Christmas in CO

We have had "many" days of "white Christmases" so far! =0) in addition to that we have been trying to take in and enjoy some other Christmas traditions/festivities! We got our Christmas tree! and decorated it with ornaments from the Philippines (i was amazed by how many ornaments i already have... think we will have to put up multiple trees to ever use them all)


We also went downtown for the "Parade of Lights" mainly to watch Rob's kiddos play in the marching band... we thought for sure we would freeze because we did last year in Salem and it is so much colder here... but we had a beautiful day and it was actually not too cold! =0) We also saw some great floats! This one is for Chic-fil-a... they had people in cow costumes singing and dancing to the "Chicken dance" haha... it was hilarious!


And... I bought Rob a snoopy puzzle! So we worked on that together! And success we completed it!! =0)

SNOW DAY!!!

Well thanks to the powers that be, we were rewarded with a snow day! We decided to head to Garden of the Gods to check out some of Gods beauty.

Let it snow let it snow

We returned from the beautiful northwest to hit a good ole fashioned mid-west blizzard! In the course of 24 hours we got almost a foot of snow at our apartment! What did that earn us? Only a 2 hour delay for school. Personally I was concerned for my student's safety and think we should have had the whole day off! In typical Colorado fashion it was 70 degrees two days later, and now it has returned to the low 20's and high chance of snow. On the positive side it is really sunny and defiantly a change from the northwest.

Grandmas are the coolest

Well we got to spend sometime with our Grandmothers during the Thanksgiving break. Grandmas have to be the coolest people around, with ours at the top of the list of course!

ALI Love!

This past week we had the joy of hosting Ali Foster! =0)

It was a great time of fellowship, prayer, spiritual refreshments, encouraging conversations, and just all around fun! We loved having her here with us!

end of october

it is so crazy to think that today is the last day in october and that november is coming full speed ahead...

we have had the most beautiful weather this week (following the crazy cold we had last week)... the sun has been shining every day with not even a cloud in the sky! i've gone to the park 3 times this week and sat in the warm sun to read, journal, and watch life happen around me! its been wonderful! a true answer to my prayers! =0)

school week was real busy for Rob... but he made it through! =0) we both had sports banquets (softball-Tuesday, football-Wednesday). Was great to see the kids again & award them for all their hard effort (well... most of them) hehe... =0) i took some pictures but it was so dark they didn't turn out well enough. =(

another answer to prayer... i finally got approved to be a licensed substitute in the state of Colorado!!! =0) (applied beginning of August)... I sent in my application to the district Rob teaches in... and they have accepted me as well! i go to training on Monday morning... and then should be able to start working in the schools the following week! =0) praise the Lord for His timing and provision!

tonight we are hoping to help out a bit at a local church's harvest party! im looking forward to seeing those cute kids all dressed up and excited about candy! haha... =0)

This coming week Ali Foster comes!!! excited to spend the week with her! =0) We will try and post more this weekend or coming week! =0)

We love and miss you all greatly!

muller state park

today rob and i drove an hour outside colorado springs to hike at a park famous for their aspen trees. our hope was to see a few still in fall glory... but unfortunately all their leaves were on the ground already. =( but the views and hike was still gorgeous! here are a few pics attempting to capture the grandeur! =0)