Nicole's Birthday

We went to dinner with Brian and Nicole to celebrate her birthday. It was a hibachi style restaurant and Nicole loved it. She has a new job this year. She works at an elementary with handicapped children. It is emotionally demanding, but she likes it. Check with her to find out more about it. Happy Birthday Nicole!

Colorful Fall

We have had an absolutely beautiful and colorful fall. This barberry in the front yard has never been so red.



The cotoneaster hedge in the backyard is more colorful that it has ever been. This was on Halloween.

See the red amur maple in the Japanese garden. We are loving it. We still haven't had any snow yet this year.

Cootie!

This is the poster that Brian drew for the Cootie Party. He took the materials home and drew it there. He said Matthew didn't know he could draw! He is so creative. Look at the details of these little cooties on the ship and on the land. We are so grateful that he will draw this poster for us every year!

Cap'n Kent and Rascal Rolayne were the host and hostess for this 24th Annual Cootie Invitational Tourney. We had a lot of fun dressing up and planning the activities for the night.

We had full wall decorations (thanks to Suzie for suggesting we look up Oriental Trading Catalog for pirate ideas). This is a picture of the group playing games in the basement. Kent is rolling "eyeballs" into a treasure chest. We played "pin the eyepatch on the captain". You can see the big captain on the wall in the background. We also "bowled" with skulls and shot at skulls.

These lovely ladies are some of the "wenches" that their husbands had to catch by identifying their bare feet while the rest of their bodies were hidden.

We have some fun friends that are nearly as crazy as we are. It is a fun evening for us to laugh and laugh, eat, and play and laugh some more.

Telluride Weekend

Suzie's sister got married on September 20th in Telluride, Colorado. She came from Samoa for this event. This is Suzie and Kye on the gondola ride up to the top of the mountain at Telluride. They both looked wonderful!
Here they are at the top of the mountain.
Suzie and Kye came back to Denver with Kent and I for a few days. On our drive home we stopped at the Grand Canyon of the Gunnison and looked around. It was beautiful.

This is Suzie's family (oops, Natalie isn't in this picture). It's Reagan, Suzie, Carl, Boonie, Cindy, Sid, Mimi and Jessica. See more pictures on Nathan and Suzie's blogspot. It was so fun to see all the family together.
This is the little stud muffin (minus the tie courtesy of Kent). He has grown so much. He was so much fun to play with. He "talks" a lot, climbs a lot, giggles and is lots of fun. We loved having Kye and Suzie with us for a few days.

Lions Den Updates!

Roger, Connie, Paul and I were all at the Lions Den on Thursday and Friday this last week. The updates have been completed. Now we just had to clean and organize. Thanks to Connie and Brian for their push and vision to make these beautiful improvements. You can see a few pictures here of the updated granite countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, as well as new floors in the kitchen and master bathroom.



It really is beautiful.

Japanese Gardens finished!

The rocks have now been added to make the ponds complete. It looks beautiful. The rocks represent water, and it is much safer, less maintenance, and No Algae!
The new granite stone lantern looks beautiful overlooking the lower pond. The bridge had it's lower cement carved away.
The water now runs down into the rocks and is recycled. It looks beautiful. You should come and see it!

Dave's room

We have changed the look in Dave's bedroom. Here's the new look. I made a headboard, we painted the wall green and yellow, and we got new pictures for the walls. I also made a valence for the windows. It looks really cool!