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. […]
Posted on October 9th, 2013 by mountain girl | 4 Comments »
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 […]
Posted on October 2nd, 2013 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
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 […]
Posted on August 28th, 2013 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
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 […]
Posted on August 14th, 2013 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Zia got this solar print paper from one of her friends at her birthday party. It sat on the table for a while, but when Caleb got back, he whipped her into action and they collected some leaves and flowers and made prints. These are sweet as is, but they would also look cool with […]