More Christmas fun...and a bridal shower!

Nick played a few tunes on the piano for us on Christmas morning. He has maintained his ability to play LOUD and enthusiastically as always! :)

What a Kodak moment for the in-laws! Paul and Erica occasionally need their space from the crazy Glew family and enjoyed reading on the couch while occasionally giggling at the conversations the Glews were having in the kitchen. Nice fashion statement, Paul! Glad you're comfortable around the family!

Christmas morning at the Glews!

We traveled up to Paul's parents the Thursday after Christmas to spend the day there. Paul's mom broke her wrist several weeks ago so we enjoyed helping her out. We kept the house warm baking sugar cookies and making a beef stew all afternoon! Niece, Alyssa, and Abby put a lot of time into the sugar cookies displayed above but had great fun doing it!

Ashley Buch (Abby's friend from Iowa) and Abby went to a bridal shower for Sharon Henry (middle) while back in Iowa. Sharon gets married in January in Pennsylvania. Sharon mentored and discipled both Abby and Ashley while they were at Luther College.

Trick or Treat!

Our two neighbor girls, Katarina and Annaka, came trick or treating over at our place tonight! Annaka was dressed up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Kat was a very noticeable tourist! They were off to go trick or treating at Hudson Garden's next to the seminary. These two girls have brought Paul and I so much joy since we've been here...always making us laugh and bringing a new sense of "life" to our living experience on campus.

A little braggin' on the hubby!

Paul has been a fantastic support for me since we have moved out to Colorado. I don't know what I'd do without him! I of course have had my ups and downs being so far away from family and friends and I guess you could say I have been a little more emotionally "unstable" at times than what Paul has been during this time of transition. Thank goodness that the Lord made men so different from us women! I can't imagine two of me right now! Anyway, I guess all of this to say, even though I miss all of you back home dearly, I feel blessed that the Lord gave me Paul. We have had a lot of fun out here together and believe that this journey has strengthened our marriage! We're looking forward to what the Lord has planned in the days to come!

Paul and I were supposed to go stay up in a cabin in the mountains last weekend but found out they were forcasted to get 14 inches of snow. We know our '89 Buick can handle a lot but weren't sure we should put it up to a challenge like that! We made the best of it and got semi dressed up and had a date at Texas Road House for supper.

Last Monday I came home from work to see these beautiful flowers sitting on our kitchen table with my name on it! One of those "just because" gifts from Paul! I told him he is welcome to take more study breaks at Flowerama anytime! :)

A taste of true Colorado weather!

Last Sunday morning we woke up to a taste of winter with snow and cold temperatures!

This is what we had by Monday...Sunny and in the 60s again! Hope it does this all winter! :)

Fall Fun!

Today Abby went to the Littleton 14th Annual Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Sale. The neighbor girls invited her to come. They had a fun day taking part in wagon rides, drinking hot apple cider, walking through a pumpkin patch, and enjoying other fun festivities like jumping rope, learning how to make apple cider, and even trying to walk on stilts! When walking through the pumpkin patch, they all agreed that they missed their cheaper pumpkins they were able to purchase back in the Midwest. They decided to wait and save some money by picking up a pumpkin to carve at the nearest money saving Wal-Mart!

Stacy and Abby....Notice the lovely pig being roasted in the background? The girls weren't so sure what to think of that!

Abby's first attempt at walking on stilts

Oh, She made it up...with the help of two!

That lasted long! Guess she won't be joining the circus soon!

Demonstration on how apple cider is made. The press is in back ready to smash a bucket full of cut up apples to make some juice!

This last weekend we got to take in a Rockies baseball game at Coor's stadium. The seminary gave away $1 tickets to students and their families a while back so we got to enjoy some cheap entertainment away from the seminary on Saturday night. We sat with our neighbors from the seminary, the Wiens family. The Rockies managed to pull off a victory which made the experience that much more enjoyable!

Coors Field

Our neighbors form the seminary: Katarina, Annaka, and Stacy. Kyle (husband/father) must be really into the game right now!

Our family away from home!

Meet some of the people that are very dear to us out here! We are so grateful that the Lord placed the Wiens family across from us in our apartment building at the seminary! We couldn't ask for better neigbors and they have helped make our tansition out here so much easier! They are from Minnesota and moved here about 2 weeks before we did this summer. Kyle and Stacy have two girls, Annaka (6) and Katarina (10). They are the sweetest girls and we have enjoyed being around their refreshing energy and loving nature! A couple weeks ago, they came over for the afternoon and I got to see their creative minds unfold. Before I knew it, we were perfoming a play, a revised version of Little Red Riding Hood. These girls are going to go far with their big ideas. We went all out for the performance...costumes, makeup, staging, props, you name it! We finished our preparations right before Paul got home from work so he was able to enjoy the performance! Here are some pictures from the fun had that afternoon!