At Home in the Mountains

It's been 9 years since we got married. Time flies. Especially when you're having fun. Here's so highlights of some great times we've had together over the last 9 years: Year #1 (2003-04)---I graduated from York. We honeymooned at the Grand Canyon. Two weeks after we were married we moved to Ft. Collins for Aaron to start his Ph.D program. Year #2 (2004-05) --We bought our first house. Spent our anniversary in Idaho Springs. Went skiing in Glenwood Springs a couple of times. Year #3 (2005-06)-- Fishing craze. We camped and fished up at Red Feather Lakes many times. Great memories. I caught my first fish there. Year #4 (2006-07)--Aaron graduated with his Ph.D from CSU. Year #5 (2007-08)-- We hiked the Grand Canyon rim to rim, moved to Dallas, TX and vacationed in Big Bend National Park. We did an anniversary trip to Cripple Creek, CO. Year #6 (2008-09)-- Aaron got a job at DBU as an Assistant Professor of Biology. Went to Black Canyon in Montrose. We go...

Remember at the beginning of the year when I said our family motto was "If we're going to do something let's do it all at once"? Well it is so true. Our craziness started when I signed Maddy up for VBS at a very large church here in Dallas. Our church doesn't do a VBS (not enough manpower I think), but I loved VBS as a kid and I wanted Maddy to get to experience it. This is the same church where she will do a Mother's Day Out program for 2 days a week this fall. So it served the dual purpose of trying to gauge if she'd do well at school in the fall at this facility. I also ended up volunteering just because I was interested to see how things worked from the inside and they were short about 100 volunteers when I signed Maddy up. It was an exhausting week for both of us but Maddy had a great time! How could she not? This VBS was loaded with Bible stories, crafts, activities such as a petting zoo, a magic show (they called it "illusions"), a train...