In the past month.....

Well, I spent 3 weeks in Denver helping Sarah prep her new house to move in. We painted, painted, and then painted more. She is now living there, although she says she is not moved in because there are still lots of boxes to be put away. I also got to spend a lot of time with Harper while I was there. He is in the stage where he will repeat whatever you tell him to say. It’s great. I was a little easier on him than I was to Jackson at that age. I taught him, “Zip it, Lock it, Put it in your pocket!” and “What does an alligator say? Chomp, Chomp, Chomp!” Not quite as bad as teaching Jackson, “Who let the dogs out? Woof, Woof, Woof!” and “I am going ride that donkey, donkey” both with actions to go along with the songs. I think Katie was pleased overall.

Sarah, Katie, Mandy, Courtney, Lacey, and I also all went to see The John Butler Trio (featuring Lacey’s husband) and G-Love at Red Rocks. I have never been there before. What an amazing venue! We had a blast.

My parents came for a long weekend and we took Harper to the Denver Zoo.

I also went to the International Gem and Bead Show with Aunt Lori, Courtney, Sarah, and my mom. We all found too much!

All of my cute photos from Denver got erased on my camera except a few from the zoo. So, I won’t be many, if any, photos from Denver. L

A couple days after I returned from Denver, I started back to work at the same bank I was at earlier this year. I am working in the same department. It’s nice because I already know all of my coworkers and the basic ins and outs. My work isn’t any more challenging, but it should be getting better in the next couple of weeks.

Last week we had guests! Our friends Gayle and Cheryl came from Wisconsin. Unfortunately, they brought some rainy weather with them. They arrived on Sunday afternoon and got some sun the first few days. But Wednesday – Saturday we had completely cloudy and rainy days. It was a bummer because most of the activities to do here are outdoors(obviously). So they had 4 days inside watching the tube. Since Cheryl is a huge Brewers fan, they watched the playoffs most days. The sun did make an appearance long enough Sunday morning that they were able to both get sunburned before they flew out. Since we have never lived here this time of year, we didn’t know it was so rainy. So anyone planning on a trip down here, should not come in the end of September or beginning of October! J

Not much else going on. Travis’s work has slowed a little, so he may not be working 70 hour work weeks for awhile. He is very relieved!

He is going home to visit Trent next weekend. I am very jealous! We miss him so much! He says third grade is boring, but that is what he says every year about school. His favorite class is still gym. Imagine that for an active 8 year old boy.

Well back to work. I will try to add some photos tonight. We miss you all! Take care!