House pics

We are getting more organized and settled into our house every day, it's starting to feel like home. Here are some pics of our new place.

Breckenridge

Last weekend Joe and I drove to Breckenridge to see Vanessa, Dee Dee and Zorba. They went skiing while I did some exploring around the cute little mountain town.

Here is a view of the mountains from Longmont, a view I see everyday now!

Further up in the mountains. The drive to Breckenridge is about an hour and 1/2 but we hit some sat morning traffic so it took about 2 1/2 hrs. It's such a pretty drive so it is worth it.

Joe ready for a day of skiing

Joe, Dee Dee, Zorba & Vanessa

A nice sunny clear day in the mountains. The cute town of Breckenridge.

I stopped next to a frozen lake where people were kite boarding-it was awesome to see! Looks like fun!

We happen to be in town during an annual snow carving competition. It was really cool, the carvers start out with a 20 ton block of snow and then they create these masterpieces.

They start with clay sculptures

And turn it into this

Moving Day

Our drive across Kansas to Colorado was very smooth. My dad was very helpful and drove his van with a U-Haul trailer full of our stuff all the way to Longmont-thanks Papa! Joe and I drove our cars across and thankfully we had nice weather the whole way.

It took about 9 1/2 hours from Paola to Longmont-not bad!

Beautiful Kansas prairie. Maybe not beautiful to everyone but I like it, so much space! ;)

I like the way the sun hits the hay bales

A wind farm off I-70. I like the little black cows in the front. The wind turbines go on for many miles. I googled to find some info on this wind farm. It's called the Smoky Hills Wind Farm and it has about 150 turbines. Some cool facts about the project:

-100 turbines generate enough energy to power 42,000 homes

-100 tower farm with a rated capacity of 100 megawatts running at 30 percent capacity would generate an income in 10 years of approximately $47 million

-The project offsets approximately 450,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, 1,500 tons of NOx per year, and 2,000 tons of SO2 per year

A storm rolling in fast, luckily we were driving into the clearing.
Welcome to "Colorful Colorado"!

Our first view of the mountains

Papa's Birthday

The whole family went to dinner to celebrate Papa's 58th birthday. It was nice to get together since Joe and I are moving tomorrow morning!

Last week in KS

We had Adam, Kristi & Auggie over for tacos & margaritas. Taco bar, yum!

For Christmas we got my dad a really neat decal that says "Papa Tom's Bar" that gives the mirror an etched glass look. Here are the first customers at Papa's bar ;)

I like this shot of the Lost Trail Saloon sign with icicles.

Pretty sunlight on the field by Lake Miola

Beautiful Kansas sunset

Our new home!

This will be our new view as of Jan 22nd! We are moving to Longmont, CO. I took a job as a designer at a company that specializes in built-ins, cabinets and closets. Joe will be teaching temporary jobs until he can find a full time position. We are really excited about the move! Ann got us snowshoes for Christmas so we will stay healthy and active! I'm excited to hike more and I know Joe is really excited for all of the awesome fly fishing in his future.

We are going to rent this cute little house. There is a guest bedroom so please come visit us!