tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62287251688518624252024-03-05T16:00:23.061-06:00At Home in the MountainsLife at 8200 texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.comBlogger431125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-57799467973041917062019-05-23T23:11:00.000-05:002019-05-23T23:11:12.321-05:00RaccoonsWe've been plagued with the nasty devils this week. We accidentally left dog food on the porch one night. Fortunately, Aaron saw the raccoon sneaking a snack before he headed to bed. We chased it off but woke up to find one of our chickens had been it's victim. I have been super careful to make sure no food has been left out but the raccoon has been back. I heard a terrible confrontation in the woods on Tuesday night between a raccoon and SOMETHING in the woods. The SOMETHING whimpered as the raccoon hissed and spit. I hope that whatever the SOMETHING was it is ok. It sounded like a dog so I am wondering if it was a coyote vs. raccoon showdown. One of our cats stays out all the time and I thought at first it was her. I was out banging a bucket with a stick and yelling trying to get the raccoon to leave. Turns out the cat was on the deck cool as a cucumber. We had been letting Whiskers and kittens stay outside as well but now we go through the nightly routine of putting them in a crate in the garage. The night of the confrontation, I thought I has chased the raccoon off with the bucket act but heard some scratching or something and went out to see and it was by the deck, way too close to where kitties were sleeping. I did not go to bed until very late that night because I was worried I had not really chase the raccoon off. I had also filled a hole it dug to get in the chicken pen that day and put rocks in the hole and that deterred it but I saw that the dirt had been dug down to the rocks last night. Such is life in the mountains on the hobby farm.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-88148869891917642512019-04-24T13:49:00.002-05:002019-04-24T13:49:42.944-05:00Animal Happenings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It looks like the last update I posted on animals was about going to the sale barn and getting cows. As a reminder we got a calf/cow pair and a "weaned" calf: Chloe, Midnight, and Mooey. Chloe and midnight are some kind of black angus mix and midnight is part Holstein. Midnight and Mooey will eventually be our meat cows. We hope to AI Chloe sometime in the near future for another calf. Midnight, her calf pictured below (much littler in the pic than he is now) is a very good looking steer. He could go to the fair if he wanted. This is a picture of him getting out of his fence and coming in the yard. He still gets out from time to time. Having a mama calf keeps both the steers in line though. They are much better about not getting crazy, unlike some other steers we could name from the past, but won't. We ended up having to feed quite a bit of hay this winter as we had snow cover from November to end of March. We got our barn built about January and began collecting more animals shortly thereafter.<br />
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Strange creature spotted around Halloween.<br />
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Lots of deer came through this winter looking for birdseed. Below is a super blurry picture of a bobcat that visited around New Years.<br />
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At the end of January, Houdini, our dog, got really sick and we had to put him down. He was almost 14.<br />
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At the end of February we adopted a Welsh pony, Snickers. She is 23 but still healthy and we're hoping the kids can ride this summer. She does not like cows.<br />
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At the beginning of February we began our cat collection. Aaron was on his way to get Whiskers from his mom when I got a call from the animal shelter in Castle Rock saying a cat that had been microchipped to us had been found. Our cat Genevieve ran away 2 years ago. When we got to the shelter it was her. Whiskers came home with Aaron and ran away a couple of days later. She was gone for two weeks and at the end of march we woke up to a box full of kittens.<br />
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The kittens are now almost 4 weeks old an looking for a good home.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-29534609922160365702019-04-24T13:15:00.001-05:002019-04-24T13:15:43.957-05:00Ski Season 18/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year we became official ski bums. We got season passes to Monarch. It was great year to do it because all of the slopes in Colorado had a great snow year. Monarch had a 90 inch base for much of the season which was fantastic. Ski season started at Monarch on Thanksgiving weekend but we did not go until December I think. The girls were kind of back and forth, love/hating skiing, all season. Kelsay ended the season really loving skiing and having a lot more confidence and skill. Maddy ended with definitely better skill but not sure her confidence or desire to ski increased that much. Some days she had a blast and some days she didn't. We also got to ski Powder Horn, Crested Butte, and Cooper and Copper and Aaron got to go to Park City and Deer Valley in Utah with a work trip. Ski season was not without it's hazards. In February, in Crested Butte, Aaron had a wreck on a double black run and broke three ribs. That put him down for a solid month but he is close to back to 100% and was able to ski for most of the rest of the season. Our ski trips provided a lot of good memories and fun with family and friends. The Crested Butte trip was with Aaron's brother and nephews and we also skied Christmas Eve with them at Powder Horn. We did a lot of skiing at Monarch and Cooper with my parents. We had free lift tickets to Copper for buying our skis at the beginning of the season so Aaron and I got to go on that by ourselves for a couple of days. Over Spring Break we did a 5 day ski trip at Monarch and that really helped everyone improve on their ability this season. The girls were doing blue runs by February. I was able to ski my first black run on the spring break trip and did quite a few blacks for the season. I did some really difficult blacks (not well) at Copper. We skied closing weekend this past weekend at Monarch. I'm already looking forward to next season and to improving in skill and confidence. Here are a bunch of pictures of skiing we did:<br />
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Monarch in December...still was not a good base at this point and this day was really warm. They actually did this while Mom and I were in L.A. to see Brittany's show.<br />
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Powder Horn Christmas eve. The girls did not go on this day. It was lot's of fun to ski a different slope and spend time with Aaron's family.<br />
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Park City and Deer Valley trip Aaron did with his work.<br />
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Crested Butte. My favorite place we went this year. Beautiful, great runs. So fun!<br />
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Back to Monarch for Spring Break. Below I am ready to go down my first black: B's Bash.<br />
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Beautiful views from the Panorama lift at Monarch over Spring Break.<br />
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Mom about to go down her first black: Picante!<br />
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I think this is a picture of me at Copper skiing this terrifyingly steep run called: Revenge. I want Revenge on Revenge next year.<br />
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On Monday, we borrowed a stock trailer from Aaron's grandparents and went to get ourselves some cows. We had been wanting to for a while but we had a really dry summer and a busy summer. It finally started raining in July so we decided to go get some cows with more of a long term view in mind. The girls and I wanted a calf/cow pair and Aaron wanted a steer. The nearest sale barn is in Calhan which is about an hour and a half to the east of us. The sale started at noon. We got there and got our number. They were auctioning pigs at the time so we decided to get some hamburgers and corn dogs at the sale barn cafe as we weren't interested in pigs. The food was good. We finished eating and then watched some goats and sheep get auctioned off. Finally it was time for the cows.<br />
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We knew there weren't many calf cow pairs available so we were nervous about getting one. The first pair that came out was really pretty but went too high. The next that came out had a wild mamma. She ran around the ring, nearly trampling her calf. She butted the rails. As soon as she came out you could just feel everyone in the sale barn saying, not taking that one. They finally separated her from her calf and sold her by the pound and then sold her calf separate. They also randomly threw out single calves. Some had bunged up legs and went for very cheap. They put an bigger bull calf in that looked healthy. No one was bidding on him. The price went down to $150 and we decided to take him. He was smaller that what we were originally planning to buy but it was a deal that we couldn't pass up. So that took care of the "steer". They sent out a bony and old mom and calf and then finally another mom and calf that had come of f of drought range but still looked decent and the mom seemed docile. We waited for the bid price to go down as no one was bidding. The auctioneer finally took them down to $800 and us and one or two others started bidding and we got them for $860. Mom looked a bit bony but she still weighed in at over 1000 so felt like we did good with that as well. We got our tickets payed and were loaded by 3:00 or 3:30. We headed home and go them all unloaded into the corral without incident.<br />
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On the way home the girls named the calf/cow pair Midnight (calf) and Chloe (mamma). The bull calf was named Mooey. Mooey has turned out to be a very appropriate name. Mooey apparently misses his mamma very much. He has a very loud voice and has bawled a lot since coming to our place. Hopefully he will quite that in another day or two or we may have a problem with our neighbors. He is a very friendly little guy and likes people and likes having his head scratched. Chloe seems very calm but she is not to interested in people coming close to her or her calf.<br />
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I will try to get better pics of the herd later. The grass in the corral was so tall we could hardly even see the little calf one we unloaded everyone.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-23649448363522268452018-06-13T13:21:00.000-05:002018-06-13T13:21:32.625-05:00Chicken Run 2...or do I mean Three Stooges: The Lost Episodes?<br />
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It all started in March when Aaron decided to get 5 chicks from tractor supply--two barred rock and three golden comets. The golden comets were the type of chicken we already had. The idea was to replace some layers that got killed one night when they were left out in the cold. We had since built a covered chicken run to prevent predators. The main question about getting these chicks is where we'd actually keep them once they became stinky, ugly pullets instead of cute little chicks. That question, however was never really answered. So the chicks grew bigger and bigger, were transferred to the garage and became very, very stinky. We finally decided that maybe it was time to try to integrate the pullets into the new flock. We put them out in the coop and separated the pullets in the coop and the big chickens in the yard for several days. Things seemed to be going well so we left the coop open and the new chickens mostly stayed in the coop and the old chickens outside...or so we thought. We came home one day to find that they had severely pecked the two barred rock chickens. One died of it's injuries after a few days and the other is going to recover but I am very concerned about her going back into the other flock of chickens. Anyhow, I came up with a plan to build a second enclosure so we could keep the new chickens outside but separate them from the old chickens. I had wanted to build another anyway to enlarge the first chicken run. So this morning, Dad and I began to work on the new chicken run. After nailing the base and roof together with Dad's nail gun, the gauge on his compressor suddenly blew out. So that was the end of using nails. We decided to use screws. When we moved the base to nail in the wall studs the entire base basically just fell to pieces. Probably nails were wrong length. So Dad had a box that had a few screws with him. He began to use the screw gun but the screws didn't have the type of head that he wanted so we made a trip to the hardware store. We bought new screws, gate hinges, nails ( just in case) and headed back to my house. When we got back we started screwing the base together. Then Dad discovered that the screws we had were actually the exact same screws we had just bought and the problem was that he didn't have the right bit in his screw gun. No worries. We would have needed more than we had anyway. So we put the base back together, did the studs along one wall. Then came the task of turning this huge base on it's side and figuring out how to hold it while we put the studs on the other side. After turning it every which way, trying to prop it up by screwing a board into the base at an angle, lot's of "dadburnit"'s, "shoot"'s, "something's not right here"'s, we took everything apart and three hours later had one 2x4x12 with three studs in it to show for all our work. Oh and I didn't mention that somehow (I am going to blame it on hot sun, low blood pressure, and too little breakfast) I had read the measurements and the plans wrong and none of the the three studs were in the right place anyway. We hauled our project in the shade and stopped for lunch. Mom came to help after lunch and having another person to hold stuff really helped the project along. In the next three hours, we managed to get the structure together and start to put some chicken wire on while Dad built the door. I had to make one run to get chicken wire because we were just short, but that was really the only big setback for the afternoon. We finally got the thing finished and the new chickens moved in a little before 6. Right now they have to sleep in a dog crate. I am hoping they will be able to integrate after a few weeks and use the coop as well. For now they are very happy to roam in the chicken run and be outside I think.<br />
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This past week we took a 5 day trip to Anna Maria Island, FL. It is about an hour and a half drive from Tampa. Aaron bought this vacation fall 2016 at an auction for Maddy's school. He planned to use it as a work trip for Bios Research, but it never came together until May 2018. So the Fletchers, Mom and Dad, and two of Aaron's employees went to the beach house for the vacation. The house we stayed in was huge and really nice and maybe a 1/4 mile walk to the beach.<br />
We started our trip off by having flight delays and then rental car problems. I was 1:30 a.m. when we got into Tampa. Then took forever to get our mini van we rented. As we drove to turn out of the airport the back of the van popped open and would not shut! So we turned around and went back to the rental place. The guy got it to close but then the back wouldn't open! So they gave us another van and we finally got to our hotel at 3 a.m. We all slept in the next morning. After breakfast at the hotel, we decided to drive over to Clearwater to go to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, home of Winter the dolphin. There is a movie called Dophin Tale about Winter that Maddy loves. The summary is that the dolphin was discovered as a baby. She lost her tail from an injury. Then Hanger Prosthetic, which is a company that has made some orthodics for Maddy, made Winter a prosthetic tail to help her with swimming and physical therapy. So the kids were thrilled to get to see Winter in person. Kelsay pretended she was Winter all week long and when they watched Dophin Tale at the beach house (just happened to have a dvd of the movie there) Kelsay cried and cried over Winter, even though she'd seen her at the aquarium and knew that Winter was ok. Anyway, I think that was THE highlight of the trip for Kelsay and a big highlight for Maddy.<br />
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After the aquarium, we at lunch at a grille that was right across the street. I had fish tacos, Aaron had fish nachos and others had sandwiches of various kinds. After lunch we headed to Anna Maria and our beach house. We got in about 5 and then went to have supper at a spot called the Beach House that was right on the coast. It was raining like crazy when we got there. The girls didn't mind getting wet while we waited for a table. We all had various kinds of fish and shrimp for dinner. I had stuffed grouper that was really good and Aaron got some shrimp linguine that was amazing.<br />
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The next morning we got up and hit the beach right after breakfast. Rain was predicted for the afternoon and it was overcast all morning. It felt hot to us Coloradans but those from Dallas thought it was a little chilly for a beach day.<br />
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We had a great time playing in the sand and getting used to the ocean and figuring out where it was safe for the kids to go, etc. We picked up a lot of sea shells and built sand castles.<br />
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We went back to the house after lunch and then played in the pool until it started raining. Then we took a walk after supper (grilled chicken and shrimp kabobs) to see the sunset and look for more shells. We got to see a sea turtle nest as well.<br />
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Aaron forgot to sunscreen his back so he burned bad. Blistered in fact. All of us got a bit toasted in various places. A lot of people forgot to sunscreen their feet so got burned there. We ate a picnic lunch on the beach on this day so we'd have more time to kayak, etc. WE thought it was going to storm but it all stayed east and south of us so we had a great day for beach activities.<br />
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Even Nanna and Grandad got into the kayaking and paddle boarding. I really liked both a lot more than I thought I would. It was a lot of fun and I'd love to do more soon.<br />
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On Monday we fished. It was four to a boat so we had to take two boats out. I caught a sea trout and Aaron caught a sea trout and a mackerel. We saved those to eat. Maddy caught a huge snook (pictured below) but those were out of season so we had to put it back .<br />
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Maddy even got to drive the fishing boat and did a great job! The fishing trip was a ton of fun. We had fish Monday and Tuesday night. On Monday we grilled mackerel and made the trout into fish tacos. On Tuesday we made almond crusted trout and had roasted veggies and salad as sides. It was all really good but we were all done eating fish for a while by the end.<br />
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Wednesday morning, our time was up. We left and ate lunch at a place called The Getaway. No one got fish but I did get to try a Cuban sandwich which was fun. We had delays again on our way home and got in late back home. I am exhausted but glad that we went.<br />
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The kids enjoyed the water, the sand, the pool, and beach life so much. The water and beach were beautiful on Anna Maria island. I grew up going to Galveston for the beach and never liked it that much. It was gross and dirty. Until a few years ago, I thought the beach was just gross. I am thankful to have had this opportunity to see a pretty beach and all of the amazing sea life. We saw dolphins, manatees, pelicans and lots of other birds. My dad even saw a stingray jump out of the water. It was an amazing trip and an experience I hope to repeat soon.<br />
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Maddy had her Easter program performance on March 20th. The kids did a great job. They preformed a musical play called "Back to the Cross". Maddy had a solo in the song "Back to the Cross". She did a great job! We all enjoyed desserts together after the play was over.<br />
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Whew! 38. That happened fast. Good thing I had such a great birthday celebration to counter-act feeling old as dirt. The day before my birthday we worked on our chicken run project and then my mom made an amazing birthday dinner of grilled chicken, veggie kabobs, salad and bread. My parents and Tam and Jeff got me ski googles for my bday. I hope I get to try them out before ski season ends.<br />
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On my birthday we went to Costello Street Coffee House in Florissant. I got a breakfast burrito. Maddy got biscuits and gravy, Kelsay got a bagel and Aaron got a burrito. We also had blueberry pie, a cinnamon roll and a peanut butter cup. No one felt hungry for lunch that day. We then went to the fossil beds and did a short hike and the girls did the Jr. Ranger badges. I bought them a vest to put their badges on. They were very excited about that.<br />
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we went home and finished the chicken run. Then we had spaghetti for supper. The meal was prepared by Aaron and the girls. Later that night, it snowed so I was able to cross country ski Monday morning and that made it the all around perfect birthday.<br />
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<br />texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-16442640812643325702018-03-22T10:02:00.000-05:002018-03-22T10:02:02.709-05:00Chicken Run project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in the fall we lost several hens and roosters to some predator. We've been good about shutting the chickens in at night but at the end of February we slipped up and left the coop open at night again. We lost 2 hens to something. I was thinking coyotes but they didn't carry the bodies off, just took off the heads. I've heard this is typical of raccoons. Also, our neighbor said that he gave his chickens away because he couldn't keep the coons out of them. The loss of the two hens was more painful this time because they had started laying eggs on Kelsay's birthday and so that was a loss of a couple of eggs a day. Still, with the 7 hens we have left, we get more eggs than we know what to do with. Another problem was that the hens would fly over the little fence we had around the yard. The girls and I had several good chicken chases and I was getting tired of having to keep an eye on them and go get them back in the yard. So I decided my goal for March was to get a chicken run built.<br />
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I found a simple plan on the internet but we ended up modifying because that plan used a kreig jig and we wanted to use my dad's framing nailer since that would be a lot easier and faster. On St. Patrick's Day we had beautiful weather and started the project. Aaron and I got some nice tools handed down from Aaron's uncle so we had a very easy time making the cuts. We used the nailer ( I got to run it a bit, it was very heavy and had a kick). We built the walls and put them together and started on some of the wire and doors. We had to call it quits for supper.<br />
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We continued the next afternoon. My Dad finished making and hanging the double doors and Aaron put the chicken wire over the areas we hadn't done and over the doors. It was windy and blustery on this day and came in and snowed 4 or 5 inches that night so we were glad to have to project done before the snow hit.<br />
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I'm enjoying it and the chickens are enjoying it. We do have a few minor things to adjust/fix but I'm very happy with how this turned out and I'm planning to build a similar structure to expand their outdoor area very soon!<br />
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My phone camera has not been working very well, so you will probably have to click on the pictures and zoom in a bit to see the coyotes that came to visit on Friday morning. Kelsay and I had just gotten up and we heard a very loud yip-yip-yip. At first I thought it was Houdini and something was wrong. I turned to go to the mudroom to grab my shoes and Kelsay ran to the window. Suddenly she yelled, "Mommy, look! What is that?" I ran to the window in time to see a coyote saunter through the yard and toward the chicken house. It was 8 degrees that morning and had been colder before we got up. I think our low was 2 or 3. So I hadn't been outside to open the chicken thankfully. The coyote stared at and circled the coop and then a second coyote walked into the picture and joined him. After deciding that they could not get into the coop for a fresh chicken dinner, they marked a perimeter around the coop and chicken yard and left. So I knew that they would be back.<br />
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That evening about 4, Aaron and the girls and I all went to the walking trail for a run. I meant to close the coop before we left, but on the way back I realized that I hadn't done it. The sun was going down and I had a bad feeling the coyotes were on the way back. I told Aaron, I need to sprint home and close the coop. So as we started running up the driveway I could hear the yip-yip-yip of the coyotes. I yelled something and started running even harder toward the coop. As I came to the house and ran past to go to the coop I could see they two coyotes veering off through our north pasture toward Triple B ranch (neighbors to eat of us). I had just barely gotten there in time. As I ran toward the coop , an owl swooped out of the pine tree overlooking the coop and flew of to the east as well. So this time I beat the predators and kept my chickens safe, but I definitely feel the urge to build or buy an enclosure for the chicken yard ASAP. texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-3523997970614987292017-12-17T22:41:00.000-06:002017-12-17T22:41:00.595-06:00North Pole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We took the kids for a surprise trip to the North Pole today. It is basically like a Joyland with a Santa twist. We wanted to go before they got too old to enjoy. On some of the littlest rides, the magic was already over for Maddy. They had some cars that you could "drive" around a track. We got about 20 yards into the ride and Maddy suddenly let go of the wheel and said, "I'm not really driving." Other rides were still so scary they made both kids cry. Both left the tilt-a-whirl bawling and not wanting to get on anymore rides. Maddy did pretty good with the bigger roller coaster but Kelsay was scared to death. All the people watching her ride said her face looked "totally freaked". There were lots of good in between rides that both girls enjoyed and did more than once.<br />
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They got to feed some English Fallow deer.<br />
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We also did candle dipping and watched some glass blowing. Sixty and older gets into the park free, so Nanna and Grandad came for the last couple of hours and enjoyed a few rides. Kelsay thought she couldn't live without the stuffed animals in the gift shop. We told her she had to so she posed for a picture with her favorite.<br />
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The girls got to sit on Santa's lap. Maddy was pretty excited but Kelsay was not a big fan. She did not cry but stuffed her glove in her mouth and chewed on it the whole time and refused to talk to Santa.<br />
The girls had a great time and there was a lot more to the North Pole than I'd thought just from seeing it from the highway. If anyone remembers the farris wheel you can see going through the canyon from the Springs to Woodland Park, we got to ride that today. It is the highest (elevation wise) farris wheel in the world.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-48661989763131002802017-12-16T18:40:00.000-06:002017-12-16T18:40:44.471-06:00Chickens and Cows--The Next Stage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have continued to enjoy raising our cows and chickens. A couple of weeks ago, we had a little tragedy when we forgot to shut the chicken coop and went out to find one hen completely missing and 2 other hens and a rooster dead in the chicken yard. We suspect coyotes, but who knows. So that put us down to 16 total chickens. This past Sunday we loaded up 6 roosters and headed to the ranch to have a chicken butchering lesson. We kept one rooster who was the runt of all the chicks we got. The girls named him Cuddles. Hopefully Cuddles lives up to his name or he might find himself on the menu eventually, but he'll be good for egg production later, so he got a reprieve. The other six roosters became future dinner. Matt and Ashley( Aaron's cousin and her husband) helped Aaron and I butcher the chickens so we gave them three and kept three. The chickens were pretty small. These rooster were not intended to be meat chickens. We are considering getting some meat chickens in the spring so that we could have some fatter birds to put in the freezer but we'll see. If we did that we would potentially go in with the ranch and they would get some and we would get some. It takes about 8 weeks to raise them so it would not be a super long time commitment or anything.<br />
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The girls did not enjoy the process. Kelsay hid in the car the whole time. Maddy watched the first chicken through the window and then decided that was enough for her. She and Kelsay played with Aubrianna (cousin) for the rest of the time. Preston (cousin) was a different story. He had a great time getting to cut off a couple chicken heads and skinned and gutted one bird with minimal help from his dad. He was really proud of himself for his accomplishments. We opted to skin the chickens because it is faster and we had a limited amount of time for the job. Next time I hope to learn the plucking, singing part, etc. We haven't tried a chicken yet. I plan to get one out of the freezer and roast it for dinner tomorrow or Monday.<br />
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Yesterday we took the steers to the processor. We were disappointed with their weight. Spotty came in at 1000 which is good for grass fed but Blacky was only 875 and Cowy was 700. Cowy was not a good cow as far as growing etc. Just kind of a runt apparently and a terrible weight gainer. Blacky gained well but we feel like we should have waited another month or two to take them in. But live and learn.<br />
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Maddy was pretty sad when she came home from school yesterday that the steers were gone. She drew a picture about them. It is kind of lonely looking out at the empty pen and pasture. We hope to go to the sale barn after the new year and get a couple of calves and a heifer calf maybe. We'd like to have the kids do the whole process from start to finish at least once. We'll see what happens. It has been so dry this year I'm a little worried about what our pastures will support for the next year and a half to two years. Throw up some prayers for a weather pattern change. We need some snows!texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-58882356340674027972017-12-04T10:26:00.000-06:002017-12-04T10:26:31.209-06:00Thanksgiving and Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did a terrible job taking pictures at Thanksgiving but we had such a fun time seeing everyone in west Texas. The weather was amazingly warm and the kids spent a lot of Thanksgiving day playing outside. We had great food, great conversation, and, of course, scrabble. Maddy enjoyed eating Grandpa's food at the assisted living place at lunch one day. Grandpa opted to wait to have a burger with the rest of us. Maddy said the food was yummy. She also picked up over 30 lbs of pecans for Grandpa so he will get a nice amount back shelled next month from the pecan shelling place. "Maddy the pecan picking queen" was an oft repeated phrase while we were there.<br />
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We cut a Christmas tree the Monday after Thanksgiving. We found an entire bobcat skeleton while we were out looking for our tree.<br />
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The girls got to get their own tree for their room again.<br />
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We went big this year! Happy advent!texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-63223294831610978102017-11-20T21:01:00.001-06:002017-11-20T21:01:51.584-06:00D.C. Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Veteran's Day weekend, we went to D.C. and Frederick, MD to see Tammy and Jeff. We got to D.C. after midnight on Thursday. Kids maybe got in bed around 1 or 1:30 and Aaron and I maybe by 2. It was exhausting. Our flight started in the Springs, then we had a stop in Dallas and flew from there to D.C. Our hotel had a shuttle bus that went right to the National Mall. Tammy met us at our hotel about 10 on Friday morning, we took the shuttle and proceeded to the Mall.<br />
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It was cold and VERY windy on Friday so we ended up going to many of the Smithsonian museums located on the mall. Our first stop was the Smithsonian Castle which is the original Smithsonian building. The founder of the Smithsonian is interred in the foyer. The castle has a display that gives a sample of what you can see at each museum. It also has a program that you can plan what you want to see and then it will email you a map and a plan for all of your stops.<br />
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Maddy found this statue of a nude so interesting she took a picture of it.<br />
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From the castle, we walked straight across the mall to the Natural History Museum. You could see Washington monument one direction and Capitol Hill looking the other direction. D.C. was still replete with beautiful fall colors.<br />
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This photo looks back across the mall toward the castle.<br />
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At every building you had to go through security. If you didn't have a bag, it was just walking through a metal detector. If you had a bag, they looked through it. I got pretty sick of going through security. When you have to go through security to look at a museum, democracy is dead.<br />
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Maddy got really fascinated by this bird and took a bunch of pictures of it while we were waiting in the security line.<br />
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Maddy posing in front of a famous scene.<br />
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Our first stop in the Natural History Museum was the Gem display. Maddy found her birthstone, aquamarine. I never saw Kelsay's,which I think is garnet, but we saw lots of Aaron's birthstone, diamonds! The diamonds included the infamous Hope Diamond. While we were reading about it this guy came up to us and started asking us something about it because he heard us commenting about how it started out as 112 and something carats but is now 43 something or so carats. So the guy's comment is " So she just wanted something heavy on her chest." Aaron was cracking up so much about that. The crazies will always find us. I think Maddy thought the Hope Diamond was the gem of her dreams.<br />
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We also visited the mammals exhibit. This was an absolutely amazing exhibit. I highly recommend if you ever get the chance.<br />
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The girls used their own money to buy a stuffed animal from the museum store. We had lunch at the cafe in the museum. And then went next door to the American History museum where we had another long, cold wait to get in.<br />
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We visited the Star Spangled Banner exhibit. We were not allowed to take photos inside this exhibit. The giant 32 foot by 34 foot flag was displayed behind a massive glass window. Made by Mary Pickersgill, it flew over Ft. McHenry in 1814 as the Americans withstood the bombardment of the British navy and inspired the National Anthem. After the battle was over, General Armistead, the victor of Ft. McHenry , too the flag home and cut pieces off of it to give his friends as a souvenir when they came to visit. As a result, the flag is missing a start and has many pieces chopped out of one edge.<br />
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We then went to the first lady dresses exhibit. I don't think Aaron was thrilled with this one, but all of us girls enjoyed.<br />
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Looking at Jackie's inaugural ball gown. <br />
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Don't remember who this one belonged to but I think it was Maddy's favorite.<br />
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Melania Trump's inaugural ball gown.<br />
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Clothes worn by Dolly Madison, one of the heroes of the war of 1812.<br />
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Inaugural ball gowns of Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush. Michelle Obama's gown was also in this display and by far the prettiest but I somehow did not get it in the picture.<br />
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After the dresses we made a quick stop to see a very elaborate doll house.<br />
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Then we went back out on the mall to do what Kelsay had wanted to do all day long. Ride the carousel.<br />
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After the carousel we made a flying dash through the Hirshorn sculpture garden and caught the shuttle back to our hotel to meet Jeff for dinner. <br />
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We went to an Irish pub on the wharf and enjoyed some amazing food and great booze (ha ha).<br />
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We all slept hard Friday night, woke up and enjoyed a delicious complimentary full breakfast buffet at the hotel and then took the shuttle back to the Mall. This time, we headed toward Capitol Hill. That was a loooonnngggg walk. It was worth it though. We also saw Grant's memorial.<br />
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We thought about going to the visitor center a the Capitol, but you had to go through security and it was worse than the museums as you could not take any backpacks or water in and we were carrying both. There was already a fairly long line so we decided to skip that. We took a quick look at the supreme court across the street and then headed back on a very looonnnnggg walk back to Washington Monument.<br />
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The monument is closed due to repairs so we did not get to go to the top or anything. We continued on to the memorial side of the mall to the WWII memorial. It was veteran's day so there were lots of people there. Lot's of different vets having reunions. They had a few WWII vets at the WWII memorial. It was a very amazing experience to be at this memorial on Vets Day. I thought a lot about Papa and Grandpa and got to tell the girls a little bit about where they fought and what they did during the war.<br />
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We even found an engraving that showed a mortar like the one Grandpa fired.<br />
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This is one of the most well done memorials that I have ever seen. I think it captured the solemnity and sacrifice of that war and how important it was that these everyday people did something great to stop evil.<br />
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We walked on toward the Lincoln Memorial and stopped to take some pictures looking back over the reflecting ponds.<br />
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We finally made it up to the bazillion steps to see Lincoln. Actually, this was really a well designed memorial too. As we climbed, you felt a kind of sanctity of entering a temple which is what the designer wanted you to feel. Even though there were bazillions of people here as well, it was a great time to reflect on another critical time for the U.S. and the burden that Lincoln had in preserving unity of the country through a civil war. It was amazing read the words of the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural speech inscribed on the walls of the memorial. No one is perfect but seeing those words and remembering that Lincoln had the characteristics of humbleness, self-sacrifice, and wisdom was a very refreshing experience.<br />
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After the Lincoln memorial we were all kind of shot. We saw the Korean War memorial and the WWI memorial in passing on our way back. I wish we could have crossed the street and seen the Jefferson Memorial and the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial but everyone was so tired and hungry we just headed back toward the center of the mall and food trucks. It was after 3 by this time so we were all very hungry. After eating, we walked back to the shuttle, went and got our cars and headed to Frederick, M.D. to check out where Tammy and Jeff call home.<br />
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On Sunday morning, we had a leisurely breakfast and then went to church with them. After church, we went back to their place and ate lunch and then headed to Gettysburg.<br />
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I don't know much about Gettysburg, and didn't know what to expect having researched 0 info on the park. We only had a couple of hours so we did not go to museum they had at the visitor center. Instead, we drove out to Little Round Top, one of the main battle sites at Gettysburg. By reading signs and talking to a guide dressed as a union soldier, we were able to get a basic understanding of how the three day battle unfolded. What surprised me most about the park was the number of memorials. You literally cannot walk five feet without coming across a memorial to a regiment or a general or officer involved in the battle.<br />
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This tower was built as a monument to the 44th N.Y. which was instrumental in the Union victory. You can actually climb up inside the tower of the memorial and look over the battlefield.<br />
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After we looked around ,we drove back to Tam and Jeff's and had super. We ended the night by watching the the first half of the Broncos game, giving up and going to bed. The next morning we packed up, said goodbye to Tam and left about 10.<br />
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This gave us time for a stop on Maddy's bucket list that we hadn't been able to squeeze in yet. We went to the postal museum which is located in the D.C. post office across from Capitol Hill and saw Owney the postal dog. Owney was a stray dog that got adopted by a postman. He started jumping on mail trains and rode all over the U.S. The postal workers would put tags on his collar to show where he'd been. When he died, the postal workers collected money and had his body preserved so you can see the real Owney.<br />
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After checking out Owney, we headed to the airport. We flew to Chicago and then into the Springs. When we landed in the Springs, we met Tricia and Lynn who had been to visit my parents while we were gone. We got to talk to them about an hour and then headed home. It was an extremely fun, educational, amazing, exhausting trip. Looking around D.C. was amazing and I highly recommend the experience to all. Seeing where Tam and Jeff live and being able to picture where they are at makes them feel a bit closer. Great trip!texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-35466204909113895702017-11-18T23:08:00.002-06:002017-11-18T23:08:52.588-06:00The Great Cow Chase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah yes. The peaceful, pastoral scene of satisfied Bovines roaming the range, picturesquely grazing. This picture is a lie.<br />
At 4:12 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15th, all hell broke lose as Cowey spotted a weed across the electric fence that looked tasty. He poked his head through the electric fence, and much to his surprise, nothing happened. He reached for the weed. Scrumptious. He took another tentative step and slipped between the dead wires of the useless fence. Spotty, seeing Cowey enjoying such tasty delights, quickly stuck his head between the fence wires and followed his friend out to compete for the tasty weed. Blackie, probably having had more bad experiences that his friends with the electric wire being a curious sort of cow, was hesitant to pass through the fence. So instead of stepping through, he lept it with the grace of an elephant, snapping the top wire in two. Soon a desperate human arrived with tasty cattle cubes to lure the hapless animals back into containment. Spotty and Blackie could not resist the cubes and quickly slid back through the wire the desperate human held high above their heads so that they could come back in the pen. Cowey wanted the cubes but he also wanted tasty weeds and refuse to fall for this amateur trick. The luckless human left to try to quickly repair the snapped wire and check the fence battery. Before the wire was even spliced, Spotty crept out again and watched the human from behind. Blackie wondered down to the spot where he had previously jumped the fence, gave a loud bellow to his friends, broke through the fence again and took off with his buddies for greener pastures. Unbeknownst to the human, a gate was down on the south side of the pasture. The human, now joined by her husband, rode four wheelers and drove trucks around the pasture and perimeter of the property until 9 p.m. looking for the vanished cows. Blackie, Spotty and Cowey slunk around in the vicinity of Triple B road all evening, staying well camouflaged in the moonless night. Spotty gave one human a mild heart attack as she was entering her home, saw his white face and thought he was a bear, until she realized he was a cow. Having had a similar heart attack seeing a human on the road, Spotty took off to find a place where humans did not exist. Eventually, the three amigos found themselves in a quite yard about a half mile from their original home. They grazed and lazed all morning. Around 12:30, another human drove up in a maroon SUV and creepily watched them from the road. The cows decided to get up and move a bit, but were hesitant to leave such a nice place. Suddenly, those dang cow pellets came in to play again. Blackie led the way after the delicious bucket of cow cocaine and the cows found themselves in jail. Jail was not so bad. It at least had water and pellets and they were hungry and thirsty. Well, it wasn't so bad until several humans showed up with a small container and a whip. The humans seemed to want them to go into the strange contraption blocking the gate and freedom. The cows were too smart for that! Time and again, they bolted, just as the humans had almost pushed them into the small, strange compartment. Finally Spotty had enough. He stuck his head through a crack in the jail wall and kicked the flimsy barrier to pieces, bolted through the hole and did his best to let his friends do the same. Blackie and Cowey, did their best, but the devil humans blocked them and chased them back. The humans blocked the hole with a strong metal barrier and began to persecute them with the whip again, driving them toward the strange compartment. Blackie and Cowey suddenly found another barrier close behind them and had no choice but to move forward into the trailer where the humans quickly slammed a door behind them. The cows protested, stomping and shoving but it was no use. They were locked in tight without Spotty.<br />
It was now dark. The strange compartment was moving beneath them. Before long they found that the door was opening and they were back to their familiar watering tank and feed bucket. The humans also offered them an new treat. Tasty grass that was already cut and easy to chew. The gorged on the treat and settled down for the night.<br />
Spotty, now being on his own, had no interest in wandering around any longer. A real bear might come get him. Or another awful human! He just wanted to go home and find his brothers. He finally found his way back to the pasture some time late in the night, had a drink of water and sampled some of the new treat. Then he settled down to sleep with his brothers.<br />
In the morning, as light broke, the human sat in the house at the dining table thinking about Spotty. She looked out at the cows lying in the pasture, grateful that at least the two were there, but worrying how she was going to get the third prodigal home. Suddenly a cow stood up and stretched. The human did a double take and almost spewed her coffee all over the window. A white faced cow turned his head and looked her straight in the eye.<br />
The cows were very please with themselves. They had had an adventure, eaten some tasty variety of weed not found in their own pasture, and gotten lots of pellets and treats out of the deal. They would rest and then maybe try it again later in the day. Imagine their surprise when they found out that the humans had arranged for them to go to cow jail on their own property.<br />
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Very surprised indeed! But they'd been to jail before and it wasn't so bad. And the humans kept giving them tasty treats. They no longer had to work for their food. And maybe, just maybe they'd escape again one day and go on another excellent adventure.<br />
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Moving on into August. I went on a very pretty hike by this stream while the girls were in day camp one day.<br />
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Threw this pic in for laughs. We call this the poop pose. It pops up once in a while, but not as often as stretchy face. If you've been looking at all the pics, you're well acquainted with stretchy face by now. <br />
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Girls had fun with hair mascara.<br />
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One of the highlights of August is that Dr. Rachel, another friend from Dallas came to visit. Sadly, I failed to get pictures while she was with us. She too, succumbed to altitude sickness for a day or two. She stayed with us about a day and then we all drove over to Montrose. We went to Snowmass to drop Dr. Rachel at a friends house. We drove through Pitkin county over Independence Pass. That was a drive that I'd never done before and it was absolutely beautiful. I can't remember the name of the triangular shaped 14'er that is really famous over there. Five people fell and died hiking it this summer. It was really pretty.<br />
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The girls got to ride Grandma Kim's horse, Topaz. This is a new horse as her previous horsed died last fall. They loved getting to do all the horse stuff.<br />
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It was very hot that day.<br />
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We also went to Black Canyon National Park. Highly recommend if you are out that way. It is very awe inspiring. In a different way from the Grand Canyon for sure. The Grand Canyon is so wide and vast. The Black Canyon is amazingly narrow and deep. Painted Wall, which is a few pics down was the highlight for me.<br />
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They have an amazing visitor center. We could have spent a lot more time there if we'd had it.<br />
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We hit the Delta County Fair on the way home. That was a trip through nostalgia for Aaron as he used to show steers and pigs here. The girls got these amazing face paintings. I had a Navajo taco. That was a trip to nostalgia for me! I hadn't had one in years.<br />
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August also brought the first day of school for Maddy. Kelsay did not start until after Labor Day.<br />
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Third grade! So unbelievable that we are in 3rd grade. Maddy's teacher, Mrs. Swanson seems really great so far. Maddy likes her and has done well in her class.<br />
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We grew massive and endless zucchini.<br />
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We bought a 4 wheeler. It has a snow plow that attaches so hopefully we can keep our driveway plowed when winter hits. We need to get a cart for hauling wood we chop up around the place.<br />
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We also got to go to school and watch the eclipse with Maddy. Her school had extra, free eclipse glasses. Score! We saw 90% of totality which was pretty cool.<br />
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The Barkers, some of our friends from TX, came to visit mid-July. It was so great to see them and spend time together. We did a lot of things and were exhausted by the end but it was a refreshing time too. We went to Red Rocks twice because the kids loved it so much.<br />
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We toured the Molly Katherine mine in Cripple Creek. It was a really neat tour. It is a bit pricey but I highly recommend it you get the chance. It is a historical mine, not currently a working mine. The tour takes you 1000 feet below the surface and then the guide gives you a history of mining and the development of equipment to make mining easier and more profitable. It was fascinating. We also got to do a lot of picnicking as we took lunches a lot while we were doing different sight seeing.<br />
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We also drove to the top of Pike's Peak. That was really fun. I had not been up there since the ascent in 2010. I want to drive up again next summer and stop at more of the points of interest on the way up. I had no idea there were so many places to stop and explore along the drive.<br />
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One of the Barker kids got altitude sickness the day we went to Cripple Creek so that was the only blight on the time together. We spent a rainy afternoon looking at the shops in Woodland Park. We also toured the wolf sanctuary up in Divide. That is another activity I highly recommend, even though a bit pricey. We did the feeding tour so got to see all of the wolves and watch them chow down on raw meat donated by farmers and hunters. If you want to be really adventurous, the sanctuary offers tours for adults where you can go in the pens with the wolves. Other than that we enjoyed spending time on the property, playing games and eating together. It was a great way to break in our house and make it feel like home.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-11579273833629118242017-09-29T11:49:00.000-05:002017-09-29T11:49:07.713-05:00Where to start Part 2We're not even through July yet, folks! Continuing on:<br />
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We visited the splash pad at America the Beautiful park, made a therapy playground for Maddy, and spent time playing with the dog.<br />
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Visits to the ranch and more rain. We had miniature pond in the cow pasture for awhile.<br />
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Fourth of July was beautiful. A bit warm and dry for the mountains which made for great camp out weather. We camped in "Maddy's campsite" on our property. We were under fire restrictions at the time so I made s'mores in the oven. The kids said they were the best s'mores they've ever had. Mom FTW!<br />
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We had fun with flashlights, glow sticks, and story telling.<br />
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On the actual forth we cooked out and went to Memorial Park to watch the fireworks. Aaron and the kids went to Symphony Above the Clouds on the 5th. So we had lots of fun.<br />
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The Bios Research Crew came out to visit and we had a lot of fun with them. We cooked out, explored Red Rocks which is basically a much less trafficked version of Garden of the Gods and 5 minutes from our house. We also went to the Cliff Dwellings in Manitou.<br />
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It finally started raining in July. It rained EVERY day for several weeks. I think our total rainfall for July was close to 7 inches.<br />
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Maddy got a haircut! Big change for her. Super cute!<br />
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We built fence and squeezed in some hiking and picnicking.<br />
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For our 14th anniversary we went to Ouray, CO. We hadn't done a get away trip since Maddy was born. (We did have Tam or Cindy and Brad watch kid/kid's a time or two for a one night/less than 24 hour dinner, night alone kind of thing but no actual going out of town, multi-day trips.) Nanna and Grandad braved the job of watching the kids while we played and relaxed.<br />
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We stayed in an VBRO place between Ridgeway and Ouray. This cabin was great. It had a little creek running through the 38 acre property. It belonged to the grandmother of the lady who's father (I think) gave to property for the pool and park in Ouray. Anyway, really cool cabin and if you want to stay in Ouray I highly recommend renting from her.<br />
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So anyway, we started our trip Thursday afternoon. We'd planned to leave earlier but a cow got out and we had to chase it back in so didn't leave til mid to late afternoon. We stopped in Gunnison at High Alpine Brewery for dinner and enjoyed some amazing pizza and unique brews. Got to our cabin about 9. We are incredibly poor planners so we didn't talk about what we wanted to do until we were on the road. I said that I would love to go hiking because with the girls we usually don't make it more that 1/2 mile to mile. So then all of the sudden, Aaron was like, "We should do Mount Sneffels!!!" Which is a fourteener. So after looking it up and seeing words like "class 3 maneuver required to summit" etc. and thinking how I had only packed my old crap tennis shoes and shorts for hiking, I reluctantly agreed that we could go check it out on Friday. So Friday morning we ate breakfast and packed some water and snacks and headed to Yankee Boy Basin. <br />
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Since we had the truck we were able to drive to lower Yankee Boy and park by the restroom area. We then began walking up the jeep trail. We didn't know at the time but the area had received waaaaayyyy higher than normal snow fall over the winter so all the 4 wheeler/jeep trails were blocked by snow fields. This was good in that it kept all motorized vehicles out of the area we were hiking. We were able to skirt around a big snow field and then had clear hiking up to the Sneffels trail head.<br />
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We stopped at the trail head and ate leftover pizza for lunch and met and talked to several other groups who were trying to hike Sneffels that day.<br />
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We then began our accent. The accent to Sneffels is crazy. The elevation gain is identical to the incline in Manitou but without the steps and trail improvement. It is basically a boulder field and scree field that you have to scramble up. I was fine at first, but then at some point Aaron stopped in front of me and once we stopped in the middle of this boulder/scree field I suddenly had an anxiety attack like I have never had before. I felt that I knew the mind of Nebuchadnezzar when God turned his mind into the mind of an animal. All I felt was sheer terror that I was trapped in the middle of this steep accent and had to do steep up or steep down. I climbed like a crazed animal wanting off of that place. I really think I could have rivaled expert climbers for speed of ascending that boulder field. Truly running on adrenaline and fear. At rapid speed we reached what they call the lavender col which is the summit before actually summitting Snefflels. We were confused about where to continue to the top but then some other hikers arrived and pointed out the summit: a snow packed, steep boulder field about 450 feet more to the top. At this point I said, not doing it but I will wait for you. Aaron didn't want to do it by himself although I think he could have summitted. I would have not made it. Later we read that you really need crampons and walking sticks to get to the summit when the boulder field is snow packed. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahw9Nb0tS_vFELF07Bh8Se3F1BKZd7XnydpMqygA_pEDkz9kR2QEASB1Q8Tcz44RX-TIas4Yq4G3R1wvgNGyxeeyS61dDFjgP6TYL-T0Ct0tFT5dNrVkijzZYSjorCSuK6IfH7xJYh4H-/s1600/IMG_20170630_122634945_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahw9Nb0tS_vFELF07Bh8Se3F1BKZd7XnydpMqygA_pEDkz9kR2QEASB1Q8Tcz44RX-TIas4Yq4G3R1wvgNGyxeeyS61dDFjgP6TYL-T0Ct0tFT5dNrVkijzZYSjorCSuK6IfH7xJYh4H-/s320/IMG_20170630_122634945_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
(Aaron says crampons or a few more balls but yeah no balls. Not me. Nope. I told him to go with his crazy friend. Mentioned a specific person I will not mention. And they can both die. Was a little stressed out by then obviously.) So we decided to hang out, enjoy the view and then begin our decent. I was super nervous about the steep decent but actually felt less anxiety and did better with that though I spent a good deal of time on all fours and my butt on the way down. The other group tried to go up. They had walking stick but no crampons and missed the summit by 100 feet or so. They said it got really scary. That made us feel better I think. We ended up giving one of those groups a ride back to their car because they hadn't been able to drive all the way into the lower trail head.)<br />
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After we descended we decided to hike to Wright's lake. It was a beautiful blue, pristine lake that we think might have been glacier fed but can't find any info to confirm. It was definitely in a cirque that was glacier carved. So cool hiking through that but we lost the trail part way and had to hike over Alpine Tundra so I started calling us the tundra destroyers. They don't like you walking on tundra because it is very fragile. Every time we had to go across a boulder field or snow field I felt panic come back again but we made it to the lake. After that it was an easy hike back to the 4-wheel drive trail. <br />
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Oh and I totally felt like I was in The Sound of Music. Really just looked like the opening scene of the movie when Maria is belting out the theme song.<br />
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After the hike we gave the other hikers a ride to their car and went back to our cabin and cleaned up and went to dinner at Brickhouse 737. Really nice restaurant and ate on patio with beautiful view. Then we went to the hot springs to soak our sore muscles and then went home to bed to get ready for the next day's adventure.<br />
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Friday we had brunch at some local breakfast place and then drove to Telluride. We hike up the jeep trail to bridal veil falls which is the longest free falling water fall in CO. It was beautiful and a much easier/more relaxed hike than the day before.<br />
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After we did that hike, Aaron got us a couple's massage at a spa in Telluride and then we had some yummy burger and craft beer at a place in Ouray. Then we went back to the hot springs for another soak.<br />
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We returned to our cabin. The next morning we headed home. A lady who taught my bible study in the fall was having her 60th bday and I wanted to get back for her party so we left pretty early. We went to her party and then hit up Lovell Gulch Trail in Woodland Park and then made spaghetti and spent the night at home.<br />
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We got the girls back Monday. It was just an amazing weekend and I am very, very grateful for the experience, the time to connect and all of the beauty that I saw that weekend. Truly blessed to be in God's creation and marvel at what he's made and how small we are compare to his greatness.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-32090135527164103312017-05-15T15:33:00.000-05:002017-05-15T15:33:18.740-05:00The Quarter SystemSo, for a while, I had been ending everyday feeling like I got the beat down. Also feeling like the slave of the family. Picking up everyone's junk, cleaning up after everyone, etc. Also, there had been lots of fighting between siblings. Constant. Incessant. Unending. I had tried everything: no dessert, no TV, miss out on this activity, miss out on that activity. Unphased. Then I came up with THE QUARTER SYSTEM. It is a very simple system. If you do not pick up after yourself (i.e. candy wrappers on the floor rather than in trash can) you will pay me a quarter for each item I pick up. Quarters are also charged for slowness, hitting, or extreme rudeness (such as pouring milk on your sister in the bed, which happened last night).<br />
At the beginning I quickly found the way my plan might fail. My kid were very close to running out of money to pay me for all of the toys, candy wrappers, dirty dishes, etc. that they had forgotten to be responsible for, BUT, fortunately for my evil plan (BWAHAHAHAHA!) they quickly caught on that they were fast running out of a lovely little thing called MONEY and amazingly began exhibiting much more responsible and thoughtful behavior. I rarely charge a quarter now. Our church is collecting change to help with crisis pregnancies so the money the kids have to pay goes into those bottles right now.<br />
Will THE QUARTER SYSTEM be the next new parenting rage? Probably not. Is it warping my kids in some unforeseen way that will only show up and destroy them when they are 40? I don't know. But it is keeping the sanity people. that is all that matters for now.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-19899109778109214962017-04-29T23:47:00.002-05:002017-04-29T23:47:52.586-05:00A Different Easter Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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year, we did something very different for Easter. Maddy had Friday and
Monday off from school that weekend. We had been wanting to do a little
family vacation as we hadn't really done anything like that since we
went to Hilton Head when Kelsay was about 10 months old. We were going
to try to do something over spring break, but everything was booked up
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decided to go to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs which is located in Nathrop,
CO near Buena Vista and Salida. It is about an hour and a half from us.
We got a cabin that could hold 6-8 so we decided to invite Nanna and
Grandad to come along. Maddy had a birthday party to go to on Friday so
Aaron took her to the party and the rest of us headed up to the hot
springs. We had a pleasant drive, got to the resort, checked in and
unloaded everything in the cabin. We brought all of our own food for the
weekend and pool access came with the cabin so it really was a very
affordable set up. The cabin had a living area, a kitchen with
everything but an oven (range top only). It had a bathroom downstairs
and a a bedroom downstairs and then two queen beds in the loft. Kelsay
was very eagar to swim after we got unloaded so we all got in our
swimming stuff and went to the pool. The pools were a very nice temp and
the weather was absolutely perfect while we were there. We were in
shirt sleeves or light jackets for the entire time. We did not have any
floaties for K, but I knew we needed to get some very shortly after
getting her in the pool. I could tell by the way she was moving in the
water that if she had floaties she would be swimming in a very short
time. After swimming about an hour, we went back to the cabin and made
spaghetti for supper. I think K and Grandad played some go fish and
Guess Who? and then I put K to bed. The adults stayed up a bit longer,
but once we heard from Aaron that he and Maddy wouldn't be arriving
until 11 p.m. we went to bed. <br />
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The
girls did pretty good and Maddy hiked quite a ways with a walking stick
she found at the trailhead, but, as you can see from the pictures, the
"need" to be carried became more and more pronounced as we continued to
hike. We made it to this sign and turned around. We had lots of
beautiful views of Mt. Antero (14'er in the area) and White Mountain
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the time we got back, we were more than ready for lunch. We had
sandwiches and then the girls wanted to swim. Maddy hadn't been to the
pool yet, so swimming is what we did. We got floaties this time. Maddy
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yes, I should have mentioned that in the morning, we started a pot of
beans and sausage for dinner. Little did we know that the Saga of the
BEANS had begun. I had brought a crockpot but the bottom broke out of it
on the trip up so we had to do stovetop. When we returned from swimming
we returned to the upleasant surprise that, though the beans had been
cooking since 9 that morning, we still had hard BEANS. We decided to
continue to let the beans simmer and go eat in Salida as we were all
starving and it was almost 6 p.m. We found a little restaraunt called
The Firefly. When we pulled up, my dad said, "This place looks weird."
It had a motto on the outside that was kind of hippie so I think that is
why. Anyway, we took the plunge and it turned out to be a GREAT place
to eat. The only bad thing was that Maddy ordered the chicken nuggets
and they were a day old and a dollar short. I am guessing even to tough,
chewy, crunchy, etc. for Grandpa himself. We discreetly covered those
with a napkin and enjoyed the sweet potato fries and quesidilla that
were the other items we ordered for the kids. Mom and I split some Ahi
Tuna tacos that were excellent. Aaron had some London broil that was
amazing and Dad had some bbq pork tenderloin that had just the right
amoutn of spice for him. We all really enjoyed. According to Dad the ice
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BEANS. Still HARD. As we played a game of scrabble (girls vs guys) we
googled hard BEANS. Turns out that if the water is hard, the beans will
never soften unless you add baking soda to the BEANS. So we turned off
the BEANS and put them in the fridge for the night.<br />
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stove. Aaron went down to the little country store that was part of the
resort and got some baking soda, which we added to the BEANS. After
breakfast, we went to hike on a walking trail in Buena Vista that
followed the Arkansas River. It was a really nice little trail with
gorgeous views.<br />
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maybe walked a mile on that trail and then went down to the river so
the girls could throw rocks which is what they really wanted to do the
whole time. We then went back to the cabin. I will try to post pics of
the Easter stuff the girls did. The pics of that are on Aaron's phone
and I can't find them right this second. Anyhow, while Mom and I put
together a dinner of sliced ham, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans,
and gravy, Aaron and Dad took the girls down to the egg hunt they had on
the main lawn. Kelsay and Maddy had separate egg hunt areas. Maddy got
tripped out of the gate by an over-eager egg hunter. By the time she'd
gotten up, stopped crying, and started hunting eggs, she got about 6.
Kelsay had about the same because we did not go into the egg hunt area
with her and just let her do the hunt at her own pace. They both got
some candy inside their eggs. They also had pony rides going .Those were
really fun. They both want a pony when we move to our house so they
were "proving" that they were not scared of the ponies. After that , we
went back to the cabin and ate lunch. Then we took a drive out to the
ghost town of ST. Elmo. According to the signs out there, it is the most
well-preserved ghost town in the west. If I remember correctly, it has
44 original buildings. There is a store that is open during the summer
months, as well as a church, guest house, and maybe some kind of ice
cream place though it was hard to tell about that part. <br />
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The snow had sild of the roof of this house to make a cool snow wave.<br />
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The guest house had a neat mural made out of old license plates. <br />
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This cabin is for rent. Site of the next family reunion?<br />
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we got back from the ghost town, we finally ate the BEANS. We went
swimming again. The girls were getting really good at getting around the
pool on their own. Aaron got Mom and me a massage so we went and did
that after swimming for a while. We got hot stone massages. The massage
therapist told me that I need regular PT and/or massage for my neck. I
guess will pursue that....My neck is a mess from the car wreck I had my
sophmore year of college. It is actually hurting right now as I type. I
see another massage in my future....ha ha. Anyway.... <br />
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rest of us packed up the cabin. The view below is the view of Mt.
Princeton we had from the front porch. We got back to our house in
Divide about lunch time. I asked if anyone would like leftover BEANS for
lunch. My dad said, "I am not eating anymore beans. Those beans did
terrible things to me. You would think all the bad stuff would have been
cooked out of them as long as they cooked but those BEANS did me worse
than any beans I've ever had."<br />
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THE ENDtexashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-3151405864090631922017-01-28T15:21:00.000-06:002017-01-28T15:21:41.208-06:00Christmas/New YearWe went to Montrose/Grand Junction to celebrate Christmas. Kelsay got the stomach bug on Christmas Day. It didn't stop her from enjoying the scooter she and Maddy got from "Santa" aka Uncle John and Auntie Sherry.<br />
Maddy and I got the stomach bug a couple days after Christmas. Then we traveled to Farwell/Lubbock for New Years.<br />
Other news is that the girls got pets for Christmas. Maddy got a teddy bear hamster she named Pumpkin and Kelsay got a beta fish she named Kelsay. The hamster bit Kelsay on the finger so now Kelsay keeps her distance. She enjoys feeding the beta fish. Maddy loves the hamster. She is very particular about what kind of food it eats, what kind of bedding it has, it's environment etc. She researched hamsters for at least 2 months before she got her hamster. I really think there is nothing you could ask her about a hamster that she would not be able to answer. She even wrote a book about hamster care in a notebook. It has 13 chapters. Each "chapter" is only a short page, but still. When this girl does something, she is all in.<br />
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In other, other news, I slid the RAV 4 off the road going around a crub up to our house. Fortunately we were about a 1/4 mile from home and could walk up and get the truck to pull it out. Now every time I drive the RAV Kelsay gets super nervous. "Mom, you're going to go in the tank (snowbank)!"</div>
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After basically not experiencing winter for 9 years, it has been great to have winter! The snow is beautiful. If there is snow, we try to go out and play for a little bit, even if it is in the teens or single digits. We bought really good winter gear before moving so it has made being in the cold not a big deal.<br />
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At the end of November, we cut our Christmas tree from our property. A friend from Bible Study and her family came and cut one with us. It was bitter that day. We had terrible windchill. We all warmed up with Mexican food after tree cutting.<br />
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The kids enjoyed decorating the big tree and we cut them their own little trees for their bedroom so they got to have the fun of that as well. I think having their own tree will be a great, new tradition.<br />
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We still have lots of deer around. This deer was sniffing the dog good in the dog pen. I didn't get the pic in time. Houdini scared him so this is him running away.<br />
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The first Saturday of December, Maddy got to be in the Woodland Park Christmas parade with her girl scout troop. It was cold. We gave her hand warmers and toe warmers but her toe warmers never activated so she said her feet got cold at the end. Nanna and Grandad and the Meyers came to watch her as well. We all warmed up with coffee at Taco Bell after the parade was over.<br />
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The girls have been trying out sledding. We tried the driveway the first time. Kelsay thought it was great but Maddy didn't like it. It was not a very good slope.<br />
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We finally decided to try the hill in front of the house and that was much better. Yesterday, Aaron shoveled all the snow off the deck and make a ramp for them to sled down. That worked great! They both loved it.<br />
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i got to try the ramp with them today. Super fun! A little dangerous because if you aren't careful you can speed down into the road. Maddy went on her own today and she did just that. Scared me because if a car had been coming that would have been bad.<br />
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we also made plain cookies today!<br />
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Kelsay did her Christmas program on the 11th. So cute!<br />
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Beautiful winter sunsets and views.<br />
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Kelsay's snow angel<br />
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maddy's snow angel<br />
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<br />texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228725168851862425.post-59454622355961976332016-11-01T10:31:00.000-05:002016-11-01T10:31:20.483-05:00ThanksAbout to take down the Halloween decorations and start the month of thanks. I will post pics of the Halloween activities later when I get a chance to go to Aaron's office where I have Wifi. Meanwhile, I just wanted to start the month saying thanks, specifically to my sisters, Cindy and Tammy. The past couple of months have been crazy with surgery and trips to Texas and they have been great about letting us invade their homes with our craziness. They have been the airport shuttle, car rental service, car repair service, bed and breakfast and lunch and dinner. They have graciously put up with my whiny overly tired and emotional children. They've encouraged Maddy and all of us and just helped look on the bright and funny side of things even when going was kind of rough with surgery recovery or figuring out how to walk on a weak ankle without a cast. I really don't know how I would have made it without their help over the last couple of months.texashollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332885558946025616noreply@blogger.com0