In September 2013--Strode and I made one of our trips to Des Moines to play with our Houghton family.  We had such a good time.  The highlight of the trip may have been our outing to go bowling--it was great fun.  I love these photos of this happy family.  They even wore the perfect colors so the photos are particularly nice.  Love the smiles!

What a crazy few weeks we have had!  First, a couple of trips to the Northwest to visit our too cute babies and their families and then to both Des Moines and Glenwood Springs to spend time with two more cute grandgirls.  We are so blessed and are just filled with joy.  Love this family!

What a treat to have the Des Moines Houghtons join us for their spring break 2013 here in Denver! We had such a grand time: eating at the Triangle Restaurant, building and launching rockets, shopping, visiting John's family, touring the Denver Museum of Science and History and cheering on the Nuggets!  A bonus was having Maisey along for the trip.  She was a great addition to our family time together.

January 2013 and we are in Seattle again! We are there to celebrate Oly's first birthday and to spend time with our boys and their families.  We celebrated Oly's birthday first at the daycare and then we celebrated again with friends and family with the McWeavers.  We watched a lot of football and were in despair when both the Broncos and the Seahawks lost in their playoff games:-(.  We had some nice meals together and, as always, enjoyed being with our sons.  They continue to make us so proud.

Christmas 2012 and New Year's 2013 was celebrated in Des Moines, Iowa with the Hougtons.  What a celebration we had with Christmas festivities, bowling, basketball game, swimming, exercising, gymnastics, eating out (Tasty Taco), church,  and shopping.  Even with the chilly weather we enjoyed every moment of our time together.  The photo above is of Sara and Lori opening their gymnastics mat from Grandma Patty and Grandpa Charlie.  What a delight to watch those 2 excited girls.  We are so blessed to have such a special family.  This was definitely a memory making holiday.

 Whew! What a fall this has been. On Oct. 28, we left Denver and headed north to Seattle in a Penski truck.  We picked up furniture in Idaho Falls to deliver to the McWeavers.  We had a great time in Seattle celebrating Halloween, attending football and soccer games, and celebrating Strode's retirement.  We saw so many friends and family members.  It was a great trip.

That was followed by a flight home via Des Moines to check in with the Houghtons.  We had a lovely time visiting with the grand girls -Sara and Lori.  Of course, when we can, we take a trip to the Omaha Zoo to check in with all of the animals there.  What a wonderful time we had there.

A few short days after we returned home, the Shoreline Weavers: Matt, Janelle and Camille, arrived to share Thanksgiving week with us.  We had more extended and quality time with the three of them.  We were able to take in the Denver Zoo, several parks, the Children's Museum and, of course, a meal at the Triangle Restaurant to celebrate Matt's Birthday.

As always, we feel incredibly blessed to have such wonderful friends and family!

We have returned from our wonderful cruise up the Rhine River.  We shared our experience with friends the Allens and Maddens.  We were able to spend a few days in Amsterdam and then cruised the Rhine visiting in Germany, France and ending in Switzerland.  There were so many highlights of the trip:  lovely ship, good tours, castles galore, great food. laughs with friends, new sights and sounds...and so much more.  We are so blessed!