The Ducks

It was a beautiful day so I suggested we go feed the ducks in the lake.

Hello???? The lake is totally frozen over. What will we do with the bread?

I want just a little bit.

A little bit more.

"I don't want to feed the ducks any more."

"We haven't fed any. They aren't here."

"I don't want to feed them cuz I ate all the bed (bread)."

I'm mad because my mom and dad won't let me go for a walk to feed the ducks again. And I want to play in the snow. I don't care that it's getting very cold. All they will let me do is sit on this deck. Why did I go to all the trouble of putting my snowsuit on all by myself?

Last Few Days

The last few days haven't been too busy around here.

We've tried to keep warm by doing mostly indoor activities. Here we are at Chuck E. Cheese. The prices of these rides have not gone up one bit in 25 years!

We like to go to the indoor playground at McDonald's. Apparently it was very sunny in there!

Sometimes we watch movies or T.V.in our favorite place on the back of the couch.

We've also finished and submitted all the paperwork for Mia's passport. Can you believe even children take bad passport photos!

Disappointing!

Mia was ready and the Broncos were...well...not. I guess we'll be waiting for next year.

Just got my blog book for 2011 in the mail. I went with bolg2print because it was so easy, just put in the dates you wanted to be included in the book and press a button. What I didn't like was the size of the pictures, 2" by 3". So for next year I'm using Blurb. It's a lot more work because you design the pages yourself. But I figure if I do it as I go along it will be done at the end of the year.

Yesterday we got Mia's birth certificate in the mail. It's so strange to see a certificate of live birth with your name as the parent when you weren't even there. But it's great to have as now we can go get her a passport in case we need to take her to China.

"M" is for Mia

Two humps is not nearly enough for an M. According to Mia, this spells Mia, Mama, and Anna.

Colorado Living

There are not many places, with four seasons, that are beautiful in both summer AND winter. Colorado is one of them. I must admit I don't like the dryness in winter, but the blue skies and sunshine make up for it.

It's only 45 degrees, but with the sunshine and thin air it feels much much warmer.

How many people get to look at this scenery while playing at the park?

This was our backyard Sunday morning after a surprise snowfall. There's those pesky blue skies again! And, oops, my thumb.

On a side note, somebody ate this entire carton of blueberries. That same somebody also knows how to say, "Tebow Time!".

Zoo Trip

It was above 60 degrees today! So we went to the zoo. And bought a family membership so we can go again and again and again.

New Years

Last Thursday we flew out to California for Grandma's 70th birthday party and to spend New Year's with family.

Our first stop was Palm Desert where my sister, Donna, was renting a condo. We went to the pool, played at the playground and went out to dinner for Donna and Dan's birthdays.

After that we went to the High Desert for Grandma Janet's 70th birthday. Mia got to help blow out the candles. There was quite a bit of spit spray on the cake after that.

Here are my niece and nephew, Dani and Matt.

On New Year's Eve we played BUNCO at Dar's house. Her next door neighbor's granddaughter came over and Mia now had a buddy of her own!

I forgot to mention that one of my favorite Christmas presents was from Mia's birth grandparents. It is a photo album that includes photos of her as a newborn! I treasure it and when the time comes for Mia to know about her origins it will be nice to have something tangible to show her.

On Friday we also learned that our dossier has been translated and sent to China! We're coming, Anna!