Handsome Robertsons and our tree

Henry invited Lance and I to his "Winterfest" which is a holiday tradition for the SES 4th grade. We were asked to dress up in our fancy clothes and we enjoyed a delicious lunch in his classroom. It was lovely afternoon!

I'm sure I'll post more but here is a good picture of our tree!

Christmas 2009

Here are some good Christmas photos.

The first two were taken at our neighbor's holiday open house.

And this one was taken at our realtor's office Christmas party. Sadie loved being invited to the party and celebrating Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. You can see she was channeling "Max" from the Grinch with her adorable antlers. She wore them around the party some too!

Thanksgiving and a trip to Estes Park

Thanksgiving preparations....
Lance and Emily are working hard to get the meal ready
for turkey-day.


We had a fancy dinner in our dining room --the kids were
ready to eat! We had the traditional favorites plus a few
family favorites too.


Friday, we took a family trip to Estes Park which is about 45 minutes north and west of Boulder. The trip was flat for a while, then you head west and UP! The road makes me nervous but luckily Lance was up for the twisting, turning road upward!

We went to Rocky Mountain National Park and took a short hike around this amazing part of the park. The vistas are unbelievable.




One of the "scenic overlooks" was the perfect place to take a great family photo.


The kids loved being up on the rocks, climbing all over the place... making me nervous!


We went to Estes Park because Henry went there for a field trip on his 2nd week of school and he told us all about the wild elk that roam the town. We hoped to see some of them and were not disappointed. Funny enough, we did not see the elk in the park. We saw them in the town -- they were just grazing right along the side of the road.


It happened to be the town's annual Christmas parade so we decided to stay and enjoy the lights. As you can see, we hunkered down on the curb to watch. Sadie even tucked under the blankets with us. It was a really fun night... the parade is delightful. The funniest part was when Sadie sprung up to bark at the passing Clydesdales pulling a wagon... she did not like the elk either :)


Well, that's it. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and are getting all ready for the holidays.

Halloween

Halloween in Superior was a blast. Our neighborhood is so full of kids that we purchased and gave away 6 bags of candy... crazy fun!! The kids and Lance went out first together, then they came home and I went out with them while Lance stayed home to dole out the goodies. Sadie enjoyed all the door-bell-ringing but she stayed home.... In our old neighborhood, we could leave the candy bowl out front and all five of us would go together. We often went to other neighborhoods or the local trunk-or-treat. It was really fun to be in our neighborhood, running into kids we knew and seeing neighbors! It was a really lovely evening too -- the weather was downright balmy and all the snow was already melted... Crazy Colorado weather!!

By the way, Henry is a Roman Gladiator and Emily is a Candy Corn Witch