Friday, December 24, 2010

Ginger Bread houses

So, I bought a store kit thinking it would be easier. Yea, NO... The houses I ended up hot gluing them and they did not fit together as well either. But we had a blast decorating our little town.
Olivia's is on the right, Jon's in the middle, and mine on the left. My house is on fire and Jon's house has ashes all over it. Olivia's Door bleed to the ground. (I think I made the frosting a little too thin.)
Then our little family with our little houses. What a great day.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Ice Skating with Friends

Brianna, Abere, and Olivia.
All the girls were skating faster then I could when they had the buckets.
Break time.

Then the buckets had to be taken away. We knew the girls could stake. They still went fast.


Olivia practicing her graceful falls

She thought she could fly
there was hardly any one there today which made it even better.
What a great fun day. only 5 more to go.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Yummy goodness

first off, we made, indoor smoores. marshmellows, golden ghrams, chocolate.
then double chocolate chip, which I burned to a bloody crisp.
Lemon, blueberry muffins.

Then brownies to make up for the burned cookies.
And of course, sugar cookies.
Passed thenm out to neighbors and friends for christmas.
I love baking.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Polar Express Train

one excited little Olivia.
Just got on the train.
We traveled to the North Pole and then Santa came Boarded our train.

Tinkle her pink
Telling Santa all the stuff animals she wanted.

Then Santa gave her the christmas bell.
Went outside to enjoy the train ride

The stars were so bright
then we dropped Santa off at the north pole again and we headed home


Then story time
What an awesome night.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

christmas card for you

Merry Christmas to all.
may your holiday be filled with laughter, hope and joy.

homemade advent calender

Made these Christmas trees with the days that Olivia is at our house. lift up the tree and wow, there is a little present.

Monday, December 6, 2010

CHRISTMAS CARD

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN 2010, THAT I FIGURED I WOULD TRY ONE OF THESE YEARLY LETTERS. I STARTED THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH HOPE OF A NEW JOB AND VACATION PLANS TO GET AWAY, ALL THAT HAPPENED PLUS MORE. I WENT TO NC FOR 3 DAYS TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND LISA. I STARTED DATING JONATHAN, WHOM HAS A 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OLIVIA. OUR FIRST TRIP TOGETHER WAS MARCH TO AZ TO VISIT MY PARENTS. IN MAY WE TOOK A TRIP TO WASHINGTON D.C., WERE JONATHAN WON THE PARAMEDIC OF THE YEAR AWARD. OLIVIA GRADUATED KINDERGARTEN AND WAS THRILLED TO MOVE TOT HE FIRST GRADE. JUNE JONATHAN WAS OFFERED A SUPERVISOR POSITION WITH THE AMBULANCE COMPANY HE WAS WORKING FOR, WHICH IS A PROMOTION HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. JULY WE WENT TO YELLOWSTONE TO SEE YOGI BEAR, INSTEAD WE SAW BUFFALO AND EVEN HAD ONE IN OUR CAMPSITE FOR DINNER. THEN ON OUR WAY HOME WE STOPPED IN JACKSON, WY ANS HIKING THE GRAND TETONS. AUGUST 1ST, I WAS OFFERED A PART TIME JOB WITH FALCON FIRE DEPARTMENT. OLIVIA STARTED FIRST GRADE AND LOVES EVERY BIT OF IT. HER FAVORITE SUBJECT IS MATH ANS SHE LOVES TO READ. SEPTEMBER I WAS OFFERED A FULL TIME JOB AND STARTED THE 19TH. OCTBOER 8TH JONATHAN AND I GOT MARRIED IN GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, COLORADO AND WENT TO BOSTON WITH OLIVIA FOR OUR HONEYMOON. JONATHAN IS FROM BOSTON AND WE MEET HIS FAMILY WHILE WE WERE THERE. THANKSGIVING I WAS WORKING AT THE FIRE STATION, SO WE HAD ALL OF OUR FAMILIES OVER; 42 PEOPLE IN THE FIREHOUSE WITH A HUGE SPREAD OF DELICIOUS FOOD. CHRISTMAS WE ARE STAYING IN TOWN AND CELEBRATING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AT HOME.

FUTURE TRAVEL PLANS: CALIFORNIA AND OREGON BOUND JUNE 7-17TH. WE HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.

LOVE,
JONATHAN, AMY & OLIVIA
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Miramont Castle

They had a FireFighters Museum.
A friendly dog came to visit
What a huge Castle, and very nicely decorated.
Then we headed to the park accross the street.

Nothing like a family shadow picture!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

hiking the Crags

what a great way to start off your morning. 4 mile hike in the snow.


man it was amazing





we were the only ones out there today and it was nice and quiet.