Food!~

Bryce's girlfriend Jessie is in town visiting.

We REALLY enjoyed a bit of India for lunch!

And for dinner we "visited" Mexico and had a 

great Burrito!

Theeeeyrrrr'e Heeeerrrre~

Our household shipment from Germany 

FINALLY arrived.

It took about 8 weeks by truck, ship and train

to make it to our home in Colorado!

 Lining up the trucks...

 The stage is set!

 We are asked to look on as the lock 

on the shipment is broken.

 There it all is!

 Prepping the house with covers on the banisters

 and wood floors and plastic on the carpet.

 Let the work begin!

 I was "on call" first to check off each 

box as it came off the truck.

 Jim took over the job as things started piling up in 

the house and more directions inside were needed.

 Bryce came out at the beginning of the day

to keep Jim company for a while.

Nothing like watching others work while

you get to sit around and "shoot the breeze..."

 This was just the beginning of empty boxes starting

to litter the front lawn.  The amount of empty boxes

eventually filled up the entire truck!

 Once most of the boxes were inside it was time

to see how quickly we could empty them so they

could be taken away.  Jim and Bryce pretty much 

emptied all the boxes for the kitchen.  There were

probably 20 boxes to be emptied, and it was fun to

see my Polish Pottery getting set out ready to use!

 Besides Jim having a job interview, via skype, in the 

morning Bryce also had one set for the afternoon.  The 

piles of boxes were put aside as Bryce did some follow 

up work after his interview.

 Here is Cody's room piled high with lots to organize.

When Cody got home from school he checked out his 

room and I heard this small little moan.  He honestly 

was hopeful he would come home and have ALL the 

work done for him by the movers!

Good thing there's no school for the next FOUR days!!

No excuses for not being around to help. ;-)

 This is the Master Bedroom.  This only shows a 

small portion of the work that piled up once all the

boxes were unloaded.  It will take me a full day

to put this in order!

 The garage was soon filled up with all sorts of things we

forgot we had coming!  We're beginning to wonder

how we had room for all of this stuff!

There are piles and piles of games and movies

that need sorting and organizing.

I'm not even showing how much work there is to

do in the storage room-that's last on the list.  

Let's hope in a week things will be put back right again 

and we really will feel we are settled in back home!

Bryce is Home.....

So we are lucky enough to have Bryce living

 at home with us while he is job hunting.  

 Of course there needs to be some breaks in the job search...

Bryce has rigged up some new contraption of a game

for him and Cody to play on the tramp.

 While they are jumping they toss a ball
over the high rope and not miss catching it.

 Cody had some pretty intense jumps!

 One end of the rope was tied to a pole and a ladder,

the other end was tied off at the upper window.

Things are never dull with Bryce around! :-)

Fruits of Our Labors~

I'm domesticating two of my sons....

 Cody and Bryce were great in helping

me prepare fresh peaches to be dried.

 The end result was a savory snack.

Bryce and Cody really liked having some

homemade bread.  Nothing like a warm slice

of bread with butter and jam melted on it!

My TWO sons~

It was a very pleasant Sunday with TWO of my sons.

While Cody did homework Bryce was Cody's chemistry

tutor and a busy baker making chocolate chip cookies.

Cowboys and NO Indians~

Our Broomfield 3rd Ward hosted a Western themed BBQ.

We saw a few cowboy hats, boots and even spurs on some

guests.  But no guests with feathers, moccasins or loin cloths.

 Everyone, but these two saddle riders, are lined up

to get some grub from the "food wagon."

 We had some "cowgirls" try their hand at milking.

 Western music was some of the entertainment.

 No one was gonna mess with this "cowboy."

I think his gun holster and spurs kept us at a distance.

It was a fun evening with good vittles and games for all.