Congrats, MR. C!!

Cutting the cake with a saber. Of course.
Flag to sign
Yummy cake!!
Yay!! Unfortunately we didn't get a photo with the man of the hour :( He is Mr. L's college professor and long time mentor. He retired after 25 years and of course we had to be there to celebrate!! Can't call him a Major anymore... he's a Mr. from here on out!

Inside the Broadmoor

I know these are kind of random and in no particular order, but here's the 5 piece bath...
Bed after turn-down service. You can see the window that opens up to the bathroom. P.S. Can you SEE that flat screen in the bathroom?!?! It was one of 3 we had in the room.
We have a fire-place, dahling ;)
The bed all made up.

Coffee nook
Another view of the bathroom.
The lobby to our building, the South Tower. I didn't get any photos of the main hotel, but if you go on their website you can see the crazy-ness. I'm talking mosaic tiles on the floors and ceilings, marble, statues, art, and pretty much the most opulent place you could imagine. It's like being in a palace or something. Mr. L surprised me and it was such a treat!!

Feels like home...

The view from our hotel, the Broadmoor. It's the only 5-Star, 5-Diamond hotel in the country!! Check it out here: http://www.broadmoor.com/
Cheyenne Mountain looking pretty foggy and romantic-y.
The kissing camels. Do you see them?
Ahhhh...

Mr. L and I went back to the springs to visit/celebrate with his long time mentor and teacher from college who retired from the Army. We had some time for sight-seeing and I ended up staying longer to visit my friends. Such a great getaway!!

Rangerrrrr

Mr. L and his Dad
And Mom
And cousin Katie
His buddy Clay
My family
Part of the Rangers In Action Demonstration
YAY!!!
Part of the demonstration. Yes, they actually had to do this in Ranger School
Notice the line of 4 guys hanging from the helicopter
Belaying
Cake made by me :)
Yep, they had to do this too!

We were all so proud of Mr. L! He failed the 12 mile road march his first try, then went back a second time and went straight through with no recycyles! Yayo!!!

I'll be home for Christmas...

The whole family was home!!! First time in at least 5 years!
Extended family Christmas in the sunroom
All tuckered out!
Dad playing the new dance game for the Wii
Bo enjoying his candy cane bone
Love this one!
Bo's Spider Man rolley backpack, for the "special" pup he is!
Brunch!

Thanksgiving, Texas style!

The family photo!
Brothers and sister :)
The sweetest one :)
Shot with Uncle Dan


I know these posts are out of order... my photo library is all messed up! We made the drive to Houston for Thanksgiving. Everybody made it, even Uncle Dan! The weather was warm and the food was fantastic!

Our New Place

Master Bath
Dining room/area
Front windows
Living Room
Sunroom/office
Master Closet ;)
Master Bedroom (Still nothing up on the walls yet)
Kitchen
Guest Bath


We are pretty much settled in! I didn't put a photo of the "man room" because it's a chair, a tv, and the rest of our art/photos that haven't been hung up yet.

New/Old Camera!

For Christmas I got Dad's old Cannon camera. It's an EOS D30. So not super souped up new but still pretty awesome and takes some amazing photos! Plus Mr. Bo is enjoying his new 65' trolley system in the back yard :) Check out all those pine needles!

I Pledge Allegiance...

TO MY BLOG!!! I promise guys there are more posts on the way! I'm way overdue and finally settled into our new house :) Just a teaser for you of more to come!!