Trying Something "New" on New Years Day

On New Years Day we wanted to start our the year with trying something that we had never done. So we rented Snowshoes and headed up to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a cold day and the wind was blowing, so wrapped up in "Goretex" we climbed out of the warm Truck to start our adventure. We hiked to three lakes starting at Bear Lake, then to Lilly Lake, and reaching out goal of Emerald Lake. It was Breathtaking, to see the mountains draped with snow and the Lakes frozen solid. Even our water bottles were frozen. I was a wonderful and adventurist day. I guess we have found a new winter hobby.

SANTA

Look what Santa brought. My mom once told me that once you stop believing in Santa he stops coming to visit you. I have three teenagers that joyfully announce to me "I believe, I believe" and yes you are right Santa still visits them.

After working for 8 years in retail, it was a Christmas blessing to not be so up close to the hustle and bustle of the shopping world. It was even more wonderful to spend Christmas with Family. We were blessed to share Christmas day with Mom-mom and Papa Dean, Angie and Scott, their two adorable boys, and Michael. They made the Christmas just a little brighter.

Ryan Takes 3rd Place

Ryan participated in a meet in Denver where 12 high schools were in attendance he place 3rd in the heavy weight beating a guy that almost weighed 300 pounds.

Hey! There are more dogs than kids

We got the call "puppies in need" so we rushed right down to the animal shelter to jump into action. There was a litter of 8 puppies that was found by a farmer in his barn, the mother had died and the puppies were left abandoned. They were close to death when they arrived at the shelter so they began feeding them as much as they could eat. When they were fattened up a bit they were ready to be placed in their foster homes. We took 3, 2 girls and one boy. It is a little CRAZY to have 5 dogs. But, it is just for a little while.