Hi cuties! Sending love from Colorado. It is cold and rainy in the "Mile High" state today. The running trail was practically deserted. I stopped for a few minutes to stare at the river and the park ranger stopped to check if I was okay? Um...do they have acid rain in Colorado? I will let you know if any of my extremities have melted. Weird.
Early August brought our annual trip to Bear Lake with the Ludlow posse. We were ready to see our sweet family again. It was an eight hour drive for us, but it was worth every second. The week was filled with swimming, lake trampolines, wave runners, Bandito (Picklevile Playhouse), and delicious food.
My cute sister Annette had planned some fun service and family activities. Our family was in charge of the "Iron Chef" night. The boys and girls competed against each other in a baking competition. It was a hoot. The girls made Nutella cookies and the boys made popcorn with M&M treats. My parents were the judges. You entered one condo and you would see little girls talking quietly, and taking turns stirring. You entered the other condo and it sounded like all the boys were trying to get the last chopper out of Vietnam. Here are some fun pictures of the action.
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| Here is one condo... |
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| Here is condo two. Sorry about the picture of your bums. |
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| Addie looks exhausted from the competition! |
Shan was the adult helper for the girlies, and Uncle "B" was the adult helper for the boys. Aren't they cute (especially Shan and Weezie's bum)? You know what was crazy? The bats could smell the baking from the open sliding glass window, so when I would leave one condo to enter another they would swoop around my head! I could seriously be on the Discovery Channel with a little adventure show called, "Jill the Wilderness Woman". We had to leave a day early to get home to school. You think that was the longest drive home ever? Yes, yes it was. A trip to Arby's didn't even take the edge off of our grouchiness. I love those curly fries though.
We started school the next day. The kids were such brave little Chihuahuas. The schools are amazing, and they have gone out of their way to make us feel welcome. We even went to help with a service project on the playground. We have met some wonderful people, which has helped immensely with the transition.
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| We helped paint that! Look out Bob Ross. |
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| A little school project. |
Allow me to show you what our weekends look like. There are not a ton of kids on our street, so we spend all of our free time together. T has taught the kiddos how to fish. There is nothing like attaching a smelly play dough like substance (power bait I'm told) to the bottom of a pole and tossing it in a river! Those crazy fish fall for it every time. I cannot figure out why those fish don't tell each other that the humans are out with their sparkly, garlic smelling goop. They are such suckers for glitter, but I can't say I blame them. Skateboarding is a big deal around this house as well. Ash loves his "Penny" board. He is pretty adorable on it. Izzy is an outdoor girl through and through. She gets it from her mom. What? Don't laugh.
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| I am making that face because the fish was bleeding from taking the hook out of it. I just felt sorry for it. I'm sure it went to the fish urgent care and the fish doctor stitched it up. This is the reason I don't go to rodeos, just too sad. |
Mr. T has been my rock through this move. He lets me cry and complain and never holds it against me. He continues to make me laugh everyday, and brings me chocolate when I need it. I find it amazing that after all these years of being together, I am still learning about him. His resilience is unbelievable, his courage is inspiring, but his loyalty is absolutely remarkable. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland once said, "The crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty". That my friends makes T the most loving man in the world. Love to each of you, except of course, the beaver.
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