4th

Best line of the night, "Oh my gosh! There goes the baby!"

Hoover Dam

What a fun morning...and what a lot of stairs! Yes, that's a women's rest room half way across the dam and, yes, Megan had to use it! The restroom was upstairs, the beautiful floor was in the entry way. We chose to go through the Visitor's Center, but if we go back, we'll definitely go on a Dam Tour instead!

8x5

Eight candles times five years each...
So happy to be able to celebrate such a milestone with such a good man.
Forty years for him...25 years for us.
xo

Fairy Party

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Merry :: Merry :: Merry :: Merry :: Merry

Our Halloween

Our day began with a trip to Meg's dentist...she did well, but her small cavities haven't begun re-mineralizing yet. I'm disappointed about that, but we'll go back in a few months to re-check them and see if the grain-free diet & cod liver oil have begun to help.

When we pulled up at the drive-thru teller, there was the most amazing spider web. All decked out for Halloween!

At Sprouts, Meg BEGGED for this giant pumpkin...it was only $29! I sent this picture to Poppie, asking him to grow her one!

Pickle was so excited to be a black cat this year! She just had to try on her costume before getting ready to leave for Chickenburg and the Cousins.

As we walked out the door to leave, I told Meg I thought I was forgetting something...we ran down our mental list of what we needed to take...locked the door and away we went...without the camera! So our entire day was documented on my cell phone. Thank goodness for camera phones, I guess...

Geraniums for Grandad

Geraniums always remind me of Grandaddy. He loved their smell. He told me they reminded him of his Grandmother Susan. I plant them each fall to remember him.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Modern Cranberry Noir Christmas

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Here is our card for mailing--they'll probably arrive a little late as usual, but were so fun to make!

We did a little family photo shoot with my remote shutter--kind of like a grab bag, they turned out pretty well considering there was no one behind the camera!

The JOY of Jesus!

As we are looking back on the blessings and struggles of 2010 and looking ahead to the possibilities of 2011, we hope that you, too, are able to see God's grace and mercy in your life and that you are basking in the glow of His love.

~JAM

10 days :: 11,000 feet

Ten days, nine nights.
San Juan Mountains, South-western Colorado.
All Photos taken with my HTC phone.

Happy Freedom

Living is Good

Sometimes you have to endure the pain . . .

to enjoy the beauty.