Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Day at the Zoo

The kids had no school last Friday so we decided to make a trip to the zoo. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a beautiful zoo. The kids got to feed the giraffes and the weather was beautiful. We had a great day, we were there until it closed and the kids did great. I'm so glad we have so many friends that we can do fun things with! Thanks Carlsons, Flemmings, Drapers and Ike for coming with us, it was great!!

One Year!!

So, we are officially Coloradoers (I have no idea what they are called!!) We have really loved being here. When we were in Rhode Island thinking of the places we wanted to live, Colorado was always top on the list. After our prayers last night Steve said, it's weird that we are actually here, isn't it? Sometimes it feels like we have always been here and sometimes it seems like we just got here.
We have made so many amazing friends and we absolutely love being back in the mountains.
Trey had his final cello concert tonight. After his group was done the other groups of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony performed. They really have a ton of talent. It was so great, the top group had three cello soloists tonight. It almost made me cry because I thought 'I will get to listen to this for the rest of my life' I am so excited for Trey to continue with this instrument. It's so beautiful and it's so great to see him have something that he really is good at.
Last week we bought a new mattress. Yeah!! We were so excited about it. It's a memory foam and it has a twenty year warranty on it. Steve was in bed and he said 'Oh, my gosh! When this warranty runs out I will be 56!!' WoW! That really made me think about what my life will be like in 20 years. Twenty years ago I was just starting young women's. Hello, that wasn't very long ago!! It was kind of one of those moments that kind of slaps you in the face!
I wanted to tell Melanie thanks for the Cafe Rio recipe.. MMMMM!!!! LOVE CAFE RIO!!!

Marigolds in a Red Cup

Sam's first science fair!! She decided she wanted to plant marigold seeds and water them with different liquids to see which ones grew best. Well, it was very interesting. the seeds with just water grew great, the sugar water, 7-up, and milk did nothing. We think it's because the sugar formed a hard crust on the soil and the seeds couldn't come through. The dirt was like a brick on them, so it was kind of cool!! She did a great job with the poster and we are all glad that it's over with!! The air force came to be the judges, so that was fun, but Sam was so nervous for her oral presentation. She did great and I am very proud of all the hard work she (and Steve and I!!) did. We are (not) looking forward to Trey's projects over the next three years and Lizzie's after that! YIKES! I am so not good at coming up with ideas and then doing the poster, oh, well, C'est la vie!!

Moab

I have a ton of pictures of Moab and for some reason I can only post five pictures at a time so keep looking. Lizzie hiked to Delicate Arch and she did great-it was hot and cold and hard and she liked to be very dramatic about the whole situation. We had a good time visiting arches. Steve, Lee, Sam, Trey, Brody and Payton hiked all the way to the arch. It was SOSOSO windy and Sam was pretty freaked out by the time she came back to the ridge. I was really proud of her though, she does not like heights at all!!!

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