This summer James and I took a little trip.

We went to Montana and Colorado to visit James' siblings there...In Laurel Montana, James has a sister Barb and her husband Cletus! Laurel is near Billings MT. It is really a cozy community with lots of cool things to see and do. We toured a new Bed and Breakfast that will be opening on this ranch...it was well designed with lots of pine wood and home made furniture including a very cool pool table...I guess they are pretty tricky to build do to the need for balance and such...anyway this ladies husband had built it and had succeeded in achieving that tricky balance ..we were borrowing Barb's car to drive back and forth from the hotel to their house (since we had flown up there by plane) and one night on the way home from their house I got a ticket...Rambo cop on a motorcycle pulled me over for going 35 in a 25..
I was just trying to get some air conditioning as it was about 100 degrees out and they don't have air conditioning in their homes or cars up there...while he was writing up our ticket...we hear this yell..and the cop is pulling out his radio(my dramatic husband thought he was pulling out his gun) while waving this other car off to the side so he could write him a ticket too....it was really pretty scarey....I did not love it..
We were there four days and off to Loveland Colorado where his brother Scott and his wife Jodi lives with their two kids and a dog...Loveland is not far from Fort Collins or Denver or from Estes Park...which is a little tourist town that sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains the town itself sits at 7500 feet or so...I rode through the Rocky Mountains with Jodi and Scott...we stopped at the peak which is 11,300 ft above sea level...I had to keep taking a deep breath as it felt as though I wasn't getting any air...very thin on Oxygen at that height...Very beautiful scenery there as well...allthough I have found that there is beauty where ever you go....you just have to look for it harder in some areas... :) We also took some pictures in this park in Loveland called the statue park...it is just full of really cool statues ...we tried to make the pictures interactive...I will include a few...if I can figure it out!

Feeling the need to update my blog!

whisper of senseI have so enjoyed reading everyone's blogs and looking at the pictures of their kids and their lives...I am inspired to catch everyone up on life here in Chico for me at any rate...There are about three no four things to report on...First of all...James and I have had our first anniversary..We took a little trip to Lake County to stay at a resort in Nice..one of my sisters worldmark resorts...It was a very nice three days..We explored the cool towns and communities around Clear Lake....including a pumpkin patch on Scotts Valley Road...We learned about the mining days in lake county and the local "Indians" and such...Second thing is that We got a new digital camera.....That is exciting cause I plan on taking some cool pictures and sharing them on here for all to see...So I am eager to get started using that...Third thing is we got a new refrigerator....It has an ice maker..See when you don't have kids you talk about things.......One of our most exciting things though is the fourth thing....We bought a robot!! Yes an IRobot Roomba vacuuming robot...We love it...James runs it everyday...Our floors are now nearly clean enough to have all those babies crawling around...So come see us!! Tomorrow is Chico Special Meeting...I need to get to bed...I am really looking forward to the meetings tomorrow!