A week of first kills

Todd had a great week of first kills. He was so excited with all of his great kills. Todd and Adam set up a spread of goose decoys and actually called in some geese and a couple of ducks. He was so excited to have finally killed a "Canadian Honker"

Pete Forster, Todd and Adam went out to eastern Colorado for a pheasant hunt. They had a blast. I was told they hunted in front of the combine cutting the corn. They used it as their bird dog. The pheasants were everywhere.

Pete is the man, I'm not sure he ever missed.

Anniversary Weekend

Todd and I had a great Anniversary weekend. Dinner Saturday night at the Melting Pot were we had a 3 hour fondue dinner with steak, lobster and dark chocolate! WOW! That is all I can say.

Sunday the Forsters and the Flamings set our to find the family Christmas Trees in the forest. What a great day of fun. Picking the perfect tree can be very challenging with two little ones and 4 Adults who act like children when it 10 degrees and snowing.

We got home and turned the tree around like 5 times to find the right side then spent the rest of the night creating Christmas in our home.

What are great way to finish off our 1st year of marriage and bring in the new year!

Devils Backbone Hike

Todd and I went for a Sunday afternoon hike to Devils Backbone. We watched a beautiful sunset and a great view of the Rockies. Great Sunday afternoon adventure!

Our First Thanksgiving Dinner

Todd and I had a great adventure cooking up our first Thanksgiving dinner. Our turkey turned out perfect, golden brown and so juicy! Due to our hot oven, our turkey was done 1 hour earlier than expected. Todd and I rushed around the kitchen making the rest of the fixing's, mashed and sweet potatoes, stuffing and gravy. Then we lit the candles and were about to thank the Lord for our meal, when Todd remember we had forgot about the green beans! Oh well ! DIG In it's Turkey Day!

Claire and Beth Weekend

Claire came out to Colorado for the weekend. We had a blast shopping, dining, and just spending some good girl time.

We had a wonderful sushi dinner in Boulder

Then walked around and shopped Pearl Street in the snow

Then went out to the spa in the snow!

It was a great weekend of pure girl fun!

Beth's First Big Game

Friday Todd and I traveled up to Wyoming for a weekend get away! It was my first time in the state of Wyoming, killing my first Speed Goat, and shooting a few Prairie Dogs!
It was great to get to share this with Pete Forster and Pop pop!

Todd was very impressed with my shot, I made a great kill shot from 223 yards away!
He was very proud of me and he was very excited.

It was a lot of fun getting away and seeing all the beautiful country side and all the animals, it was crazy!

Shooting Prairie Dogs is way more fun than squirrels. They are huge and once you shoot they all stand straight up to see what is going on. Oh my oh my what fun that was!!!

Todd's Toothless Hunt

The Boy's went to Wyoming Antelope hunting
They had a great time getting meat for the families

Michael enjoyed being part of the pack.

Todd visited the dentist on Monday and now has new pretty teeth.

The Change of the Aspens

Helen, Michael and I enjoyed a beautiful day in Estes Park. This is a very busy time of the year for Estes Park, because the Aspens are changing colors and the elk are out buggling.

It was a great relaxing day hanging out together.

Weekend Wedding in California

This last weekend Todd and I set out to California to see our good friend Chris and his new bride Kasey get married. It was great to spend time with all our friends and family. On Sunday, we left the 100 degree weather in Fresno to come home to 50 degree weather in Loveland, talk about shock to the body.

Claire and I had fun spending time together.

The Rockies Game

On Sunday Todd and I went to our first Rockies game. Beth's work had a family event with a lunch and great seats. It was hot but lots of fun meeting all the family members of the staff. It felt like a Grizzles game but Better!

The Hail Storm

The hail pile in the front of our house
It killed my flowers!

Todd's hand with the crazy hail

Todd and I were out shopping on Saturday when out of no where it started to hail. We made it back to the truck and drove as fast as we could to get out of the hail. The hail was coming down so fast and hard that dirt was flying out of the holes it hit. We were very lucky at this time the hail was soft. Todd and I laughed the whole way home because it looked as though seagulls were pooping on the windshield. By the time we got back to the house the hail had harden but luckily the truck was safe from dents.

Another Great Colorado Thunder Storm

Last night after dinner, I was just sitting on the couch enjoying some TV when I hear this loud "BANG". It sounded as though someone had shot off a big firework outside of my front door. I jump up and opened the front door to watch the quarter size hail fall out of the sky. The hail was coming down so hard and fast it sounded as though it was cracking the windows. I picked up some of the pieces off of the patio, sure enough quarter size hail..... I thank God I have a garage for my truck!

Weekend through Estes Park

Todd and I had a great weekend in Steamboat Springs. We relaxed, shopped around, ate great food, and explored the town. The best part of the trip was the ride over. We drove through Estes Park and saw some beautiful animals and breath taking sights.

A heard of bull Elk just relaxing

Three Big Horn Sheep walked across the highway


How cute!

Beauty!

This shows the bottom of the park

WOW that's all we could say.

Even though we did not take a lot of pictures of us hanging out in Steamboat we had a fun new adventure in Colorado. We look forward to the next weekend off.

The Night Catch

The Boys Knocked Them Dead On Boyd Tonight

Good Eats!

New Furniture From a New Designer

My husband has come into a new hobby of wood craft. Todd came home to surprise me with a end table and a bookshelf that he made with his two hands. They are beautiful and exactly what I dreamed of. I had to brag, he has true talent.

Colorado Thunderstorms

Todd and I were enjoying our home made burgers when the weather alert called for severe thunderstorms. Todd and I went outside to enjoy the show.
The Beauty of our backyard

The Sunset Storm
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The Evening Thunderstom