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. […]
We love this park. It’s one of those little neighborhood parks that probably 20 years ago was teeming with kids–swinging, sliding, whooping, getting in one last game before they were called to dinner. Now it’s deserted. We usually drive past it at least twice a day, and since we moved here I have never seen […]
October, I think, is when fall really arrives. Today the first of the pumpkin pies came out of the oven (there will be many more). Large finger-sized scoop of whipped cream hollowed out courtesy David L. Lucero. When I looked out the door at dinnertime, fall was spread across the mountain. And no, they don’t […]
That tiny bit of snow on the post is our very first. It rained most of the day, temperatures were in the 30’s, and this evening we looked out the windows to see we were surrounded by flurries of snow. Snow in September? You just take what the mountains give you, I guess. The higher […]
We can see the Indian Peaks from our house, and this weekend we hiked them. Cash started out in the stroller, but we ended up carrying him when the going got rocky. At 9980 ft., the air was light and fresh, with that slightly giddy feeling (am I the only one feels that?) The kids […]
