Force Family Wreath

We went down to the lake to do some paddle boarding today and I (Michele) thought of a cool idea for a family picture - to my amazement, my guys all agreed to participate! Here is the final result...

What you can't see here, however, is that this took us NUMEROUS tries! The sun was so bright... for fun, here are some of the failures... :)

See how much my guys love me?! But we DID it, by golly!

Morgan's Bike Race

Morgan joined a mountain biking league this fall and has been having a blast racing with them! Here is a cool shot of him finishing his last race of the season:

That's it until Spring!

Corn Maze

We went with our Cub Scout Pack to the Corn Maze today - it was a gorgeous day and we had a lot of fun finding our way through the maze with our good friends, the Rundles!

The highlight, however, was when we took a hayride and the driver chose Maddox to help him drive!

Super cool!!

Homecoming 2014

Homecoming was a lot of fun this year! First, we watched the big boys perform with the marching band during halftime. It's a great show this year - all music by the Dave Matthews Band. Morgan is on the drumline playing tenors, and Mason is still playing tenor sax.

Then came my moment in the spotlight - escorting Morgan onto the field during halftime for the Homecoming Court presentation.

This is Morgan's girlfriend, Heather, escorted by her mom, Peri. She was nominated, too.

And they won!

And here are my boys all gussied up for the dance... gosh, they're handsome!!

Mason went to a friend's house with a big group of friends, so the rest of us went to Heather's house for a bite to eat before the dance.

A couple of Heather's friends were there too...  Rachel is in yellow, and Kristin is in black/white.

Everyone loves Morgan!

At the dance...

I didn't get as many photos of Mason since he drove himself and went with a big group, but I know he had a lot of fun, too!

22 Years Strong!

Michael and I are celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary tonight. The cool thing is that our friends (and our personal financial planner) invited us to their annual customer appreciation dinner and it happened to be on our actual anniversary. Score! Free dinner! And we got a fun tour of the Broncos stadium along with it...!

Happy, Happy are we!

Mason is 17!

Another birthday boy in the house! And this boy won't be in the house much longer... :(  But I'm sure enjoying these last few years!

Mason knows how to choose a birthday meal... steak, baked potato, and green beans...

...with homemade cheesecake for dessert!

Maddox had a little help picking out (and paying for!) his gift to Mason - a new trackpad.

Morgan picked out (and paid for) his gift himself... a phone battery pack like his.

And so did Dad... a miniature quadracopter!
 

...and some new hats!! Mason loves a good hat - and he looks terrific in them!

I gave him a gift card to Barnes & Noble... along with that yummy steak dinner. ;) Happy birthday, Pook!

Together Day!

I love Together Days... this is what our Sundays have been for the last few months. Today, we went to the Evergreen Chili Cook Off!

There's always a juggling tent at this function, and Mason & Morgan love to go show 'em how it's done!! I think the guy who runs it remembers them from two years ago!

One of the chili vendors was giving away mustaches. Maddox and I just had to have one! Now I can be one of the guys...

And our day was made complete by another visit to the lake for some more SUP. :)

Ahhhhhh, what a gorgeous day!