Pictures and Post

After blogging a few days ago and feeling that it was a rather a poor entry I decided to take some pictures today to try and make up for it. Also I forgot to mention that I experienced my first baseball game. Lauren gets free tickets through her work, so Whitney, Lauren and Lauren's mum went to the game! It was the local team in Colorado Springs 'Sky Sox', it's minor league baseball but it was a lot of fun. There is a great atmosphere and it isn't that boring to watch really plus I got to have funnel cake, which is just fried doughy goodness. The best part of the night though was getting a baseball that was used in the game. They kept throwing them into the crowd and not once did they throw one our way so leave the stadium as I was rather sad (sad as in like when a child doesn't get sweets) but guess what...because the car there was a baseball that had been hit out of the stadium--so I got one after all! I hope you enjoy them.

Once again, too long...

Unfortunately it has been so long since I blogged (May to be exact) that even though I may remember some of the key things that have happened the details of which are now lost. I do hope that I have at least some pictures of the events, if not sorry!

-Mail Order Chicks and Ducks-
It seems like here in the U.S you can get anything in the post, including live animals. Whiney and I decided to get a few chicks and ducks. Mainly for fun but hopefully they'll lay some eggs in the near future too. They arrived at the post office in town and came home in a little box. We got 4 Buff Orphingtons, 4 Americana's, 2 Banty's and 2 Swedish Crested Ducks. Unfortunately one of the ducks had died on route, so I called and asked the company to send another one. They said they would free of charge but they'd have to include some male chicks to keep the duck warm. So the following week Piper and I went to the post office to pick up our new duck. Much to our surprise we ended up with a duck and 12 male chicks!! So our little flock doubled. They're all getting rather big and have moved to their outside coup, they can flap their wings and dig around in the dirt much to their enjoyment. The 12 roosters have now found a new home...thankfully.

-Backpacking Trip-
Last weekend was a family backpacking trip that turned into quite the adventure. There really is too much detail to go into but let's just say it was a challenge for us all and I discovered that I could push myself and accomplish something I never thought I could. One of the biggest obstacles was the altitude. Climbing up the stairs here can leave me out of breath let alone at 12thousand feet. We did it though and came back covered in bug bites, exhausted and sore but alive.

-Library Card-
Not terribly exciting for anyone else but I was excited. I signed up for a Library Card at the local Library and have already enjoyed a bunch of books. A couple of books I recommend (depending on your taste) are 'Jim and Casper go to Church', it's a story about a Pastor that hires and athetist to go to 12 of america's biggest churches and rate them. Very interesting. 'Home' by Julie Andrews, so for most people this might not be of any interest but since I think Julie Andrews should be the next Queen, I very much enjoyed her autobiography. She had a rough upbringing that makes me wonder how she turned out so nice!

-Elyse-
The lovely Elyse Thornburg of Loveland came to have lunch with us. It was great to catch up and hear how she is doing!

For the moment that is all I can think of. In other news though, my brother get's married in a week and well it breaks my heart to not be there but I am incredibly excited for him!!