New Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures from the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Peter and Grandpa in the milo.
Peter and Tom at my office.
Century 21 Christmas Party.

At church.

Colorado Report #3

Yesterday we spent all day here at the house waiting for the snow storm that never arrived. The weather people said we would have 3-8 inches, we got about 1/8 of an inch. But it was cold and icy all day. I think the high here at the house yesterday was about 8 degrees. Last night we got down to zero. So we just stayed inside and spent the day celebrating Peter's 7 month birthday. It's hard to believe it has already been 7 months.
Today we planned to just go into town to get some formula, then visit a few more shops in Westcliffe. But the local grocery store was out of baby formula. So we headed into Florence about an hour or so away to get it. After that we went to the Royal Gorge Bridge. You can click here to see a great picture of it and read more about it. Our little camera just could not handle this thing. After that we found some snow near by and stopped to play in it. Peter had a blast. These are some of my (Pete) favorite pictures from today.

Tomorrow is our last full day here in Colorado. We plan to leave in the morning to head into Colorado Springs for the day. We don't have any set plans, so who knows what we will get ourselves into. We will stay there tomorrow night and then head back Sunday morning. It has been a great trip, but we are all ready to get back to South Texas. Can't wait to see you all.

Colorado Report #2

Ok this is Pete again and I know I am a bit picture happy today but this stuff is just too hard to explain without the pictures. So here is what we did today:

We woke up to a beautiful, brisk, cold, frosty morning here in the mountains. These are some of the mountains that are right out behind our cabin. It is truly a view that will take your breath away. We then drove to a small town called Rye and on into Colorado City for lunch at Ol'Zan's Place (?). The local bridge club happened to be meeting today so that was an experience as all the ladies played with Peter and gossiped at the bridge gathering.

After that we backtracked to a place called Bishop's Castle. This man has been building this real castle out in the middle of the forest since the 60's. It is huge! He has done it all himself and is proud of his work. This was a bit strange because there was no one else in the castle or anywhere close really. Just the three of us walking through it's huge rooms. It was about 15 degrees inside this rock fortress. You can click here to read more about this place and see some better pictures.

Peter and I looking through one of the small windows inside the spiral stair case.

This is inside what I think is the dining room.


This is the large room on the second floor. Maybe the master bed room, it has a great view.

Abby and Peter in the snow.

These are some more mountains near the town of Westcliffe. We took these on our way back to town. We went back to the house to rest for about an hour and a half then went back in to eat at a place called Pizza Madness. Best pizza I have ever had... and I have eaten some pizza, people.

I just thought this picture was funny. I don't know if Peter is trying to tell me how to drive, or what but he is really enjoying himself.

This is tonight right before bed as we practiced crawling. He is so tired. Peter still can't crawl but he rocks back and forth a lot, and can stay up on all fours much longer. I bet he will be on the move before long, that should be fun.

So that's it for Wednesday. Tomorrow we have another short road trip planned, then more relaxing. Just a few days left and we will be heading back to Texas. Can't wait to see you all.

Colorado Report #1

This is my (Pete's) attempt to blog:

Well we arrived in Colorado yesterday and got all settled in here at our cabin near Westcliffe. Today we went into town and ate lunch at a little place called "Chile Bear's" it was a nice little place with a huge variety on the menu. We meet several very nice people while we ate, the people here are so nice. During one of the conversations we found out that a new Cowboy Church was being built outside of town. So after lunch we ran by to say hi and take a look at what the Cowboy Church movement is like here in Colorado. Then we spent some time downtown going through the litttle shops. After a quick re-supply stop at the grocery store, it was back out to the cabin. Peter took a nap, then we rode out close to the mountains to enjoy the scenery. The pictures below are the mountains that are right by our cabin. The view is amazing!! At night you can see all the stars and the moon light coming off the snow capped mountains. They are breath taking. We don't really know what tomorrow holds, we are trying not to plan too much or stay too busy. We have decided to truly have a relaxing, restful, vacation. More reports in the coming days.

Enter....Christmas!

lol...i just posted yesterday but I always feel like Christmas officially begins at Thanksgiving. I forgot that I hadn't posted this picture. Last week we went to a seminar for Edward Jones and they had free pictures with Santa. Peter was enjoying hanging out, he kept laying back in his furry suit. That's all for now! Have a good day!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Haven't posted in a couple of weeks...I haven't taken any pictures lately and didn't have much new to say but here's whats been going on lately...Melchizedeck, our employee from Kenya for Operation H2o (www.operationh2o.org) is here for a couple of weeks. He is getting some training on a drilling rig we are hoping to buy and send to Kenya soon so we can drill a well in ONE day! It would be an incredible step for our organization.

Pete has been preaching a series on "I am Thankful.." He had challenged everyone to make a list of things we are thankful for and focus on one thing each day. He left me a note this morning that said that he had set aside this day a couple of weeks ago to just be thankful for Peter and I, and a whole bunch of sweet things that made me cry, and that he was taking the day off of work and going to make me breakfast. I have had a rough couple weeks and needed that so bad, especially to be reminded how blessed I am.

This year we are spending Thanksgiving in Pleasanton with Pete's family and will spend Christmas with mine. I am looking forward to hanging out at Pete's mom and dad's house tomorrow. I did not have to cook one single thing..pretty pathetic...just show up and eat. It will be so nice though.

Next week we will be taking Peter on his first airplane ride. Hope it goes well. He is sooo busy all of the time..never stops moving. I think it will be good. We are flying to Colorado. It can't be too bad. We DID just take a 15 hour road trip to Missouri and survived. We have some incredible friends who have a house in Colorado and are letting us stay there for a week. I hope my cell phone gets NO service..lol...jk..anyone is welcome to call.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

6 months!

Peter turned 6 months old a week ago. Just in this last week it seems like he has learned so much. At his well visit our pediatrician told us to go ahead and start baby proofing the house because Peter will be on the move before long. I have a lot to baby proof...low shelves, cords, outlets, cabinets...I am so not ready for this. It is fascinating though to see how fast he changes. He is sitting alone now, still a little wobbly but for the most part he can catch himself. He is also getting up on his hands and knees.
This week is pretty busy with work but Wednesday we are going to my mom's. I made an appointment there to get my hair cut and highlighted which is always nice..I need it pretty bad. We are thinking about another road trip in December. Pete has some more vacation days that he can use before the end of the year and our friends have a house in Colorado that they are willing to let us use. We haven't really decided yet and are still tossing around the idea of buying plane tickets. I am not sure I can handle two 15 hour road trips in a month..lol.
Have a great day!