Snowflakes

Ah - Winter is peaking his head a little too early! It's been lightly snowing on and off since September, but we received a nasty storm today. The crazy thing is that I don't even think it's THAT cold outside. It's uncomfortable and you have to walk much much slower, but it's definitely not bone chilling. Is this a sign that I'm getting used to the cold weather in CO after almost 3 years of living here, or is it that my ski jacket works really well? Ha!

All the more reason to sip on a nice cup of hot chocolate, put on a snuggly sweater (notice, I didn't say a Snuggie), and write a blog entry.

Our front yard:

Our winter wonderland (aka backyard):
Our sidewalk - look at the depth of the snow!

Summertime has come and gone...

It's raining...it's snowing...

Ah, yes. It's that time of the year again. In reality, it started snowing in Denver in September. We barely had any sort of transition this year. Actually, the Summer felt more like Fall, but I'm not complaining. Last year, Chris and I had a full week of no sleep because it was so hot inside our air conditioner voided home. This year, we barely had to use Chris' homemade swamp cooler.

Perhaps now that the cold weather is approaching, I'll start to blog more. Maybe.

Well, what in the world did we do this Summer? It was a bit different than other Summers as we did a lot of house work trying to get ready for family to visit us in late August. Either way, here are the top 10 things I'd like to remember about this Summer.

10. We completely had a landscaping overhaul in our front yard. It looks beautiful - we'll have pictures next Spring when the tulips, iris's and lily's are in full bloom.

9. Whitewater rafting - our yearly tradition.

8. Camping in Rocky Mountain National Park. Pictured are two beautiful male elk.

7. Chris climbed a 14er with Chancho (see previous blog to read all about it).

6. Chris built the lower half of our desk completely from scratch. It looks beautiful. Chris insists we don't post it until the upper half is designed and built. Sorry!

5. Family Reunion in Manzanillo and Guadalajara, Mexico (this is a picture of mom's side of the family).

4. We had family visit in August/September - we love visitors. They got to try out our new guest room accommodations.

3. We receieved wonderful news that my brother and sister-in-law are pregnant. Soooo exciting! We can't wait to meet our neice or nephew.

2. We added a new member to our immediate family... Lola the spunky puppy.

1. Chris and I celebrated our 4-year wedding anniversary in the San Francisco area - Napa, Muir Forest, Big Sur and San Fran. Future blog to come once we've developed all the pictures.

Garden Update: It will no longer grow anything after today, but we did get a nice mix of fruit this year. We had just enough concord grapes to make a full jar of jelly, a few zucchinis to make wonderful zucchini bread and stir fry, a good amount of tomatoes, few apples (enough to make a little apple butter). We didn't get any bell peppers this year... a bit of a bummer, but we kept the plant in a pot inside and will replant it next year. This is a picture of our beautiful tomatoes.

We're ready for our Fall adventures... pumpkin patches, corn mazes, more college football, Thanksgiving...