The Big February Snow!

Wow!  What a snow....  We started the morning by getting up and looking out the window at no snow... not a drop.  The sky was dark and Daddy said the snow was coming but had just not arrived yet.  I checked the TV and sure enough, all area schools were cancelled.  Finally, around 9:30 it began to snow and snow and then continue to snow!  The kids had so much fun making snow angels and playing with their friend, Katy, who lived right down the street.  They had no school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Life finally returned to normal by the weekend.

Decorating Christmas cookies!

Dara, Lora, and neighbor Katie had fun decorating cookies one afternoon.  I think they ended up with more icing than cookie!!

State Fair 2010

We took Grandma and Grandpa to the state fair.  Because Grandpa is on the board of the Colorado State Fair, it was interesting to him to see another fair.  The girls were primarily interested in the midway (ride area) and we all enjoyed interesting fair food for lunch. 

 Dara grinding corn off a corn cob!

Lora's Birthday -- October 8

Lora's pillow pet from Grandma and Grandpa!  She had a wonderful birthday.  We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger for dinner and enjoyed burgers and incredible onion rings.  The girls meals came in cute pink paper Cadillacs.  They use them to play with their barbies and webkinz stuffed animals.  Lora also got a keyboard and other fun things.

Camp Ozark

Better late than never, I suppose.  I didn't want to forget these two pictures of Lora at Camp Ozark.  She was blessed with a scholarship to this very exclusive, high $ camp (one week is $1200!).

 Lora and one of her camp counselors.

Lora by the swimming area.  She LOVED camp.  Her favorite activities were archery, crafts, & "mishmash" time (campers pick what they want to do).

Kittens

 The kittens were born on August 17.  We went to the Open House at Indian Hills Elementary and came home to a basket full of kittens!   Mittens, the Momma, gave birth to 4 healthy babies.  The girls had so much fun watching them grow from babies with shut eyes to playful kittens.  We could not keep all of them, of course, so good bye's were said after the kittens reached 8 weeks old.  What a fun experience!

Pancake Fun!!!

One fall Saturday morning I surprised the girls with these pancakes.  They loved them!   Simple...  fun...  memories!