First snow of the season

From my two years of living in Colorado we didn't see the first snow fall until around Oct 31st.

It is just the beginning of October and all day we have been seeing a light dusting of snow

it's 4:30 and at around 4:00 the snow started to turn big and fluffy and it is sticking now!

I really wish I had a camera right now, the view out of my window is so beautiful!

Dreaming

Remember a few posts back about "our american dream"? I told you all that your dreams are reachable no matter what you think will stand in the way. Well Saturday we were driving around and I was looking for garage sells with antique furniture. I saw this home for sale, from the road it looks like any normal sized home. I got closer and we looked at it, WOW not a normal sized home at all! It has a price tag of almost 1 million! It has almost 7,000 finished sq ft, a work shop to die for (one you can put your husband in when naughty), a craft room with custom cabinetry, an in law apartment, in ground pool and much much more!

This house may seem far out of reach, but Tony and I are determined to have our own little bungalow just like it or we will just take this one, with the economy the way it is I don't see anyone buying it for a while! So we've got time don't we? LOL! If you can afford this house now and want to see if you love it too, take a look here at the details. If you buy this house let me know bc you will be in my neck of the woods and I will be wanting to visit ALL the time and constantly remind you how jealous I am. :)

Guess what season it is!

In our house Bass Pro Shop is like heaven. With hunting season here Tony needed to get a few supplies for his ever frequent trips to the mountains with some co-workers and his boss. Gotta love his job. When it's hunting season all the guys leave for a few weeks and go hunting, this trip even includes the owner of their company, it's such a nice family type of company (even though no one is related). If it's snowing out, you can bet most of the employees can be found rushing to the office to pick up a gold medallion and rushing to the mountains for some snowboarding. If you are a very frequent skier or snowboarder you should check into getting yourself a medallion.


Anyways! When we go to BPS the boys like to "see the dead animals" and shoot the laser guns. I secretly LURVE to shoot the laser guns too. I like to let it be known to Tony that I am a better shooter than he is. When the boys are a little older I would love to take family hunting trips just like the ones I use to go on with my family. My dad started taking me as an infant and he would put me in his backpack to sleep, the first animal I killed was an armadillo at around age 7. I also use to compete in the annual turkey shoot, I brought home thanksgiving dinner around age 10, that was very memorable for me bc I beat about 20 grown men! I hope our boys will get to enjoy some of these things too.



For now just daddy will go hunting and we will try to stay busy so we don't want to kill each other. 4 days alone with both boys and no help from Tony will test my patience and mothering skills, and not to mention he probably wont have very good cell connection in the middle of no where on the mountains. I guess no calling at random moments to yell at him that I need help bc Prestyn will be out of control. Now I need to rest, Tony took me out to a country club last night ( it ended up being a half country, half other). I drank a ton, danced a ton and didn't get to really sleep when we got home bc Prestyn decided to wake up right before we got home at 2am.

The boss!

I think Prestyn feels he is my boss. Today on our way to the bank he decided from the backseat to tell me how to drive. I heard things like "mom slow down you are driving to fast" Prestyn your two how do you know how fast I am driving. "M0m stop at that car wash right now, your window is dirty", "mom you passed the car wash, turn around", "mom don't forget to tell the bank that we need 4 suckers","mom did you bring monies" yes Prestyn I did bring money, why do you ask? " I want to take your monies and go to a garage sale", Okay if we see one we might stop if it looks like they have something good, "mom your passing all the garage sales".

Yes it was an eventful "ca" (as we call it in our house, no we are not from Brooklyn, everyone does ask) ride. Prestyn also learned how to unbuckle his car seat and get out, any advice? O and in the pic, that black mark is marker, not a bruise and he is half naked bc he got dirty and daddy was watching him so instead of new clothes he ended up without a shirt lol.

Magnet fun

With school back in session we are in paper overload. Our fridge is covered with the class calendar, birthday party invitations, and art work. I had some poker chips laying around and haven't been used in months. So whats a girl to do? Make magnets of course! Sorry for the bad quality of the pics, used Tony's IPhone. I won't get my camera until Christmas lol. Tony asked last night what I wanted for Christmas so I immediately yelled "a new camera and laptop". Didn't even need to think about what I wanted lol. So now I am off to research different cameras. Does anyone want to share what camera you have and tell why you like it or why you don't like it.

On my to-do list

Next time you think, Man I want a play kitchen for my kids that isn't made of cheap plastic that is going to fall apart instantly and can't stand up to toddlers. Just look around on craigslist or the side of the road for entertainment centers or side tables or anything that you could make your own play kitchen out of. I have been wanting to make one for a while but have been pretty busy, it's getting cold outside, so now I am inside all day and have plenty of time. On to my research/ looking at other peoples homemade play kitchens. You can find the before/during/after pics of the one above here at this blog. AMAZING!

I mean for a wooden play kitchen from pottery barn you are going to spend a fortune, so why not make your own.

I have been making felt food for the boys. I am on a mission to make a play kitchen and plenty more felt food before christmas, so I have about what 3 months?

Why isn't it letting me space out my paragraphs?

Fall is upon us

First day of Fall is tomorrow!

This is what Colorado looks like in the early fall.

I can't for the life of me remember where I got this photo.

It is of the Rock Mountain National Park.

Right now it is 39 degrees outside, raining and windy!

BRRRRRR!!!!

We have our fireplace going.

COZY!!!!

Our dog will NOT go outside!

Thank god for puppy pads :)

This also is not my fireplace, mine is similar. Just not between my kitchen and dining. Mine is between the entry way and living room.