Colorado Vacation: Estes Park and Beyond!

We returned late on June 27th after spending  a week vacationing in Estes Park, Grand Lake, Vail and Colorado Springs, Colorado! The weather was absolutely amazing and so was the beautiful mountain scenery at Rocky Mountain National Park. The foods and brews were darn good, too! We saw a ton of wildlife and enjoyed the cool mountain air to the max. In the mountains it would get down to about 50 degrees at night and then get into the high 70’s in the afternoon.

We spent most of our time in Estes Park, where we hiked several trails at Rocky Mountain NP. We also managed to get in a 29 mile bike ride from the top of the mountains down to the town of Estes. The best part was that we only had to pedal about four miles! The vacation from “real life” and the 100 degree Texas weather was awesome, but obviously too short now that we are back to sweating our brains out. Already thinking about heading back!

Jennifer’s Baby Shower

Baby Shower

This past weekend was Jennifer’s baby shower. Everyone did their best to help the expecting parents prepare for the arrival their son, Caleb! Margaret made a diaper cake that, admittedly, was pretty cute. There was also some good food on hand for the occasion with pulled-pork mini-sandwiches, hand-crafted baby shower-applicable cupcakes, and all sorts of wonderful dips and treats.

Included below are a few photos from the baby shower that show Margaret, Jennifer, and Paige. Check out the diaper cake as well as the cupcakes, which were baked and designed by Paige. Continue reading “Jennifer’s Baby Shower”

Black Friday!

42 Inch LG LCD TV

Okay, so Margaret and Amy had been conspiring about Black Friday since last year. We had an idea of what we wanted, so Margaret had been checking the Black Friday websites all week watching for the best prices on flat screen televisions. After all the research and checking the advertisements this year’s big target was a 42″ LG LCD television that Wally World had on sale.

Margaret got up around 2:30 in the morning to head over to Wal Mart to meet up with Amy in anticipation of the 5:00 pm sale. As luck would have it, Amy had already been there since 2:00 am! They got in line, and using their girl power, managed to get 1 of the 10 LG TVs they had in stock. Merry Christmas to us!