Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Manitou Springs

 

 

 

 
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more from the garden...

 

 

 

 
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Garden of the Gods

 

 

 

 
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friends from ethiopia :)

this amazing family drove HOURS to come visit us at the park...
they are a gift.

 

 

 

 
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dinner!

 

 

 
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r & r

 

 

 

 
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day one in the springs

we are so blessed to have such an amazing family...
lori, josh, jj, ben, and mckenzee made us feel right at home

 

 

 

 
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

this is sooo micah

i love this.
it embodies how he thinks.
the entire rest of the paper is done with a pencil, and then this problem.
and micah,
he takes it to another level,
like he does with everything.

we are so blessed to parent this boy, so, so blessed.

there is just something about it.

kierstin, her children, and her dogs, stopped by for a couple of days on the way home from an epic road trip.
it was so good to see her again... it has been five years, longer even, the the amount of time we lived in the same town.

there is just something about being around old friends,
the people who knew you back when there were no pretenses.
it is real.
i love it.
i love her.
so glad they stopped by.



Friday, August 27, 2010

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

first day!

isaiah, 7th grade
emily, FRESHMAN



micah, 2nd grade
brody, kindergarten
hannah 5th grade
bosena 1st grade


back 2 school night

last night was back to school night at the elementary and high school (although emily didn't allow me to follow her around with the camera)

we have 4 kids at the elementary school this year...
all day bosena was telling me that she didn't want to go to school.
the time came to leave, and she reluctantly got her things together.



once we were there, however, she LOVED it...
and running into great friends helped too.



we are so blessed to live in a community where we KNOW people,
not just see them around.



brody was brave, and happy to find his cubbie... he will do so well to have some independence, from me.. AND from his siblings :)
micah was cracking jokes with his teacher,
and hannah was SOOO excited to find that her best friend would be in her class again




when we got into the car to leave,
bosena asked me if she was going to school tomorrow..
i said yes.
she said,
"good mom, i love school."