May Day Surprise ~

This little gem was found on our porch on May Day...what a fun surprise!  Apparently they showed up all over the canyon at many neighbors houses.  We discovered who the culprit was...Thank you DiAyn Revis...it made our day!

Happy Easter ~

 Jordyn was greeting with this lovely Easter haul this morning!  Lots of fun goodies in her basket, but my favorite is the hair color!  She wants to dye her hair bright red!  To be honest, I'm just glad she's taking any interest in her hair at all, being the tomboy that she is :)

 After stuffing her face with candy and going through all the goodies, we headed outside to hunt for eggs.  There were about 50 outside, so it kept her busy for quite a while!  In fact, I still don't think we found them all.

 Naturally we had to hide one over in her bone garden...we got this disgusting head off of a sheep that was hit by the car the other day to add to her collection...I'm thinking we should have waited till the animals picked it completely clean first....ick!  The lantern is another favorite hiding spot too!

 Kitten seemed to enjoy the egg hunt...but mostly I think the cats were just happy to be outside in this gorgeous weather!

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Egg Decorating Time ~

 It's Easter egg coloring time...but first, lets make some of our delicious peanut butter eggs!!!  These are soooo good!

 Jordyn insisted on having one, claiming they were ready.  Of course they weren't, so here she is smiling as she eats one, knowing full well, its all melty and not quite ready yet!  Busted!

Anyways, after making peanut butter eggs, it was time to color our hard boiled eggs.  We had two different coloring techniques going on, but the end result was quite pretty!

You can't tell by the photo, but the eggs had some glitter and sparkles on them.  They almost match their tie-dyes!  Anyways, looks like we are all ready for the Easter Bunny now!

Happy Siblings Day ~

Happy Siblings Day to my sisters, Denise and Teresa!!!  Looking forward to our trip to New Orleans in exactly one month from today!  I love you guys!!!

Playing Hooky ~

So we were headed to town for my optometrist appointment yesterday when we passed a road worker driving some machinery down the canyon..on the back of his jacket was his name, and i thought out loud, hey, look that guys last name is COOT...what an unusual and hilarious name. Justin corrected me, that says CDOT Lisa! Doh! Perhaps I shouldn't wait 4 years before seeing the eye doc next time! :)New glasses ordered!

 Meanwhile, I had taken the day off to do some testing for a possible new job, but I decided that I wouldn't really like the hours, so since I already had the day off, I thought it might be fun to have Jordyn take a day off of school with me for some fun in town.  This is her last year at RFLE and with only 8 weeks of school left, and testing coming up, I thought it would be a fun time together.  Besides, I've worked the last 8 weekends, so I've missed my kiddo :)  Justin came along for the fun too!
We started our day by sleeping in...Jordyn woke up concerned about being late for school, to which I replied, "Surprise, we're playing hooky today!"  We relaxed all morning, and then I made breakfast...sausage, fruit and a spinach and ham quiche.  Then we headed to town!

 We decided to walk around Old Town Fort Collins, something we NEVER do since our trips to town consist of 7-8 errands, food on the run and then gas before heading back up the canyon.  Jordyn has never explored old town, so it was fun showing her all around.  The last time Justin and I walked around old town was probably 15 years ago (I know...we're lame).

 We bought some delicious chocolates from a fancy cookery store, stopped in an old-time candy store and bought more fun treats, then we went into the nature store, where Jordyn bought a new pair of earrings.  She also got a new haircut, while I was at the eye doctors, and then we decided to get a ginormous burger at the bowling alley and play a few games!

Justin won all three games, but we all had a great time!  What a fun day!

Breakfast ~

Guess what's for breakfast this morning?   Yummmmmm!

First School Dance

Red Feather had their first dance tonight, and it was a huge success.  It originally started out as a father/daughter dance, but with such a small school, they decided to open it up to all the kids...and almost all of them showed up!  They had a fun green screen set up for pictures too, and this is what Jordyn came home with!  A photo of her and daddy, and her friend Kaisen wanted to take a photo with her too.  Good Times!  Looks like they'll be ready for middle school dances soon....sigh!   :)