Christmas 2021

We didn't spend as much time with the kids this year.  They came over mid-afternoon and we had a simple dinner.  I wasn't up to making a huge meal.  We had tamales (from Costco) and posole.  Christmas cookies for dessert.  Everyone was happy.  Carrie is in New York, Dave was here for part of the day and at his parent's for part.  We understand that the boys want to be at their house and enjoy Christmas there first and it is okay.

Gifts were easy this year.  The family wants to go to Great Wolf Lodge again so I gave them all gift certificates and wrapped with a small food gift and a snow globe for each boy.  I had gone through my Christmas decorations and whittled it down to 2 boxes instead of 5.  The snow globes were from that.

Rylan delivering packages the best way he could.
 

Christmas Eve

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 All dressed up for Christmas Eve Service.  The first time we had been in the actual church building to worship in almost 2 years due to the pandemic.  I was so happy to be there.

Getting Ready for Christmas and Some Silliness

We did our annual cookie decorating and eating them when we went out to see Christmas lights.  Rylan was not interested in anything but eating the decorations.

We then had some silly fun with a filter on my phone!

 

Eldorado Canyon 2021 Addition

Still trying to catch up!  This was taken in July (we took the same picture last year).  Eldorado Canyon one of our favorite places to spend the day out of the heat.  We did not bring Rylan this year.  I thought it would be too hard watching him around the water - maybe next year.

This was on our way up the mountain.  We did not make it to the top again this year - my fault once again.  The boys would have continued running up the path.  We did make it further than in previous years.

And of course the lure of getting your feet in the stream and throwing rocks into the water.  It never gets old.

 It was a fun day!

Same Place Eleven Years Later

 

This photo was taken in 2010 when we were in Nederland for my 40th class reunion.

This photo was taken this year when we were in Nederland in June.

Same swing set - different swing.

Gavin Turned Five

Boy am I behind.  Gavin turned 5 in September.  He asked for a Spongebob cover for his bed and that is what he got.

He is in kindergarten now and as always I don't know where the time went since I started taking care of him when he was 6 months old.