Who Thought…

Who thought it was a good idea for me to go shopping at Michaels and Hobby Lobby for holiday decorations? Oh yes! It was me. I spent two hours just wandering the fall, Halloween, and Christmas decoration aisles. At Michaels, I found these doll heads, arms, and legs. I immediately thought that they would look good in the back of our decorative truck during Halloween season. I did not buy them, but I think one package of each will be sufficient when I return to Michaels in September…

Then, I wandered over to Hobby Lobby. I found the few things on my list, but I also stumbled across these “chickens.”

A few years ago, I bought some patriotic chicken decorations for the Fourth of July. I got teased so much by Andy and Laura that I made sure to buy some sort of bird decoration for every holiday. Now, these birds are always referred to as “chickens”, and I have been buying Laura chicken decorations for her room as a joke. So, while this was not on my list, one of them ended up in my cart, so she could have a fall chicken! I followed that up with finding this Christmas tree.

It is ugly. No one wants a tree covered in Grinch fur. However, I took a picture of it and sent it to a friend who gets my love of all things Grinch. My guess is that this or the Grinch fur table runner will end up in my house this year.

No one should let me go to Michaels or Hobby Lobby by myself. I find all the bizarre stuff that you really should not buy, but eventually seems to find its way to our house…

Official Pictures

Andy’s pictures from Copper Triangle became available today by the photography company. This is Andy during roll out.

This is Andy beginning the Vail Pass descent. This is the only time that it rained.

This is right before he crossed the finish line.

I love the pictures!

While We Were Gone

If anyone is wondering what our teenagers were busy doing while we were gone, they spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at Marching Band camp until about 9 pm each night.

Then, they helped build a helicopter flight trainer for EMS Education at the University of Missouri on Saturday.

While they were there, they got to see MU Air Medical Services land the helicopter and meet the flight crew.

They spent Sunday relaxing during the day and going to a birthday party in the evening. They slept in on Monday and did laundry. They even worked together to make dinner on the nights that they were home and they cleaned up the kitchen. We are lucky parents.

Last Day

Since it is our last day in Colorado, I took one last walk around the resort.

Andy took one last bike ride.

After packing what we could, we spent the rest of the day enjoying the resort. We took one last trip to Downhill Duke’s for drinks and enjoyed the mountain views.

We finished the evening at Sawmill Pizza and Tavern for dinner.

Now, it is time for bed. We have a long drive tomorrow.