Home Life

Today, while Grandma and Grandpa Halliday were in town, we took them for a drive up into the mountains to enjoy the scenery.  Unfortunately, Brittany had to work so she couldn’t come.  🙁  We drove up and around near Mount Evans and got some pretty pictures and enjoyed the cool weather.  We thought about driving up Mount Evans but the weather didn’t look too good and at 12,000 feet, Zach started to feel a little light-headed.

After Mount Evans, we drove over to Buffalo Bill’s grave.  The views there are great also!

It’s SO great to live in an area of the country that’s so beautiful wherever you go!  🙂

Uh, what just happened?  We woke up this morning and it had snowed about 5-6 inches!  In May?  What is up with that?  Well, we made the best of it, and the boys do what boys do best… went out and played in it until they were frozen solid!  🙂  They build a big snowman and dressed it all up.

Shorts weather yesterday, bundled up today!  If things go like normal, the snow will all be gone in about 2 days.  🙂

Happy 23 years Angela!  What wonderful ones they have been!  Today we celebrated by going to Greeley where Jim and Heather blessed their baby along with Heather’s sister’s baby.

We had a fun time and ended up staying for the dinner afterward.  They brought in a big military truck and gave the kids a ride around the neighborhood in it.

Unfortunately, Brittany had to work, so she wasn’t able to come with us.  We missed her.  Congrats Jim and Heather!

Zach and I finished the loft in the garage we started building!  We had a great time together building it and it turned out great!

Zach learned a lot of things about measuring, cutting, support beams, etc.  He and Ben are looking forward to many great hours playing up there.  They already have plans for decorations and furniture up there!  🙂

Angela went to the national American Mothers (AMI) convention today.  It was a great experience for her.  She got to see Kathryn Holyoak there which was fun.  Kathryn is the Mother of the Year from Illinois this year.

The downer about going was that she was nominated to be on the national board and someone poo-pooed it because she doesn’t live in the area they wanted her to represent (which hasn’t happened before).  We have our ideas why but won’t go into it.  🙂

While I was gone to the Priesthood Session of General  Conference, Angela threw a Veggie Tales party that she had won on-line.  It was pretty funny to see how much fun the kids had…

Angela got all kinds of stuff in the mail for this party along with the video.  There were masks, posters, coupons, coloring books and much more.  They had a blast!   Great job Angela!  🙂

Today we decided to take a family trip down to Garden of the Gods (by Colorado Springs and Pike’s Peak).  Brittany had to work so she wasn’t able to come with us.  We took a picnic lunch down there and really enjoyed ourselves.  It was pretty busy, so we had to eat our picnic in one of the parking lots by the van.  We had a laugh about it but it was still fun!

We then went hiking all over the area, looking at the beautiful rock formations and enjoying the wonderful afternoon!

There were a lot of people rock climbing down here today as well.  Some of the places that they were hiking looked pretty scary…

What a great time we had today!  We love going places like this as a family (well, at least most of the time).  We enjoy being outdoors and being in nature.  We’re looking forward to many more experiences like that!

Today marks the one year anniversary since we arrived in Colorado!  It’s hard to believe how fast the time has flown!  We LOVE it here!