A week or so ago, we went to Hammond’s Candy Factory in Denver for the annual Candy Cane Festival. Zia played in the kids games hosted by KLOVE radio station, and won a gigantic lollipop for her fine dancing. Yayayay! We watched the candy canes being made. Hammond’s makes 10 million each Christmas season! They were […]
We came upon a herd of Rocky Mountain bighorns the other day, grazing along the side of the road. A big male with battle-worn horns seemed to be in charge. There was another male, a younger one, in the herd as well. The two of them seemed to have an amicable relationship. We’ve seen bighorn […]
Winter is just around the corner…but it’s felt like winter ever since that week in November when the mercury dipped ten below zero. Brrrrr. We’ve had some warmer days since then, but this weekend it turned cold and windy again, and we got several inches of snow. We’ve been all tucked in at home and […]
Three years ago today we were making Thanksgiving dinner! Caleb was at his mom’s, so it was just us three. Actually, there were four of us, but we didn’t know it–Cashy-Boy was just a microscopic little thing. We made turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries, two kinds of stuffing and two kinds of gravy, and crowded it […]
Four years ago, we were trading in our Kansas-city-cruising Mini Cooper for a new bumpy-dirt-road mountain ride. Both of those cars were so cool. More importantly, this little three-year old star was shining brightly, as always. And here she is today, still shining. Cars come and go, but three year olds move on and never […]
