Posted on January 27th, 2014 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
We hit the National Western Stock Show for the second year in a row. It was such a perfect day–sunny and 63 in Denver. Cash has a little more hair now than he did last year. He’s also a lot more mobile. He had his first pony ride up in the children’s area. He was […]
Posted on December 24th, 2013 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
For the third year in a row, we spent Christmas Eve in Winter Park. Winter Park is a cozy and very cold place to be on Christmas Eve. We arrived at 2:3o, got a bite to eat, and walked around the shops. Zia got some rock candy and she and Cash each got a ball […]
Posted on December 19th, 2013 by mountain girl | 1 Comment »
This week, we… cut our first Christmas tree from these Black Hawk woods (and then pretended it was big enough to drag). Helped give gifts to people in the projects of Denver. Seeing the look on their faces was something we won’t soon forget! Baked gingerbread cookies, and hung them up Watched a full moon […]
Posted on November 25th, 2013 by mountain girl | 4 Comments »
These little turkeys are terribly unhealthy–and lots of fun to make. We found them here, and Zia decided to make them for the annual Thanksgiving dinner in Nederland. I made red, yellow, and chocolate frosting to stick the pieces together and add features to the turkeys. Zia put them together…for a while. Then she got […]
Posted on October 14th, 2013 by mountain girl | 5 Comments »
Last night we came home from our trip–a weekend in Vail, Colorado. It was so much fun; far enough away to be a little road trip, but close enough to not be a tiring drive. Vail is only an hour and a half from where we live, and the views along the way are amazing. […]