Adventures with our Family~

We spent the weekend celebrating birthdays.  Linden's 2nd birthday party at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden was lots of fun!  Sheldon turned 8 last week, so we celebrated his birthday, too.  It was SO neat that all of our kids and grandkids were together, (except for Rebecca and Antonio). 

Today is our last day in Buena Vista, before we leave for our next BIG adventure.  We fly to Australia tomorrow!  We are going for a month and will be staying in Perth, where our daughter, Rebecca and Antonio live.  We haven't seen them for two years, so are getting very excited to go there.  Rebecca has many trips and adventures that she has planned for us.  She will be our own personal tour guide. 

I am planning to take lots of pictures (surprise!) and I am going to post to Facebook and my blog.  Stay tuned! 

Different kinds of Adventures ~

We have such a nice home to stay in when we go to Colorado Springs.  Sister Sally and Art are great hosts! 

Garden of the Gods ~

I guess this is a random blog post.  Many things have happened since we came home from Arizona in the middle of February.  We have SO enjoyed having all the kids and grandkids come and visit us in Buena Vista for their Spring breaks.  Today, Stefan, Rachael, and Louisa arrive for the weekend.  It is hard to believe Louisa is 9 weeks old!  We haven't seen her for awhile and are so excited to see how she has grown and changed.  We loved having Josh, Amanda, and Linden here last weekend.  We went tubing in Leadville and went to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs.  We get to celebrate Linden's 2nd birthday next weekend.  Grandson Sheldon turns 8 this weekend.  It is amazing to us, how quickly they grow up.

Our biggest, greatest, happiest news is that Steve had his one year anniversary cardiologist appointment this week in Colorado Springs.  The Dr. told Steve that everything is great and Steve can stop taking the blood thinners.  He will continue with the Statin drug.  Steve has done an amazing job with his diet and continues to exercise (alot).  We are happy that we have found such a great cardiologist.  Dr. Carlson is the doctor who did Steve's stent surgery a year ago today.  We will continue to go to Colorado Springs and love that we have a wonderful place to stay while we are there.  Sister Sally and Art are great hosts. 

Spring has arrived in Buena Vista and most of the snow is gone around our house.  There is still LOTS of snow up in the mountains.  I have planted my cold frame and already have spinach, arugula, and lettuce coming up.  I LOVE Spring!  I won't be planting the BIG garden this year until after we come home from Australia.  We leave for Perth on April 16th and are getting so excited to see Rebecca and Antonio.  It will be Fall while we are there.