0 comments Monday, February 9, 2009

One night last week we hungry; very, very hungry.  So we started driving down Federal Blvd. looking for something good to satisfy our empty stomachs.  That's when we saw Panda Buffet.  It didn't look that good, as you can see by the neon sign, but to our empty stomachs it seemed like a good idea.

Now we all know that chinese buffets are never a good thing to give into, but like I said, we were terribly hungry.  We pulled in slowly, knowing that it wasn't the right thing to do.  As we went inside all feelings of wholesome food left at once.  We immediately looked over and saw a row of American food.  You know, things like pizza, mac and cheese, and deviled eggs; all of them looking like they had been sitting out all day.  It wasn't too late to turn around and leave, but we were so hungry.  This was just so easy.  We were shortly seated when I saw mexican hot sauce on the table. Hmmmm.  Long story short we ate a plate, made ourselves sick, ate the sour soft serve ice cream, made ourselves more sick and left.  Moral of the story: when you are starving...have a plan otherwise you will be too weak to resist the chinese buffet.  

0 comments Monday, February 2, 2009

While we were in Texas for Christmas, baby Calvin was born. We were so excited that we could be there! It made us all the more excited for when we have our baby because Calvin was so dang cute!!















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Here is the T.V.--we bought it when we moved in after realizing that we couldn't live without it. Mike watches a lot of sports (I kinda regret getting it).

I have been working on decorating the house. I wish my mom were here to do it for me!

Our narrow kitchen. There isn't much counter space, but we make due.


And this is the best part. Our kitchen table is a mini!



Here is Mike's favorite study spot.




1 comments Saturday, December 13, 2008

Wednesday was suppose to be the big day. We were suppose to find out whether the little one was a boy or girl. Unfortunately the baby was face down taking a nap. Viv told me the night before it was causing quite a ruckus which evidently caused it to feel the need to sleep all day. The doctor tried to get the baby to roll over, but we had no such luck so the doctor never got a good look. This little trouble maker is already starting bad habits.

This ultrasound photo is of the leg and foot. The long white bone is the femur.

1 comments Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sunday started out as a good day. (considering our vacation was over) We got an early start on the road with only 8 hours of driving ahead of us... or so we thought. Debbie did call me in the morning warning me of the poor Saturday conditions which closed the highway, but the conditions were suppose to get better on Sunday. Plus I figured we left early enough that we could get past Vail (the worst part of the drive) before the sun started going down. The first 6 hours went exactly as planned. We were on track for a 7 1/2 hour trip. Then we hit the snow. We moved inch by inch as all the holiday traffic condensed together. Long story short, the I-70 closed at Silverthorn which meant we were stuck with thousands of other people in a small resort town. Hmmm.... not good.
After making phone calls and realizing there was no way out and all the hotels had been booked, we took out last option... the local rec center. The red cross set up a relief there providing cots, blankets, and girl scout cookies. So with a bunch of other people, seen below, we set up camp.



Just when you think things couldn't get any worse... they get better. After about an hour of gym time, a local highway patrol officer announced the highway was open again and we had the first notice. We quickly packed back up and got on the road again.
We left at 9 a.m. and got home at 11 p.m. Fortunately, I procrastinated an assignment due on Monday and had to work on that once we got home. Smart.
We also learned our lesson about snow in the Colorado Rockies. Don't mess with them.