The End of a Decade

Ten years ago [in May] we came to Lubbock for undergraduate school at Texas Tech. We never left.....

We accepted an offer on our house last week ~ it's official...

with cold feet and heavy hearts we are movin' on.

I wasn't really sure what kind of an impact moving was making on Aiden until we were pulling into the drive one afternoon. From the back seat I heard an emotion-choked little voice say, "Mom, I am really gonna' miss our home."

I couldn't have said it better myself!

Lots of people have joked with us over the last several months that it will be so hard for us to leave behind the 'dream house' that we built here. However, I am always quick to correct them. We will miss much more than our house.

We have built a home here in this flat, wind-blown, dust-covered, west Texas town.

...the beautiful sunsets on the never-ending horizons... our wonderful neighbors... birth of a child... the cotton... community... good memories... all the people we have come to know here...

For the last ten years, this has been home ~

Spring in Colorado

Over Spring Break we went to visit Lonnie in Colorado. We were able to do a little house hunting, check-out the town some more and take a trip to the local zoo. If you have ever been to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, you know that it aptly boasts to be 'the nation's only mountain zoo.' It is literally built on the side of the mountain. I don't know if there is any flat terrain in the entire park.

I think this is the most eventful zoo trip we have ever had~

we saw a baby giraffe that was only three weeks old...

peacocks up close and personal...

Brigg danced with the porcupine...

and this lion got up from his nap, came over to the window, and literally snapped at the kids through the glass. Brigg was the only kiddo brave enough to stay 'plastered' to the window with the big kitty 6 inches from his face!

We also taught the kids about the wildlife to avoid in their new backyard....although Brigg didn't seem very afraid ~ HAPPY SPRING!