First day . . .

It's here, the day I haven't been looking forward to. The first day of middle school!! The end of our lazy summer, lazy year for that matter. Homeschooling Kiki last year (and this) for 6th grade was fun, and I LOVED that she was always home with me and I knew she was safe. But it all changes today :-( today I have to let by baby go out in to the big (it's not all bad) world. Where did the years go.

I know she's nervous, but I think I am more! I now have to wait hours to find out if she was ok, if she had a good day, and if she thinks she's going to like it?

I walked to the bus stop with her this morning, it's just a few yards away from the house. No other kids were there, she was the only one getting on at that stop!!!! Not surprising when our homes are acres apart, and I have no idea where the other middle schoolers live. I'm not even sure there was any kids on the bus? But I'm assuming there was because it had already stopped a couple of times in the neighborhood. I know you want to see pictures... So here they are....

Climb Every Mountain!!

It's been a couple of weeks since my sister left, but now we have my inlaws visiting :-) The other day Jason suggested we 'climb' Bell Mountain! (Bell Mountain Ranch is the neighborhood we live in) You can see the mountain from one of our decks.... Jason has done it once before on his own.

Here's a few pictures of it.... with a lovely pink sky,

a clearer view.....

and looking pretty covered in snow....

Below are the pictures I took from our walk. This is the view half way up the mountain, looking at our neighborhood.

This is the view from the very top of the mountain....you can see our house in the red circle!

Jason and Stacy (his mom)

Here we are at the top, with our tiny house in between us!! (in the red circle again). It was a fun walk.... kind of! but I'm not sure I'll be doing it again any time soon. It took about an hour to walk up there from our house.

Lost You!

I've accidentally deleted all of my blog links!!!!!!  :-(

If you're reading this and are a 'bloggy friend' could you please email me your blog url to dschulz46 at gmail dot com

Thanks!

For the Newman kids!!!

We tried to stop him....... but

Lunch in Castle Rock - (picture overload!)

It was a super hot day yesterday, but Nenna and Horhay managed to get a little sunbathing in on the deck before lunch. We then had a drive down to our little town of Castle Rock to look around (Jason  was working).  There is a large 'Barn' there that has lots of little craft shops in it. Nenna loved looking around (as did I) and Horhay. . . .  well, I think he kinda liked it too. Here's a few pictures. . . 

After a little shopping we went for lunch across the street at a little place called Siennas. We sat outside by the fountain.

and snapped a couple of pictures of the 'Castle Rock'.

In the evening we went out for and Indian Meal :-) 

I think a good day was had by all.

Zoo Day!

We had a fun day at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo yesterday. It's located in Colorado Springs and is about a 50 minute drive from us. The weather was wonderful, the views up there spectacular. Here's a few photos from the day . . . . .

 

Giraffes are the main attraction at this zoo. For a couple of dollars you can buy lettuce leaves and feed them. Have you seen the size of a giraffe's tongue!!!

 

The skyride was amazing.

Awesome Views

Special Guests!

My sister Brenda and Brother-in-law George arrived on Tuesday night to spend over 2 weeks with us :)
'Nenna' has been taking most of the pictures on her camera but I took a few on my phone yesterday so I could upload them here (I can upload straight from my phone to blogger!). 

Looks rather cloudy in the pictures, but the weather has been wonderful so far. Very sunny in the mornings, very hot, but then a little cloudy in the afternoons which is fine as it means we can sit outside for longer and not be too hot.  I will try to get some pictures posted from Nenna's camera in the next few days.

March!

It's March already! Hard to believe, but then again not. We all know this year will go by as quick as the last one did. I think the clocks go forward next week? Seems early this year but I think Easter is early too, March 29th is Good Friday. Speaking of Easter, I decided to get out a little decor for the table this week. We have been invited to a friends house for Easter dinner which will be nice, but I still wanted to set the table for a few weeks like I normally do. They may look all the same, but I tried to snap a picture from each corner of the room..

I got the zebra chargers at Hobby Lobby in the after Christmas sale. I think they were 99c each!I thought they'd look good with the chairs, and I think they do.

 

I wish my wood floor actually looked as nice as in the picture! It's a lot lighter than that and needs to be refinished. It has a lot of scratches on it. 

Of course all the Easter decor will be put away by the time you come over Nenna :) I think I'll look for some Sunflower decor for the Summer.

I also got started on painting the basement this weekend. It's a mess right now, but you asked for some pictures, so here's a couple.

 

The walls don't look that yellow, it's actually more of a gold color. 

Don't worry, the bar will be open 24/7 when you arrive :-)