I don’t know if you had heard yet, but it’s FOOTBALL SEASON! I love all things football: watching the games, taking naps during the games (seriously–football games are the best noise for napping),wearing my team’s apparel, and especially the FOOD! Every Sunday we make a feast of our favorite football watching foods. This week we…
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.Hello Neighbor. My younger son, Grayson has a new obsession. It’s all about this– new to him– video game called Hello Neighbor. We let him buy it with some money he received back in July and it has been the topic of everything that…
Twenty five years ago today was an amazing day–I got to marry the man I love. We had such a great wedding–set in the gorgeous Sangre de Cristo mountains in the sweet town of Westcliffe, Colorado with all of our family and close friends with us. The church had these huge picture windows behind…
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.The Parade–Black Forest is a really cool neighborhood in our community. There are many beautiful trails to hike, bike, jog, and ride horses on and it also has a little mini “downtown” area with restaurants, bars and a few unique shops. Every year they…
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. A new camping adventure. Last year we tried out a new to us campsite called Jellystone resort (you can read about our fun adventure here). We were planning to visit again this year and made our reservation well in advance. However, we got…
Day 5 1/2: Heading to the YO Ranch Headquarters. When we left SeaWorld, we convoyed with Gary and family to just outside Kerrville, TX–home of the YO Ranch Headquarters. Super Rockstar’s sister, Gigi lives on this enormous sprawling over 10,000 acre wildlife and hunting ranch with her husband, Eric, who manages the place. We got…
It has been 5 years since we have set foot on the hallowed ground of the great state of Texas (you cannot be married to a Texan and not say Texas without the preface of “Great State of”). Texas is where Super Rockstar is from and all his family still resides. It’s also where I…
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. Date Nights with our boys. Every couple of months or so, Super Rockstar and I like to take our boys on a date. He will take one and I take the other and then next time we switch. We usually let the boys…
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.10 years of killin Sofa’s. One of the favorite gigs that Super Rockstar’s band, SofaKillers, plays is in a local neighborhood that puts on a summer concert series. Wolf Ranch was the place SofaKillers debuted 10 years ago. They played their first gig there…
Bad days happen all the time –it’s just a part of life. But, when a bad day hits on a Monday it seems to feel a bit more pungent. A couple of weeks ago we had such a day. It started out normally enough–I got up, had my quiet time, and made breakfast. Then,…