Christian the Lion

This is crazy but what a reunion! You might cry... i did.

college?

It's official... I'm a college student! I've taken the plunge and decided to pursue a degree in nursing. Luckily I've retained some of my high school education and don't have to take any pre-college classes so I'm starting with prerequisites for the program...YES! Wish me luck!

short again...

Okay, so I'm taking these meds that give me random and highly intollerable hot flashes. I know, just what I need when it's 95 degrees and we have no a/c! In order to remedy this situation I decided to cut my hair again. Mom, please warn dad before showing him the photos!

James Bond - Quantum of Solace

We're so excited for the new James Bond movie! Coming to a theatre near you on November 7, 2008!!

a little delayed...

Okay, so I'm not too sure where the last month and a half has gone, but I'm back! Work and visiting family has been keeping us busy! Mid-June we took another trip up to Jackson where we met with Becky, Eric, and Joshy to drive up to Montana for the weekend! My great-grandma isn't doing too well so we decided to visit her. We were also able to spend time with Grandpa Kent, Grandma Mom and Grandpa Boppie, Aunt Renee and her family, and Aunt Kristie and Taragon! We enjoyed a delicous steak dinner with Grandpa Kent and watching the US Open with Grandpa Boppie and Grandma Mom! Grandma Violet was able to meet her 2nd Great-great-grandson! We headed up to Placid Lake where Aunt Kristie and Uncle Dan have a gorgeous lake house! We cycled around the lake on Hydro-bikes, rode quads up to the look-out, played card games, and watched a movie in the theatre room! For such a short visit, we really had A LOT of fun, minus Eric's speeding ticket on the way home! Here are some picutres for your enjoyment!

New nephew - Joshua

On April 30th, my sister, Becky, had a healthy, beautiful baby boy, Joshua Duncan Wilcox! We made the 18 hour drive, round trip, to visit them over Memorial Day weekend. It was so fun to see him, so tiny and perfect. Eric and Becky took us into Teton National Park where we had a picnic and tried to spot grizzly bears, to no avail. We did see elk, buffalo, moose, and a very large beaver! We also took Joshua to his first major motion film, Indiana Jones. He slept through the entire movie, but Eric was proud to say that Indiana Jones was the first movie his son went to! We had a wonderful time cuddling with Joshy, eating yummy steak, and playing Mario Kart.

Summer Weekends

Well life has been busy, but I'm finally updating our blog! Dan only has 2 more Saturdays off before he'll have to start working them again (sniff, sniff). So we're cramming everything you could do in Colorado for a summer, into 4 weekends! First we volunteered and participated in the "Walk for MS" at a park in downtown C. Springs. Dan's mom has had MS (multiple sclerosis) for about 27 years and this is our way of raising awareness to the disease and funding for research. If you'd like to learn more yourself, or participate in an event like we did, please click here. Then we took Diesel to a dog park that had a creek running through it, which he loved to splash in! It was his first time at a dog park and he really enjoyed the freedom to "bond" with other dogs and chase them around without being reprimanded!

The following weekend we drove up to Denver for a session at the temple and made our way to the Denver Botanical Gardens. The tropical green house was my favorite, although extremely humid, they had a variety or orchids... my favorite! The weather was beautiful and the gardens were amazing! Even more amazing were the surrounding neighborhoods! They were as picture perfect as they come. Although way out of our reach, it's always nice to dream!

The same weekend as Denver took us to Fort Collins, Horsetooth Lake. It wasn't quite what we expected, but we had fun throwing sticks for Diesel to swim out and catch and napping on the beach!

Then came Memorial Day weekend... see slide show above!