Christmas Day finally made it!!

Who-ho..Santa really is magic!! We awoke from a great nights rest all 4 of us in the bed with Cedar whispering.."I think Santa came, lets see if the reindeer at the carrots." So at 6:15 am the festivities had begun! Santa filled there wishes and families gave them so much excitement for the day! The biggies the wooden Kitchen set, which Cedar immediately said " A kitchen set without a microwave!" Yes, he had high hopes of that microwave but being that we just said goodbye to ours in place of a toaster oven Santa must have known to go without!! So there it it..and the gifts just kept coming and coming...until i believe the boys were truly exhausted!! A day filled with candy, cake, great seafood and bed times that couldn't have come earlier...and I sit here now in peace and quiet enjoying the memories of a great holiday yet again..Tomorrow we hop a flight to Minneapolis for a week of fun with family and friends..The snow, cold temps, sledding, hopefully a trip up north to see Lake Superior, and plenty of time to relax! (right)

Peace to all and sweet dreams!!! See you all in MN and 2008......

On the Eve of the Eve..and the Eve!

Well here it is traditions in motion..to get to Christmas means baking cookies, baking more cookies, wrapping presents, holiday cheesy photos of the boys, cards, all those things that just become normal in December! And then it is here...Christmas Eve..the day we always go see Santa. Yup, no reason to wait hours to see the "real" guy white bearded and all. So we head to the mall of all places, get that last chance to tell Santa just exactly what is is we are hoping he has ready in his sleigh and get that photo of the brothers!! And then...we always head to Japango for the BEST Sushi in Boulder..for that matter Colorado!! YUM YUM...and then it is off to put on those brand new holiday PJ's (another tradition) tuck ourselves into bed and wait for St. Nick!!! shhhhhhhh..we are waiting patiently!!!

Santa Comes to Town!!

A beautiful Saturday full of fresh new snow..and we were off to see SANTA! With chains on the car we cruised down the mountain road in a true winter wonderland!! Something about the chaining and seeing families at top and bottom preparing for the ventures on the mountain. Gives me this sense of a neat little community all loving the snow and mountain lifestyle..now ask me again in March and i might think differently of chains!!!!!

Well we made it to town. Already the 4th year to visit Jolly old St.Nick and Mrs. Clause at the Old American Legion...Now the best is that in years past it wasn't a smoke free place so we would walk in and just stink of smoke and laughed that is where the community would gather to see Santa! Fast forward to 2007..fresh, balloons covering the ceilings, Elves preparing photos and Kids in love with Santa..well some kids! Cedar was excited to sit on S. lap and tell of his wants a "kitchen Set" was his only toy!! Then Orien entered...ohh in terror...before I could even get me on his lap the crying and repetition of the word "done, done, done ..." began...the mom i am plopped him on Santa sat back for a quick photo of upset Orien (must have for the scrapbook)...Ended with lollipops and stuffed animals...Orien did leave saying "bye Santa" from the other side of the room! Bighorn sheep around our car for a drive home in the canyon...and sleeping Orien just in time for naps!!

little boys cure all

so I will have to admit I have been in a funk..can't pinpoint it exactly..if i had to guess it would be that i am so blessed with endless hormone changes due the the little babe growing in the belly!! But let me tell you it has not been fun!! Everything seems to just errrrrk me the wrong way...from endless nights of jod getting home late, to sitting around the house a bit too much.(TV ON).to the house completely being trashed in 3.2 seconds with my distructor cedar around...I am annoyed..can you tell...oh and the best..those fatty feelings as my body takes on complete control and leaves me in the dust, waiting for the comments to start...How big..when are you due..you poor thing...(note all things never to say to me or any other pregnant women) Oh pregnancy..the joys...the excitement..the emotional roller coasters! But all in all when my little boys say "i love you" with hugs and kisses there just isn't a better cure for the blues!

Sittin Round the table

Women, chatter, wine, (water for me!!), dinner, laughter, silence, chill in the air, live music in the background..the ladies night out. The women in my circle gather..from time to time to leave the little ones and just be in adult time...Always an interesting group..a bit of a hodgepodge..from such random backgrounds all somehow families in this little town in the mountains. The one thing in common kids..the second thing in common the need for other women and conversation..the stores usually go from births, to marriage to the crazy days with the kids..and then it changes on this night.
It became a bit more serious..yeah...HUMAN RIGHTS....wow...how far we are all from what this looks like..main conversation i brought up the depressing health care drama in our own backyard. how can our neighbors be without, without the choice to seek help..and at times how can they be denied even with "insurance" Now it all got interesting as the chatter began..some clueless that this truly happens..clueless that we continue to forget our people...what is more important then that??? Then the comment "it will all change for the better soon.." HOW I ASK???i guess i start to feel like the pessimist..i don't see it...come on Corporate world how will it change..and that is where i am stuck. Sick of hearing about countries able to find there people more important then oil, more important then being at the top technically..but damn straight the people are cared for regardless of race, age, illness, history.. simply because they care for others....I want to be the optimist..I want to be changing not waiting..where do I go from here? In between running the boys to "school, " playtime, changing diapers, catching up on rest and starting all over again. Where do you go..where is your voice heard? It is time for change and I want to be apart of it NOW.
The dinner ends, the laughter picks up with conversation of the randoms, the night grows late and another night at the table comes to an end. We drive in quiet cars, and go back to the "real" world at home! AHHHH, the round tables