5 yards short of the pin and the rest is history. It was a fun shot!!

Had to add the Starbursts...one of my favorite sweet treats to eat and share. Love my pink and red!:)