Christmas Card 2014




Today we were off to Hampton Court Palace. We took the train and were there in about 30 minutes. This was a favorite palace of King Henry VIII and I was excited to see it. It was unlike any royal residence we’d seen so far. They’ve kept it feeling very medieval and I loved it! …
As this was a work trip, I didn’t see much of Rusty. But no fear, I managed to entertain myself just fine :). On Sunday, we did get a few hours of fun after our flight landed around 5. We ate and Mad Square Eats and tried a little bit of everything. Arancini balls from…
Ever since my triathlon last summer, Halle has said that she wants to do one too. She’s been talking about it all year, and as I was training this summer, sometimes she’d come on a little bike ride with me or a run around the block. Our awesome town puts on “The Mighty Kids Triathlon”…
Every summer for about the last three years I have tried to reserve tickets to tour the Denver Mint. And they are ALWAYS sold out. For the entire summer. But recently they changed the system to where they distribute all tickets for the day every morning at 7:00am. I REAALLLLY wanted to take the kids,…
The end of the school year is always jam packed and this year was no exception. I got to chaperone the 3rd grade field trip to Celestial Seasonings tea factory. It was really fun to see their set up and go into the famous Mint Room. The intense smell made my eyes water! Josh’s Mini…
Josh has taken to saying Ahhhhh everytime you give him a hug, or when he sees a cute animal, or when you give him his blanket. It is pretty darn cute. So, he has a favorite little blanket that he always sleeps with and whenever he sees it he says, “ahhhhh.” The other day I…