Home Found!

Ok..so the last time I posted, we were looking for a home.  So we found one that we wanted a couple months ago and we have been waiting for it to be built so that we could finally close and move in.  As of Wednesday of next week, the house will have been built...and we will finally be moving into our new home on the day before the 4th of July!  It has been rough getting the bank stuff all figured out and in doing so I had to sell my motorcycle to cover some of the expenses to cover the loan.  Not a big loss...the house was much more of a priority.  It is a beautiful home and we are lucky to have found one so perfect in the time frame that we did.  So excited for the move!  This is our last weekend in an apartment.  We will be home owners from here on out and this will finally be a permanent place for us to hang our hats.  The last 7 and a half years have come and gone so quickly and it is finally time to slow down and take time to build on what we have started.  Let the new life we started together begin!  Updates and pictures to come.  Stay tuned for many updates and changes to this blog!

House Hunting TOP PRIORITY!

We have now officially started looking for a home.  We have a GREAT real estate agent and are thumbing through some really good possibilities!  We hope to have some really good news on that topic soon.  For those of you who are planning to come see us.....the houses we are looking for will have a guest room so that your stay will be much lighter on the wallet. 

Gnomes in the Denver Museum???

A little known fact about the Denver Museum is that the mural artist, Kent Pendleton, painted many of the murals for the museum in 1971.  He left his "secret signature" in some of the murals in the form of a little "gnome" or "Elf" hidden in the paintings.  Once we found out about this, we decided to go on a search for these little guys.  We found some of them and I took a picture of the ones that we found and posted them below.  I will not however provide the whereabouts of these little dudes because I would not want someone to ruin the search for me...so I will not ruin the search for you.  There are also other "secrets" in the museum.  One that is fun to look for is locating the "moving butterflies" in some of the diorama's.  They are small and intermittently move their wings...so these are hard to find.  We found one of them in one of the same diorama's that we located a little gnome hidden in the bushes.  We did not provide a picture of it though.

 

In this last picture, you will find another hidden character...though he is not a gnome.  Look hard in the large mountain and you will find the little guy...Hint: in order to find him..."The force will have to be strong with you!"  We found him where he belongs....in a mural in the "Space Odyssey" section of the museum.

 

Happy Birthday Rae!!!

Happy 11th Birthday to our little Roo Roo.

 

For her birthday, she wants to go to the Denver Museum and then to hit Casa Bonita for some food and fun.

 

We can't believe she is getting so big.

 

She lit up when she saw all the cards and stuff that came in the mail today.

Eh....sorry again :)

Ok, so its been like what...darn near half a year since last I posted.  Well not quite, but its been a bit.  Its been a whirlwind out here since we got here and now we are looking for a permanent residence....needless to say, we will NOT be buying a house just to get out of an apartment.  It will have to be one that we either can see us living the rest of our lives in...or one that is nice enough to stay in at least until the kids grow up and out.  Either way...its going to be our place for a long haul...and not just something to fix up and move out of.  We are now both in jobs that we like and are living in a location that is not only beautiful, but safe.  As we speak the kids are out on their bikes exploring the area on these things that we have come to find out are called "Side Walks".  They are a great invention!  These so called "Side Walks" are paved paths that are off to the side of roads and they are everywhere out here!  In fact, if we decided to bike or walk to any place in this city....there is a way to get there using these things!  Imagine a world full of these paths...people could actually get around without using their cars!  Anyhow...I am back to what I would like to consider almost normal.  I don't have trash for neighbors anymore and I have once again found time to pick my camera up.  I will post more pics from here on out.

Both Deidra and I have had our moms and dads come out to see us so far and we had a really good visit with both.  I wish it would have been in better weather for them but out here it is windy as the seasons change.  Now that spring has officially set in, there are lighter breezes coming off the mountains in the evenings...but nothing that would blow your hat off.  Snow on its way this Wednesday I hear ...well flurries possible but after that a warming trend.  I believe this will be the last cold snap of the season so I will enjoy it.  The grass is getting green out here and that is due to the snow that we have been lucky to have these last couple months.

Signing off for now, but will be on again soon.

Pray all is well with all of you.

Oh...and for those of you who would like to see a picture of what a "Side walk" is...I have posted the following pic for your viewing pleasure.  They DO exist!  When I was younger I read this book called "Where the Sidewalk Ends"....loved the book.  A must read for anyone who likes little children poems and stories.  However once I moved to Missouri...I actually found out where "The Sidewalk Ended"....the border of Colorado.  I must warn you to be careful looking for more info on them though...its like taking the red pill that Neo took in the Matrix movie.