Colton's Haircut

Before

During (isn't photoshop great?)

After

Yea!! Colton finally cut his hair! He had a good time
with photoshop playing a trick on his grandma.
I dread the day he can grow facial hair like that, and
if he's anything like Mike it won't be long.

January 21

Today is my least favorite day of the whole year. It happened to be Martin Luther King Jr Day the day Mike died also. It has been 6 long years. On one hand it feels like yesterday but so much has happened since then. This isn't really a day we celebrate. We had planned on doing something together as a family since the kids were out of school, but the weather kind of changed that.

Corey wanted to go skiing and headed to the resort but they didn't make it because there was an avalanche and the road was blocked.

I had a dentist appointment to get a tooth pulled. Erika went with me. We left early because it dumped snow last night and was still snowing when we left. Some areas in the valley got over a foot of snow. The dentist numbed me up and I had the nitrous oxide and my ipod really loud - it didn't work. He pulled on it a few times and numbed me more and more. He just couldn't get it numb enough to pull. So, now it hurts even worse and I will have to get an appointment with an oral surgeon. Hopefully they can fit me in soon.

Colton wasn't happy with me because he didn't get to go snowboarding - he is still grounded from the resort. He has been out in the gully behind our house all day working on building up jumps and snowboarding as much as he can.

I went on a date with Erika right after the dentist. We went to see a movie, we had fun together. I spent the rest of the day under my electric blanket... I hate snow and I was not going to clean house today.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Everyone liked Mike, he was just that kind of guy. What do I miss most about him?
I really miss his smile that was only for me.
It makes me sad that he isn't here to see the kids growing up and that he can't be here to back me up with them. It is very hard without an enforcer. I think they would be different kids if their Dad were here. There are just a lot of things I miss.

I know a lot of people are looking at this blog, so let's hear from you leave me a comment!!

What do you miss about Mike?

Frozen Yard

We found this great surprise as we were leaving to church on Sunday morning. SOMEONE, of course no one knows who, turned on our sprinklers which went off at midnight. It must have been a pretty cool show with the cold temperatures here. The kids had left the garage door open most of the day while I was gone to work so who really knows. (We have had the talk over and over again about the dangers of leaving it open.) Of course the water didn't stop coming out when I turned them off. Chris had to once again come over and help me. I won't be able to tell if we have any broken pipes until spring though. The driveway was a sheet of ice and the grass was covered with icicles as well. There must be a silver lining -- pretty cool pictures!

Snow Camping

Colton went on a scout campout yesterday. They did some back country hiking and dug out snow caves to sleep in (the 2nd pic). Even though Colton is grounded from the resort, he is still finding a way to go snowboarding. They had to hike quite a bit but he is very determined to get better.

I'm not sure why anyone would find sleeping in the snow fun but the boys had a great time!

January 11th

I am sorry my posts this month will probably be about Mike. This is kind of a hard month for me. There isn't anything going on here anyway, except for way too much work and way too much snow!

So the 11th would have been our 16th anniversary. Of course I had to work. My friend Debbie brought these pretty flowers, how nice was that?

On Saturday morning I got my hair cut, it is a little lighter than I wanted but I think I will like it. (The picture on the bottom)

Saturday evening, Chris and Courtnie took me out for a night of fun. :) I was a little apprehensive because I thought they should just go on a date themselves instead of dragging me along. How fun for them to have a 3rd wheel, Courtnie wouldn't even let me sit in the back seat. We did have a good time though. We went to watch "The Bucket List" (which I would highly recommend), then we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner which was excellent, I even ate a mushroom and it was good! No, they couldn't stop there, we went to Cold Stone for ice cream. I am lucky to have such great friends here, it is hard sometimes being here alone with the kids.

Colton's Video

This is a short video of Colton at Brighton last week.