Pumpkin Pies

Here she is...assisting in the making of the Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie. She helped here and there with the baking. She really like helping rolling out the rolls. But she is better at the Christmas Cookies.

Artsy Picture.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tonight Lolly and I are baking rolls, pumpkin pie and a brownie dessert. I will have Tom get some pictures of the event. We will be going to Jim and Beth's for Thanksgiving. It is a great time but its just not like when I was growing up - lots of people and lots of food.

Miss you - Mom & Dad, Sara, Chip, Quentin, Flash, Jocelyn.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Merry Christmas! (2nd snow of the season)

Today was our second snow of the season. This is a picture outside of work this morning. We had a lot more snow up in Arvada but this is the only picture I got this morning. It was slick driving in. I almost slid through the intersection of Wadsworth and 32nd Street. I was glad that we got an early start. Love the snow!! Wearing my ice skating penguin socks today!

God's Wonders - Part 2

This is outside of our house in the evening.

Raking Leaves - Action Pictures

God's Wonders...

Having a rough day!

Yesterday when I picked up Lolly, she was telling me what a rough day she had.

1. Jacob ripped the ball off her stocking cap

2. She was bit on the leg because Jacob was pretending to be a vampire (but he left a bruise through her jeans)



and the kicker of the day was: (drum roll please)



3. A bird was "mean" to her. According to Lolly, the bird "threw up" on her coat when she was on the playground. We concluded that she was pooped on by a goose. Once she realized that, she had to take her coat off as soon as possible.



What a rough day!

It is a time of Thanksgiving.

I wanted to express how thankful I am for my family. Today I had the pleasure of going to my daughter's Preschool Thanksgiving Lunch. Now, it may not sound like much fun - having lunch with forty 3 & 4 year olds but it was. It really lifted my heart to have Lolly excited to see me in the middle of the day and to get the chance to spend time with her at school.

Last night Lolly experienced an atomic meltdown (it doesn't happen often but when it does - WATCH OUT!) that really saddened me and made me angry but today I felt nothing but joy to see my little girl acting like such a beautiful & smart child. I felt joy because I was able to be there for the lunch. I am very lucky to work at a place that I some flexibility to be able to get away for a few hours.

Sometimes we have to sacrifice for our kids -

time away from work:2 hours
extra driving in the car: 30 miles
smile on my daughters face when she asks if I want the other half of her cookie: Priceless

Music Review

Tom turned me on to a new CD and artist - Shooter Jennings. Now, we are not country fans. I would rather be submerged in hot oil before I would listen to any modern country music but the old stuff is great. Give me Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson or Waylon Jennings. That is the cool thing about Shooter - he is Waylon Jennings and Jessie Coulters son and he sings some mean old time country music. Check out his website www.shooterjennings.com and listen to some tunes.

The Bird is the word! (Excerpt of story)

"Wyoming coach apologizes for flipping bird during Utah game"

ESPN.com news services

CASPER, Wyo. -- Wyoming coach Joe Glenn didn't like how Utah tried an onside kick with a 43-point lead, and he let coach Kyle Whittingham know by giving him the finger.

On Monday, Glenn apologized, and the Mountain West Conference issued a public reprimand for the gesture, which violated the conference's sportsmanship policy.

"I met with my team on Sunday and apologized to them for the gesture I made toward the Utah bench during the game," Glenn said Monday in a statement. "I also want to apologize to all fans for that action. Football is an emotional game, and I let my emotions get the best of me. I felt it was appropriate for me to let my team and all fans know that I am truly sorry for that emotional moment."

Glenn said after the 50-0 loss that he didn't remember giving the finger.
"Honest to God, I can't even respond to it," Glenn said. "Maybe, I don't know."

Find the crow and I'll eat it.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Rush

Just had to post the picture of Rush. (No I am not a fanatic - just really like thier music. Blame it on Tom because I never used to like them.)

When will Rush be taking the stage...

We went to hike at Red Rocks on Saturday AM and was surprised at how many people

go to work out. We had just planned to have a walk with the dog. But Lolly had to play around (of course) and this is her sitting by herself. I had to add the graffiti to the picture because she is so small - you might have missed her.

Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday dear meeee
Happy Birthday to me!

I turned 32 today.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween evening started and ended great! Lauren was ery excited to go Trick or Treating. The evening starting with getting dressed and she was a beautiful Cinderella. We did her makeup and hair. Tom took her to Grandma and Papa's house to start. when they got back it was just getting dark. Lolly and I headed out through our neighborhood to trick or treat. She was running up to doors and talking loud and remembering to say "Thank you". On the 9th house, the guy had a bowl with a hand in it. That was the end of our experience. She wanted to go home after that. I got her to go to one more house and we walked by the houses that were decorated. We decided to head over to our church for the Fall Festival and we had fun playing games and getting candy there. We had fun and I hope y'all had fun on your Halloween. Next up - Trish's 32nd Birthday!!

Love ~ trish