Kitty Sitting

Our neighbors, Andy and Judy, got their kids a kitten for Christmas and this is the cute little girl ... she's been meowing a lot but she's finally becoming social. Do you wonder what Olivia wants now? I'll give you three guesses.....

Cole's OT session

We started occupational therapy with Colvin last week and he's doing really well. Don't ask me to explain it, it's the therapy that I understand the least, but it has to do with a body's sensory and spatial inputs. Here are a few pictures of Colvin and the therapist, Aleta. He seems to enjoy playing with her and of course, he loves all the activity!!

Dumping balls on top of Colvin in the ball pit.

Cole in the nylon/spandex swing - LOVES this!

Cole and Aleta doing a puzzle in the ball pit.

Colvin is buried in the ball pit.

Happy Birthday Amy!!!

Happy Birthday Amy girl!! I wish I could be there to help you celebrate!! I hope you have a fantastic birthday and next year brings many new and wonderful memories! Thanks for being such a GREAT friend - I'm so blessed to have you in my life! (Although I really do wish you lived closer) :) I love ya!

Trail of Lights 2009 @ Denver Botanical Gardens

Our Friends - the Doehrings

Merry Christmas from the Raymonds!

**PAUSE MUSIC BEFORE PLAYING**

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Putting Up the Christmas Tree 2009

The finished product.

(Sorry - the picture is a little fuzzy)

Finally found our pathetic, little, Charlie Brown Christmas Tree - everything was picked over, ... they shop early for trees here in the Springs. Although it's small, it turned out really cute and we were so happy to have Daddy home this year to help us! Thank God for small miracles and Merry Christmas to all!

You know Colvin is tired when....

... it's time to brush teeth and he tries to go to sleep on the bathroom floor.

Best Christmas Swap Gift

My friend, Judy, invited me to a Christmas decoration 'swap' at a home of one of the ladies at her church. We had a lot of fun, everyone was super nice and best of all, I got this lighted 'present' at the swap - kind of like a yankee swap, but it was all Christmas decor and ornaments. The limit was $15 and this was my favorite! Such a neat idea!

Snow, snow and more snow.....

Today school was canceled here in the Springs because of snow. Sucks too because it's SUPER cold outside - like 5 degrees! I thought we left this behind in Maine .... wishful thinking. And again, Gary escapes the shovel - he's enjoying his own hotel room in DC (at a conference). Plus, the AF guys are such sallies, they have people to come shovel the driveway, but unfortunately, I can't wait that long. Guess I should get my butt outside......

Happy Thanksgiving!

SOOOO Glad to have Gary home this year.....hoping for an uneventful and relaxing day. Don't even care that much about the turkey. :)

Trip to the Dino Museum

We decided to drive up the mountain to Woodland Park - about 2,000 feet higher than we are here in the Springs. It's a small museum but they had some neat exhibits. We took a tour with Alan, who taught us a lot of interesting tidbits about dinosaurs - like the Velociraptor in Jurassic Park is really a Utahraptor and 'raptor' means thief. Also, the Brontosaurus never really existed - it was a apatosaurus with camarosaurus head - pretty interesting stuff! We learned about their structures, how much they weighed, etc. etc. etc. and the fact that whomever discovers the fossils also gets to nickname the creatures - hence, T-Rex in their museum was named "Stan" (see pic at bottom). At the end, we ran into the curator and he took us into the lab where they build all kinds of replicas for other museums around the world. It was super cool!

Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Co.

Our little Paleontologist

Grrrrrr!

Face Painting at the Craft Fair in the Museum

T-Rex a.k.a. Stan

Munchkin-o-sauruses

Distant Relative??

Daddy and Olivia in front of the Albertosaurus a.k.a. Pebbles

Happy First Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday to our niece and nephew, Luci and Eli!! We haven't even met them yet and they are getting SO big! Eat some messy cake, little ones! And Carrie - take LOTS of pictures! We love you all!

Gary's New Grill Light

Snow that Sticks - Sat. Nov. 14th