01.03.16

Christmas in the Books
Spent the last two days packing up Christmas and getting some "New Year's Purging" done...feels GREAT!! 

12.25.15

Full Moon
Had to get the Christmas Full Moon into the blog.

12.28.14

Christmas Gifts
Enjoying Chad's new coasters and my new Macro lens...thank you babe!!

12.26.14

Last Bit of Fun
Yesterday there were Legos for both young and old. After some inspiration from Matthew, Kelly and I decided to make a Lego movie using his gold mine set. Below is the video.

Fortunately, the roads weren't too bad heading back home. Glad the weather forecast of 6-12 inches didn't pan out.

12.25.14

Christmas Fun
Well, the big day finally arrived. It was filled with laughs, tears, and a couple of time-outs.

It ended with a beautiful sunset, while we were out in the cold trying to launch a rocket...Houston, we had a problem. 

And then a great nightcap with my new ice sphere!

12.24.14

Christmas Eve
Just a warning...picture overload for today's post. Just remember, it is Christmas Eve after all!!

The sun was back out today...beautiful day! 

Renee made her yummy pecan rolls for tomorrow morning.

Was very excited that I could bet a run in...had some extra calories to burn!

During church tonight, Matthew wrote the sweetest note for Santa. It was set out with the cookies. My mom got an early start teaching him some of the editing marks. 

12.23.14

The Weather Outside is Frightful
Had a blizzard today! Not sure how much snow we ended up with, but I-70 eastbound was closed from Limon east. Glad we made it out yesterday and everyone else is coming out tomorrow. The wind was absolutely CRAZY!!

Since I couldn't get out to run, hung out in the kitchen getting ready for the next couple of days. Made some "Christmas Crack" AKA Peppermint Puppychow. 

12.22.14

Home for the Holidays
Headed east with most of the Kenyon family today. In addition to the bourbon, brought along an Odell flavor as well. Beautiful sunny day before the storm.

Mr. Big made his big delivery tonight as well.

11.22.14

Starlighting
The weather was great so I was able to talk Chad into going to the annual Starlighting Ceremony. Discovered the Handheld Night Scene mode on my camera and got several good shots. 

And of course I had to finish the evening with a drink...Breckenridge Bourbon on the rocks. (This is when I really need an ice ball!)

01.01.14

New Beginnings

Well, here we are again...New Year's Day. A day we all eat healthy, workout, clean the house, make some resolutions, get a couple new subscriptions, etc. Reflecting, I managed to get a whole SIX posts here last year! The sad thing is there have been a number of times that I search through the blog looking for certain events/photos. I've come to realize that I really enjoy looking back at previous posts. So...I resolve to more than 6 posts in 2014!

I couldn't decide between two photos, so I decided to post them both. This was the sunrise at my parent's farm in Burlington, Colorado the morning of Christmas Eve 2013.



The second photo was taken at least 2-3 years ago...signs of new life in the spring after a cold winter.

Something that will hopefully inspire you. Happy New Year and may 2014 bring you peace, love, joy, and happiness!!

12.25.12

Christmas Rainbows

This was a first...rainbows in the west. We had snow most all of the day and then it began to clear in the late afternoon. At sunset there seemed to be just enough moisture in the air to create a rainbow.

12.22.12

Elf On the Shelf

Got to help my nephew's elf have a little baking adventure. He makes great snow angels!

01.02.10

Christmas Tree

I realized that I hadn't taken any photos of the Christmas tree this year. I figured that since I'll be taking it down tomorrow, I should probably include at least one photo.

12.30.09

Traditions

The December assignment for the 2009/365 flickr photo group was to take a photo of a family tradition. This photo is of my sisters' and my stockings. These were made by mother years ago and are only three in the family collection. The first stockings obviously belonged to my mom and dad - then the three girls - then their three husbands - and last year, their grandson.

As kids, my sisters and I were Santa for my parents. We would rummage through my mother's craft supplies or pick up odds and ends at the local Ben Franklin's store...planning some sort of great-crafted gift. There was a great deal of plastic, Popsicle sticks and glue involved. How times of changed...

On Christmas Eve we would attach them to the handle of wooden spoons that were stuck into the wood burning fire place. (Don't worry...the fire wasn't going.) As we begin to celebrate our Christmas morning in other locations, outside of my childhood home, they find new hanging spots.

No matter what gifts they contain or where they are hung, the red and white felt stockings are an important tradition to our family.

12.26.09

Waffles!

The Kenyons gave us a waffle maker for Christmas and we tried it out today. We made cinnamon-nut waffles and they were yummy! I'm looking forward to making more flavors. Thanks guys...maybe I can make you some waffles on New Year's morning!

12.24.09

Santa Strikes Again!

Well, after a number of hours in various dealerships and countless hours of Internet research...I have a new car!! We were looking at several different cars and had it narrowed down to the Audi Q5 and Cadillac SRX...as you can see the German engineering won. (It was fun taking home the car that had a big bow on it - we did leave the bow at the dealership.) So far I LOVE IT!! It handles great in the snow and I feel so much safer. It wasn't that I really felt unsafe in my Acura TSX, but I really enjoy the fact that I don't have to get a running start just to get up and in the driveway. I have to say it did feel a little weird purchasing a car on Christmas Eve.

12.21.09

Popcorn!

Fortunately Santa got the memo that we were celebrating early and he managed to make a stop at our house and left a popcorn machine in the basement! We used it right away last night, making popcorn while we watched the Survivor Finale with my parents. It makes yummy popcorn!!! Thanks Santa!

12.20.09

Family Christmas

Today we celebrated and hosted Christmas with my side of the family. This photo is a section of the AMAZING quilt my mom made for me...I LOVE IT!!! It was a great day with family. It was especially fun watching Matty unwrap his presents...he took great care in all his unwrapping. I'm going to guess that his unwrapping techniques will be much different next Christmas. :o) I am so thankful for my wonderful family!

12.17.09

SUGAR!

As I walked through the halls of school today, I noticed one constant...the smell of sugar. As I walked into a classroom I was greeted by a wall of the sweet smell. Not only were students consuming large amounts of sugar, but they were also creating gingerbread houses (or in the case of the 6th graders - gingerbread condos!)