TOP 10 for 2010

TOp 10 things that happen in our family in 2010

#1 NICK GRADUATED! We move and say goodbye to MEMPHIS..













#2 Linna hooked up her brother with her friend and they actually got married! (you guys owe me big time!)




















#3 FAMILY GETS JEEP!













#4 TESSA turns 5 LEARNS TO READ SMALL WORDS!


















#5 Kids Survive grandma camp and we enjoy a cabin trip with the blairs!

















#6 DALLIN turns two and LEARNED ALL HIS LETTERS AND SOUNDS

















#7 Nick got a a job in Canon city CO! We move to a beautiful big new 3k square foot home!














#8 NICK and Linna both get busy callings, Nick as Young Mens President and Linna 1st counselor in RS. (they must have been desperate)

#9 Nick and Linna move AGAIN but this time its for good! LAND and a dinky house! BUt We are now making goals for a more self reliant family for 2011.










#10
WE FINALLY SLOWED DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO GET A FAMILY PICTURE TAKEN! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL OF US!!

Happy Halloween!

PS hes NOT an angel, he's a cherub guarding the entrance of the Garden of Eden....=) much more manly huh! We just forgot the sword.. lol
Don't ask me what see is???
fairy mermaid.. It was originally suppose to be Ariel.. But she wanted to use last years wings. They didn't even end up making it to the car for trucker treat.. OOPS/;)


♥
The Blairs

MOVING!

yes! i can finally report that i am moving. After two weeks of stress and uncertainty, we closed on a house in Penrose with 5 acres! Its like my dream property! The house... hmm not so much my dream house, but a definitely good starter until we build in a couple years.
The house is actually 3 bedrooms and an office.. Its going to tight but definitely roomy for a modular home. Nick and I have already drawn up floor plans for the house we are building.. It will go back behind this house near the tree line.

well I already told you about the town of penrose.. Now here is our new place!


Our field goes all the way out to the tree line so we have a nice size pasture. I just needs some ditched dug with a backhoe to drain the field. its
kind of full of cattails and swampy right now.


Right behind the house is a little forest with a camp fire and picnic table! Even a fort for the kids! It needs some TLC but soon enough this place will be a fun out door play area!




























The property is cross fenced with 3 pastures for my future horses!
This is the chicken coop/hay
shed..



















This is my loafing shed for the horses
and where most of my storage is for all my
stuff! lol! nicks been working on it and he's
got it decked out with loft now!































Our little pond is going to be tons
of fun in the summer with a rope
swing and a slide.. Need to find
some fish that eat algae though.

Penrose CO A Cute small town I like....

So.. I have always always always wanted to raise my kids in the country.. Penrose is N east from Canon City and a very very small rural area. A couple thousand people at most, BUT it is know for is APPLE orchards! They are beautiful EVERYWHERE! They even have an apple festival every fall with a parade and everyone from near and far come to pick apples and have hayrides and enjoy the beautiful autumn weather!
More info:
The stores in the town of Penrose, Colorado all offer a bumper sticker that sells often to the locals. It says, "So what if Penrose isn't on the map? Neither is HEAVEN!" Penrose is a tiny little
town with a history rich

in old west lore. It lies in the Arkansas River Valley of southern Colorado, just south of the Fort Carson Army Base, in Fremont County. The town is estimated to cover approximately 33 square miles, and is home to a little over 3000 people. We don't have a stop light yet, but we did get most of the roads paved in the past ten years. The county has also added some stop signs at intersections that used to rely only on the courtesy and caution of the drivers for right-of-way. Colorado State highway 115 passes through town, and intersects with US highway 50 at the southern end of Penrose. There is no natural water in the area, but residents get water from the use of run-off from the Cripple Creek area, which is held in a reservoir north of town. Because this water supply is fairly good, the area has been known for many years as the "Apple Valley". Apples of every variety seem to thrive in the hot, dry climate and orchards of apples and cherries are found in nearly every block. One of the local staples is apple and cherry cider, and every family seems to have their own secret "recipe".


Penrose is also know for its LARGEST ROCKING CHAIR IN THE WORLD!


Nick is excited about all the local jeeping!
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yuck!

So we were watching at movie one night last week.. When all of a sudden i saw a funny shaddow flutter across the floor in front of me! i said "nick I think there is a mouse in the house!" Nick got up and turned on the light and saw this guy! I about jumped on his shoulders! What a creepy guy! he went under the entertainment center and stuck himself to the back. it was quite a battle but we won!





and yes red head = poisonous

My smart little boy!

I am not sure if you can tell, but he got all of them right except when we asked him to grab the "D" he grabbed a "G".. Pretty good for 25 months!

close call

Nothing like a fire right down the street
to wake you up!


Literally dumping right in front of me!
I was actually on the phone with my mom
who encouraged me to call the fire department
and I am glad I did!

They said the south side of the fire (my houses side) was contained. 2 more drops and it should be contained. 2 acres burned up but at least its not so bad as boulder fire right now some 10 miles from my parents house!
count your blessings!

Jesse & Angie's Wedding

Here are the pictures you've been waiting for! I took these myself and i must say i am dang good! I cant believe it i really did set these two up! Now i will never let them forget it!






July 28th 2010 Denver Temple


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