Thanksgiving - Part III

On the third day... we went to The Great Sand Dunes.
 
At the base of these mountains is The Great Sand Dunes National Park... so cool!  Danny was upset because he wanted to ride our Ranger on them!  Sorry honey!  :)




This is my favorite picture!


In the summer, when the snow melts, there is a creek that flows...  N found a rock that he wanted to keep!










Here is a video of the kids coming down one of the hills...



We had to go on several walks to get a little exercise from all the food we ate!  On our walk we saw lots of wildlife...






and I got this pic of N that I thought was too cute!


On the way home the next day, it had snowed just enought to get the ground white, which made it easier to see all the wildlife on the way home.  This is the only time Danny would stop long enough for me to get a picture, and that was only because they were in the middle of the road and he HAD to!




Thanksgiving - Part II

The second day, we went to the Colorado Gators!  I was shocked to see so many at this place!  The kids had a ball!

I guess they always have someone in your party hold one...  guess who!






I loved all the funny signs they had everywhere!

























They have the gator from the movie Happy Gilmore here...  The guy was trying to get him to come out, listen to the sound it makes...



And here he is out!

Thanksgiving

We went to my brother Carl's house for Thanksgiving this year... 

The beautiful mountains on the way up...


sunsets on the interstate...


a break at a train yard...












and some of the many wildlife we saw...


more tomorrow...

Ideas???

Look at these cute trees my mom got me at the end of last year on clearance!


I decorate each room in a different theme and the kitchen is gingerbread... only I collect it over the years because I don't have enough $ to just go out and buy the stuff!  This year is even worse... we have NO extra money for anything... so I have to be EXTRA frugal this year.  That is where all of you come in...

IDEAS!!!!!  I need them... Cheap... stuff you can make at home...

Here is what I have...

These bells were package toppers...


My friend Tera made this one, but that is all I have... ONE!!!!


The kids and I made these!  EASY!!!  Cinnamon and apple sauce dried!  I just used different colored raffia to tie them with....  red for the kitchen and white/cream for the living room.

Okay... The living room is where I need the most help...I've always wanted to do a white/country  Christmas tree...  but there is never anything white or country on sale at the end of the season...

This is all I have so far...





and my sweet husband and son made popcorn garlands last night!  :)  Love it!

But I need more ideas!  What else can I make for the kitchen and living room trees that won't cost me?

More cute kids...

I have been really busy taking pictures for Christmas cards this year!  Yaaaaa!!!!  I love it!  Thanks to everyone who let me practice on them!  :)



for more of this cute family... click here!

The G Kids

How stinkin' cute are these kids??? 



If you want to see more of their -pics- click here!

Christmas Cards

Here are our Christmas Cards this year that my friend Sandra made for us!  Check out her site, she will do anything you want!  Thanks so much Sandra! 

Fall Walk

We love walking around the lake... so any chance anyone wants to go... we are there!  Here are some cute pics!









We forgot bread to feed the ducks with, so we were catching grasshoppers to feed the ducks with...










Help....

My friend and I have been doing a weight loss blog together for 11 months now!  We were so excited at first, then got very disappointed because it was taking sooooo long to lose any weight.  I have stuck with it, but it's been slow.... I have lost 20 pounds!  I still need to lose 10 more pounds... but I'm getting tired of Leslie Sansone's: Walk Away the Pounds...

Don't get me wrong... it's been a great program... but I need something new...

Any ideas???? 
What do you like?
What get's you motivated?



Apparently I've been doing it wrong all along...

The correct way to weight yourself


Here is my before and during....



I can't believe I'm showing this!?

Help!  I need everyone's input!!!!

happy birthday katie!








We went to a cute little tea shop for lunch... and this is what they had there for us!