Well, it seems that I am not so great at updating our website! It has been a couple months and a lot has happened!
August brought a lot of excitement for us. Right off the bat we collected Lana and her entourage from the airport...they were to be here for two weeks! Kids (and I...us) were very excited as it has been a couple years...maybe three since they'd been to Colorado! We managed to get them settled...when, the next day...we welcomed the arrival of a new cousin!! Baby Cam arrived a month early to our surprise. Lana was tickled b/c she was suppose to be long gone to Dubai before he arrived the end of August! All was well for the first 24 hours and then because of some concerns they decided to admit him to the NICU. We anticipated this as a shorter stay...which ended up to be a month long. All was fine and he was mainly a feeder and grower...the feeding and strength a bit of a challenge at times due to his prematurity and his DS. He was a trooper...as were Mom and Dad...and big bros! He arrived home right around his due date!
Back to Lana and kiddos...we had a blast with them. We toured a dairy/milk farm, went to the parks, sunflower farm, slot cars, introduced the kids to crawdad fishing, and Lego exhibit. We had several hours of helping out with Deana's kiddos too...between Longmont and Windsor...we had a grand 'ol time! My Mom and Dad popped down as well for a quick visit...actually Dad was 2 days and Mom ended up as two weeks helping out. Lana got bonus time with Mom. :-) It was sad to see them go but we get to see them soon as we are planning to go to Dubai for Christmas this year!!! Very exciting!
What else? Well, kids started school right after Lana left. They love their teacher and are doing great. I ran the Pike's Peak Ascent (half marathon up to 14,000 ft). It was the hardest thing I've ever done...not sure I'll do it again! :-) I met my goal...but need to finish the season on a quicker note...so am running a half next weekend down the canyon. :-) I have been running a lot and will start hockey soon. I am working once a week and once again taking a spanish class. I also help out in the school twice a week. Ehren has been playing hockey all summer and continues to play twice a week. He has started to run again and is trying to challenge his achilles...in hopes of success. He continues to play guitar and is loving his newest hobby...shooting! He heads to the range almost on a weekly basis...and got a kick out of running into our Pastor there last weekend. :-)
We made a quick trip to South Dakota over the long weekend in Sept. You can see from the pictures that we went to Jewel Cave, Crazy Horse, and Mount Rushmore..that was one day. We then did the Reptile Gardens, Bear Country, and a dinosaur museum the next day. The third day and the day we drove home we hit the Mammoth Dig site. An amazing dig site that has been going on for about 40 years...and still so much to find. It was a great little road trip and the kids had a great time.
Our kids are busy in sports and school. Jaelynn picked up piano and Evan has been working on guitar. Emily continues with violin. Soccer and swim are underway and Emily picked up tap dancing! She loves it! We will have one more thing to keep us busy as we decided to get a dog! This weekend we will rescue a 1 1/2-2 year old Lab/Ridgeback mix. Her name is Lucy and she is wonderful! We are all excited! One other plan for the weekend...we are doing a Hot Chocolate 5K as a family in Denver sunday morning. Perfect...get the kids up early, run, fill them up on chocolate then go get a new pet...and expect them to go to relax and go to bed that night? Likely not! :-)
Lastly, our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families affected by the Colorado floods. We appreciate all the thoughts and well wishes people have sent us. We were extremely lucky that we went untouched by the flood waters...as did Deana and Jay. There was much devastation throughout Northern Colorado...hard to believe and to think this is the second flood we've seen this summer. What's up with the weather! We hope everyone bounces back...it's a long haul for some.
Well, we are expecting Blair and Dar for a couple weeks this month on their way south...as usual. Halloween is right around the corner as is...Ehren's 40th! Woohoo!!!
