Mom and Dad

Proper online etiquette states that using all capital letters is like yelling.

This is a message for you.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR. A YEAR I SAY! CAN'T YA JUST GET YOUR BOOTY DOWN HERE ALREADY? I NEED A MOM AND DAD HUG AND SOME HOMEMADE FOOD. I NEED TO HEAR THE CHINK CHINK OF THE COFFEE MUG. I NEED TO HEAR DAD GET MAD AT HIS LAPTOP. SO... WHAT DO YA SAY?
HOW ABOUT JUST TWO SIMPLE WORDS: 

ROAD

TRIP

Love your  daughter,
Tina

It's My Birthday... I Never Would Have Imagined

 I treated myself to an early birthday day present this morning, an extra 30 minutes of sleep, and this gift was waiting for me when I left just beckoning for a picture. A layer of fog settled over the valley showing the beginnings of fall. Amazing.

 When I arrived to class this morning the children greeted me with joy and lots of "Happy Birthdays!" Our amazing parents and their kiddos blessed me with a yummy spread and gifts abound.I could only keep saying, "Oh, Thank you." In my mind, I was going back a year. I was trying to finish up my last semester at Regis so I could try even harder to find a job that would allow our children to have financial assistance for college. Who knew God's plan included so many little people and their parents! I am overwhelmed.

This is my amazing 5th grade team. We were blessed with a meal to celebrate the September birthdays! I really love these ladies!

Not only did I receive special treatment at school, but at home my man made the BEST dinner...steak, bacon mashers, amazing veggies, and this.... this wine. Oh baby, it is one of THE best wines I've had in a loooong time!

And.... this sunset, umm yep, mine. God painted on my behalf, don't ya know. :)

Only thing missing today, my sister. We share a birthday together only three years apart.We love spending time together and one day we will celebrate together again. Until then.... Happy Birthday!

A Touch of Autumn

Go Broncos!

This weekend turned into more than I had planned! My list consisted of working, resting and oh yeah, resting.  T and I spent time going to dinner (and running errands :). What's a date without at least one errand? ), a movie night with our girls and THIS... This game! What a great surprise. A perfect Colorado September day and we're in the Broncos stadium surrounded by 70,000 other fans. Orange and Blue ev.er.y.where. The jets flew overhead to celebrate the grand ol' US of A, four men dropped out of a plane and landed safely on the field, and Shannon Sharpe received his Hall of Fame ring.   Umm.. did I mention we WON!

Go Broncos!

Picture Perfect

My girls had some fun with the camera this week. I love that they can catch the true essence of who they are in a picture. Picture Perfect.

Happy Birthday Boo!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Estes Park 2011

Time for one last hurrah this summer with our Vintage. We took advantage of the long weekend and went up to Estes Park with some dear friends. At first we were hesitant given our busy schedule now a days but it turned out to be a great weekend. The sun shone, the nights weren't too cold, and the fellowship sweet.

Our camping buddies, John and Amanda. We love these guys and their kiddos!

We went off-roading in our Fj's. I really love going off the beaten path and seeing places we can't otherwise. We stopped a vista point and grabbed our lunches. All that rumbling around deserves some good food.

Miss Kayleigh came along this trip. We love having her around! Kayleigh is from England and is a part of our youth leadership this year. We hope to take her to more fun out-tings in Colorado. :)

Great views behind us, don't ya say? I have been so crazy busy that Amanda and I hardly ever catch up anymore. It took getting out of town to actually get in a conversation. Unfortunately, Amanda was in pain with her ear this weekend. She hung in there though and thanked Tylenol for being in existence.

Two awesome trucks... they did so well off roading. Gotta love Toyota!

And then there's this beast. We were enjoying our time off-roading and all of a sudden, around the corner comes this thing full of people. We had to laugh. Someone is making some bucks. Lina thought we should cut the top off our Fj and do the same thing. Ba haha!

Kayleigh and Boo

We went into town one night to grab some grub. Why cook when there's an awesome BBQ just up the street?

My man's main dig.

This is the Stanley Hotel in Estes. The Shining was filmed here and we had to go see it. Oh this place was gorgeous!!! The inside was vintage and just spectacular.

Girlies. I love spending time with these chickies.

Mr. T waited patiently as we went all over this place. I just HAD to see inside! Now I know where I want to go on a weekend away. Hint. Hint.

So we had a wonderful break from the norm. We ate great meals, had some awesome laughs, got sun burned, and came home to piles of laundry. Could we ask for more?

Our camping season is done for 2011. Can't wait until next season.