01.22.10
Crayons and Yip Yips
For those that watched Sesame Street growing up, this video will definitely look familiar. The music especially takes me way back. I loved this video, and evidently, still do!
And a bonus…
01.14.102009 ChristmasA few photos from our 2009 Texas Christmas trip… we had a great trip spending time with every one of our family members, as well as our friends the Russell’s and the Supercinski’s. Thank you all for the hospitality, friendship, and love.
We took lots of family photos at the Carpenter’s, and I intended to make some cool slideshow that transitioned through them quickly. Well, there are a lot of things to do around the house at the moment, so a few snapshots will have to get by.
12.22.09Glenwood SpringsRather than give each other gifts for our 30th birthdays this month, we decided to take a trip to Glenwood Springs. We stayed at the Four Mile Creek Bed and Breakfast, in their recently completed “Barn Suite.” It was exactly what we were looking for… complete with fireplace and clawfoot tub. Upstairs was a performance area that the owners use for live music and movies during the summer. We spent the day finishing up our Christmas shopping in town, had dinner at the Glenwood Springs Brewery, then soaked our aged bones in the hot springs. It was in the lower 20s outside, but a toasty 104 in the water. Not bad.
Annie’s BirthdayTurning 30 wasn’t painful at all. In fact, it was quite nice. To start off my birthday week, the amazing ladies who meet at my house every Tuesday surprised me with brownies, raspberries, whip cream, and cider! I didn’t think any of them knew my birthday was that week; but they did, and it was so nice to be remembered by my people.
And then on my actual birthday (a Thursday), Jeremy threw me a surprise party. He was so sneaky! He pretended like he was shoveling the driveway when he was really outside icing drinks in the snow and putting up an embarrassing birthday picture (an 8 X 10 school photo of me in my 5th grade school uniform and huge pink speckled glasses- yikes!) When the first people walked in the front door, I thought someone was breaking in and told Jeremy to get a bat. He just said, “Go see who it is.” I thought he was being pretty reckless with my wellfare. But then in walked Molly, Cam, and Andy! I was definitely surprised (as evinced by my workout clothes). He made me an amazing chocolate cake from scratch with his grandmother’s classic chocolate icing, invited our friends from church and neighborhood and had tons of snacks and drinks- which meant he had to go to the grocery store on his own at least 3 times! And when Jeremy goes to King Soopers 3 times in 24 hours, it means he loves me; the man is not a grocery shopping aficionado.
I wanted a nice group photo for my birthday. Too bad I don’t exactly have nice group photo friends. Here they’re emoting “worried.”
Pretend like you’re happy, kids. Try the 3-fingered smile.
Grossed out
Girls smiled. Guys didn’t get the memo.
Gangsta?
aw, friends
Farmer’s MarketThis summer, I had the fabulous opportunity to help out Monroe Farms at the Cherry Creek Farmer’s Market on Saturdays. Farmer’s Market Saturdays meant leaving the house at 5:40 am and working until 2 pm, in sometimes freezing weather. It also meant nibbling all day long on the prettiest vegetables around and getting to know the Monroe family and many of their market friends. Thanks for sharing this part of farm life with me, Monroes! See you next summer!
Katie and Evelyn VisitKT and Ev came to visit in October for what I am hoping will become an annual tradition for them. We did as much city exploring as we could in between cold, cold, cold snowfalls and my car breaking down. We did manage to visit: the zoo with the McPheeters, Hammond’s Candy Factory, the Children’s Museum, and Harvey Park. When we couldn’t get outdoors, we did lots of cooking indoors. Our dear friend Erika came over to help us cook and eat- beet velvet cupcakes (with farm beets) and homemade cream cheese frosting- such goodness!
12.03.09Looks Who’s Turning ThirtyHappy Birthday to Annie, my beautiful, gracious, loving, and adventuresome wife! I love you!
10.30.09October SnowI know, I know, I haven’t posted any photos of the house yet…. it’s in progress! But here are a few photos of the front yard during our recent snow storm. Amounts varied across the city, but I think we had 16″-18.” Further to the south and west the totals were around two feet.
Looking out the door after day two.
No, that’s not the work of a shovel. Our neighbors kindly cleared my lane with their snow blower!
Annie could not resist throwing the cat in.
Deep! 10.10.09OurayAs busy as Annie and I have been with our new project (we bought a house recently, and yes, are very behind in blogging about it), it was nice to just leave it all behind two weeks ago and get back into the mountains. We drove to Ouray, CO to meet my parents for a weekend of jeeping. They bought a Jeep this last year and have been eager to get to the San Juans to try it out. Having already spent the week driving above treeline, they were a bit tired of jostling around on the rocks. So we took some a leisurely drives in the Suburban amidst the fall colors, one to Silverton via the Million Dollar Highway and another to Telluride via Last Dollar Road. We drove up Yankee Boy Basin to the base of Mt Sneffels for our one off-road adventure together, and also visited Box Canyon falls. We stayed at a great place on the river in Ouray and enjoyed some eating and shopping together. After parting with the padres on Sunday Annie and I took a scenic drive through Pitkin, Cumberland Pass, Tincup, Tincup Pass, and St Elmo on our way to greasy corndogs at the park in Buena Vista. It was great to see mom and dad on a grand Colorado tour!
Harvest FestivalMonroe Organic Farms’ Harvest Festival was a couple of weekends ago, and Jeremy got to make his first visit to the farm. We had good food and got to see see several things for the first time- the farm’s cold storage pits, the apple cider press, the pop corn shucker, and the potato digger. There are so many different vegetables on the farm that I have not seen come out of the ground yet, so I enjoyed learning that beets grow near the surface, potatoes are easy to pick behind the digger, the sweetest strawberries are the ones the birds have sampled, and that fresh dill pods taste minty. Oh, and the apple cider was fabulous! Thanks for good times, Monroes!
10.09.09LBC RetreatTwo weekends ago, I attended a wonderful retreat in Vail with women from our young married group at church. It was a lovely, refreshing, relaxing, and yummy weekend. We cooked (squash and fennel soup with creme fraiche), we ate (black chocolate cake), we lounged, we hiked over hill and dell, we pondered survival skills, we cooked, we ate (3-meat, 2-sauce lasagna), we thanked God for His good and constant provision, and we ate (ricotta pancakes). Thanks to Kristen and Julie for hosting and to Monica for leading devotions and to the rest of the ladies for wonderful time in the woods, in conversation, and in prayer!
Jon and EmmaThis last school year I tutored two great kids, Jon and Emma. All summer the three of us would spend Friday mornings together reviewing school skills and doing kitchen science. These quick pics are from a rolypoly race we used to practice our time-telling skills. It was hard to say who won.
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