Christmas at the High school

 

Sherri and Jen 

Kris in the serving line

Franki's friend Cloie

Franki and Emma

We had great time listening to the kids caroling at the High School Christmas Community Holiday party.

Franki and her friends Cloie and Emma were in the choir. They did a wonderful job with all the songs.

Kris did a wonderful job at the potato bar. 

We are looking forward to Christmas. We may have a white Christmas this year. We had a dusting last night...nothing to write about but more is on the way here...

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Getting ready for Christmas

 

yes -13 but 63 inside

Winter is here 

Tree is up

Warm fire is burning

Our great grandson is ready for Santa

Yes we are ready for Christmas. We have a good chance at a white one this year. 

Our oldest son Jason and his family are coming for the holidays. We are planning on snow skiing and have fun for two weeks. 

Not much more a guy could ask for here in Gods country...

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Winter is defiantly here and doing well

I made the turkey and dressing...no one died

Nothing like a white Thanksgiving

We have been having snow showers for some time now and it has been very pretty. Thanksgiving came and so did the flu. Sherri ended up with flu A. I have a head cold and congestion. I went to the VA and got a flu shot a couple of weeks ago. I guess I got a better dose than Sherri cause I did not get the full blown flu like she did. 

Well as it was I fixed the turkey and the dressing and no one got sick. That is always a good indication that I did a good job. Jennifer and Franki came over and Sarah Dakota and Tray showed up. We all had a good meal and thanked the good Lord for all the blessing we have received. This was a sad time too. We are short two loved ones that we lost! Frank our SIL and our daughter Janet are having Thanksgiving with our Lord. We miss Them dearly. 

Big plans are being made for the upcoming month of December. Our Son Jason and his wife Tracy and our grandson Hayden are coming up to go snow skiing with us at Wolf Creek. We look forward to them spending a couple of weeks here. We have so much to explore and celebrating Christmas here will be a joy. 

I pray  that we are all healed by then and that the weather permits us to do some exploring. I have been spending a lot of time in my studio painting all the pictures I have collected over the summer. I need to get some winter pictures to paint for Christmas gifts.

Hope that all my friends and family out there have a wonderful Christmas and a better New Year...

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Last days of the flowers

We have frost on the way

Sherri worked hard all year to keep these flowers alive. It is time to start putting them in the garage area to keep them from freezing. We both know that even with them put up it wont be long before they die. It is sad to see them go but we know that we will get new ones...

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Big Meadow 

The end of the summer foliage

Well it is that time again. Sherri and I are getting ready for the winter here in Colorado. We have enjoyed the summer months but we know that it is time to make all the preparations for the upcoming cold weather. Underpinning has to go back up. Heaters have to be taken out of storage and cleaned up. Wardrobes have to be changed out and crocks exchanged for boots.

Yes there is a lot to do before the end of December gets here. We do look forward to the first snow fall and the beauty of it. It means not sitting out on the porch as much and staying inside more. This can be tolerated for 3 months with puzzles and indoor games. We all come together and spend time doing indoor things rather than outdoor things. 

I am not an ice fisherman. Fishing will have to be put off until the first of May. Last winter we did have some of the reservoirs frozen until late May. I think it will be about the same for this next year. 

Having lost my son-in-lay...my fishing partner...it will be hard to get back out there. We had a lot of plans for this coming year fishing but now it will have to be done alone. Maybe I can get my grandson-in-law...who has moved up here with my granddaughter...to fish with me?

No matter what we plan on having some great adventures this year and next...

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Still Summer but we remember our winter fun

Learning how to snow board

Kids ski and we sit in the sun

Sherri enjoying the snow and sun

Tracy got some time on the slopes

do they look like they are having fun?

We are still in our warm months but we know that soon the cold weather will be here. Not to worry we never mind the snow and cold. Now I am not a snow person but I do like the way it beautifies our view out the back window.

We are now getting ready for the cold. That means putting our underpinning back on. We have to take it off in the warm months when all the people out of state start coming in. They are all prim and proper and don't have underpinning so we have to conform to them? Not sure why but the park wants it that way and we abide by the rules.

What is so funny is all the fulltime park folks have all this stuff stored under their RVs. When we take off the underpinning we no longer look neat and organized. I guess that impresses all the out of towners.

Well we are just about ready for the first snow fall. We are planning on leaving our awning out this year to keep the snow off our patio. The only thing about the winter and the snow is that it all ends up inside our house. With the awning out we may save some mess inside.

Time to leave and go to work. When I get everything done I might get to go fishing...

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Kris's first job

 

Our little boy is going to work

Yes today Sherri and I took Kris to his first day at work. I was really proud that he applied for the job and went on his interview all by himself. 

I now realize that he is grown up and doesn't need Pop and Mom anymore. I guess he still needs his Mom to cook and clean...he sure has not mastered that part of adulthood. 

Next big hurdle will be making his own bed and remembering to take out the trash! All good things come...

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Missing a mentor is tuff

 

My youngest son was very close to his uncle. He planned one day to be driving for Williams Trucking which was his uncles company. Well that will not come to be. At least not for now...but Kris wont forget his uncle and all the plans they made over the years.

Kris did the final walk around on the truck before it had to go back. It was a solemn moment in his life and one that will live in his memory forever.

I know that one day Kris will rise to the occasion and have his own truck. This has been his life long dream and even without his mentor Kris will always follow that dream...

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Frank and Jennifer with Franki

Morning coffee with Frank

Another loss too soon. My Son-in-Law Frank (Tank) Williams had a heart attack last night and passed away. This leaves a giant hole in our lives. Tank was a self employed truck driver. He and Jennifer had 3 daughters and a wonderful life together. His passing is a shock to our hole family! 

Tank was in Jasper Alabama last night when the Lord took him to heaven. We had no indication that he was even feeling bad. I guess that is what makes this such a blow to us.

Tank will be missed by our family and the void that his passing makes will be hard to fill. This was my fishing buddy and I will not fish again without thinking of him. Maybe we will fish again...

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So much to do here who has time

 

Our views on the way to Walmart

This our patio

Our swimming hole

Kris/s favorite pastime

Our back yard

Trip to Summerville

On top of one of our mountains

Well you can see with this much to do here it is hard to sit down at this computer and write. We love the outdoors and that is where we spend most of our time.

You know Sherri broke her foot and she has been on crutches for some time. She graduated to a Cain and now she is just limping. It did not stop her from enjoying the beauty of our new home. She got around well enough to Jeep with us and picnic at Big Meadow. 

My son Jason and his wife and little guy came to see us last month. They really like it up here with our 51 degree temps in the morning and 72 degree temps in the afternoon. I think their temps have been well over 105 at home.

Being an X Texan...I am not missing the climate there. If it gets hot here we drive up the road into the mountains and cool off. It is not unusual to see some snow at times.

The fishing here is out of site...and so are you if you find yourself on the bank of a mountain lake early in the morning. You have to wear your winter cold weather clothes so you don't freeze!

Well that is the report from heaven here...I will write again when I can pull myself away from the mountains...

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Kris is now a Junior

 

Our good looking Junior

This 6' 4" guy is now a Junior here in Del Norte Colorado. Not only did he graduate but he has applied for his first job. He has become much a man here in the last few years. We are proud of  Kris he is now driving so we get to ride! Never saw this day coming but it is here.

This is Memorial weekend here in Colorado and you can tell because of all the campers from all over. The park here where we live is getting filled up pretty quick. People are walking all over and at nights we can see folks sitting out at campfires. We are not suppose to have outdoor fires now because of the 3% humidity and the 40 mile per hour winds!

Other than that our lives are the same day to day. We are cooking out more now that the temps are in the 60's. I have smoked some chicken and cooked breakfast out on the Blackstone. We are looking forward to these summer months. Many good days are headed our way...

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Outside at last!

Outside at last

 

Fathers day came early

Then Mothers day

Then Grandparents day

Sherri has been in bed with a broke foot and a cell phone and the two really don't mix. Walmart and Amazon got a work out and it all came in at the same time. I spent the next day putting together all the orders that she had purchased. She was really bored so she found something to do.

We had a visitor...our youngest grandson...we have the entire family moving up here to Colorado. Our oldest son Jason still lives in Texas but he came up last winter for the winter sports. I think he and his wife really enjoyed Wolf Creek ski resort and their son took lessons on the snow board. 

Who knows they may decide to retire up here...

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Sherri getting better but not walking yet

 

Soon the deer will move out of the park as more folks move in

Sherri is feeling better but is not able to walk on her foot. She is really getting tired of being in bed. I am doing all the house work and also the outdoor chores. I don't mind she has taken care of me for years and now it is my turn to step up. 

I have become quite the cook and have mastered the laundry. It has been a learning experience. The doctor told her that it might be as much as two months before she can start walking on the foot! She did not like hearing that but she wants to get better so she is minding well.

More and more people are showing up here in the park. You know summer is just around the corner. We will have many neighbors soon and all our deer will move up to the high ground to escape them. We are so use to them being in our yard...we will miss them. I know that they will return...

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Going to Texas

 Tomorrow we leave for Texas. Yes this will be my third trip back. We are going to pick up our granddaughter's RV. She and her husband are moving here. They were living up here last summer but had to leave and go back to Texas so she could finish her college degree.They are very excited about getting up here. We too are looking forward to them relocating here...

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Good news and bad news

 

Our home was here

Our Patio was here

My art studio was here

Now we are in Colorado in our new site in the same home. Yes we take our home with us. Just changed states and sites. Believe me the view is much better here!

Yes I said good news and bad news. We sold our site in Texas and moved to Colorado...that is the good news.

Here is the bad news...Sherri broke her foot! Yes she was in the house and miss stepped and bingo she broke the 5th bone in her right foot. She is now on crutches and has to stay in bed off her foot until it heals. We are going to the Orthopedic doctor next week so he can look at it and decide what the best thing there is to do to make it heal.

OK it was such a relief to sale our property in Texas. You know with the spring tornadoes coming on. I don't have to worry with that anymore. All I could see was our place out there getting hit by a storm and then us having to go back to Texas to see about it. I really feel better now that it is sold.

Well we are still getting snow here every once in a while. The temps during the day hours are in the 50's and 60's. That is nice but then at nights we have dropped down in the teens and single digits. We stay warm, however, and that is all that counts. I do miss cooking out and using my smoker. I will be glad when summer gets here. I know all good things come...

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Kris is 16 years old and is getting his Colorado drivers license

 

Getting his license after passing the test..HEY!

Yes he had a cake

Got a kayak and shared it with his nephew

Yes Kris is 16 and we took him down to get his license. He passed the test and then filled out all the paperwork. Got his picture taken fingerprinted and now is waiting for insurance and his new license to arrive.

Sherri and I both got ours also but we had a little more trouble than Kris. We had to have a ton of papers to prove we were who we said we were and that we were married and really did live here in Colorado. This meant that we had to go back to the house and gathered up all the necessary paperwork then drive back to the drivers license office....with the price of diesel this ended up costing more than we had planned. Thanks to all the illegal's coming across our wide open Biden boarders real citizens have to jump through hoops. What a shame that it has come to this in just over a year. I was surprised I did not have to prove I was a male!   

All is done now! We have license plates and drivers license...all we need now is voters registration. That being the most important of all. If this country is going to go on we need new leadership ASAP! OK that is all I am going to say about that.

We are still getting snow here...which by the way is essential for Colorado. We don't get much rain so snow has to fill the bill. It can snow here as much as it wants to so we can keep the rivers and lakes full. Not to complain about the weather here...we continue to love it...

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Not all went as planned

Boating was out...yes that is ice

The party went as planned

And all 6'4" of the 16 year old Birthday Boy got his cake

We had planned on taking his new boat out for a trip on the lake. You can tell we are new to Colorado. The lakes are still frozen in March. Maybe he will get a chance to use it next month.

We still made the trip the South Fork to Ramon's to eat Mexican food. We had a good time and enjoyed our newest family member. I think he had a good time as well.

We returned home to have cake and icecream. It was very good and everyone got plenty. I am sure there will be more Birthday to come...

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Today is Kris's Birthday

 

Today he is 16 years old!

He got a Kayak and shared it with his nephew 

I think they will be big buds

Today is Kris's Birthday and we are headed to Beaver reservoir. We are going to try out his new boat. It is going to be a warm day but we warned him that the water temps are in the 40's. 

I might even try to wet a hook while I'm there. Found out that you have to have a fishing/hunting license to even go on the water. Sooo we will be stopping by the store to get that taken care of.

I will post some pictures of todays adventures tomorrow. 

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