Nature Hike

On Sunday afternoon we got some AWESOME weather.... it was about 60 degrees, so we decided tp go down to the Fountain Creek Nature Center and go on a hike....we had such a great time....the trail goes along the creek and is absolutely gorgeous! It was SO nice to get out and about and enjoy some sunshine for a change of scenery!



Here's some pics I took on the hike with my cell phone....thus the not so great pictures.... I love the one that we're all smooshed together in! In the one of the kids Cal looks like he's pouting....he was having a blast though!

Christmas 2007

* We had such a great Christmas this year! The kids got a wonderful surprise from their Daddy and he got to come home to visit them for 3 weeks during Christmastime. He got in on the 12th and had to leave the 30th and they got to spend almost the WHOLE time with him and Cyndee and their step brother Jake and step sister Kristen. They had such a great time! Some of their Dad's family came to visit, their Grandpa Billy and Grandma Joyce and Chad (their Dad's) brother Shawn came to stay over Christmas too! It was SO good for the kids to spend that time with their Daddy...they have missed him so much, he has been deployed to Iraq since September of 2007 and isn't due to come back until December of 2008.
*I got the opportunity to go and visit my parents and brother Nate and his family for a week while the kids were with Chad over Christmas. It was so good to get back home to Idaho and have a week of downtime. And anyone that knows me, knows that I love my family and we are so close and I enjoy every minute I get to spend with them! I also got to catch up with a few of my closest and most favorite people in the world, my best friend since high-school Jenny and a great family friend and like an older sister to me Kim and her kids!
*Thanks Mom and Dad for the opportunity to be able to come out and visit! I miss you guys and couldn't ask for better parents.
*Nate, Kelley, Braxton and Zoey- it was so good to see you guys and be able to spend time with you! My door is open to you any time you wanna get outta town- I love you guys!
*Jen- your my best friend and like a sister to me- we've been through so much and I love how anytime we get to see eachother....it's like no time has passed. I can't believe our kids are getting so big- Come visit me this summer!
*Kim and Jim- you guys have always been such wonderful friends! I am so grateful that we got to know eachother so well way back in Alabama! You guys are like family- it was so great to see you and the kids Kim, finally! Lets not let that much time pass before we get us all together again! If we can get 1 outta the 4 to marry then we'll be set! Be safe Jim and come home soon! *Connie- I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to catch up- I love you, you guys need to get out this way and come visit- it's beautiful!

Happy Apple Farm

Here's the kids at the Happy Apple Farm- they have a gianormous pumpkin patch and the only rule is....you have to be able to carry your own pumpkin to the car...which is probably about 1/4 mile! They love it! We've gone here every fall to pick our pumpkins since we've lived in Colorado! Tony- the owner of the farm LOVES the kids and thinks thier great- everytime we go there he says "wow, they are getting SO big" this year he let them go in and pick anything they wanted out of the store and gave it to them as a gift! How sweet! I love shopping local! :D

Say NO to crack

Here's our Cailey Mae playing in the sand...I kept telling her to pull up her pants...she was so much more interested in getting sand in any orfice of her brothers that she didn't care if half of her bum was showing.... I also love that she still does that cute lil squat! That's my favorite!