Living in Munchkinland

The boys and I flew to Texas last weekend to visit my mom and see my nephew Kade play football. I had thrown out my back on Wednesday and we flew on Friday so it was not easy. Unfortunately, Michael did not go with us as I forgot to buy him a ticket. Whoops! He decided it would be better for him to work and take care of the house anyway so it all worked out. But he did make sure I bought him a ticket for Thanksgiving! We flew in Friday around lunchtime and mom took us straight to Casa Maria for a tex-mex fix. It was delicious as usual. Then we went to Casa Pacifica and built an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos. We had a great visit with Uncle Larry and a quick visit with GG and then drove up to Austin for Kade's game. It was really cold and windy and we did our best to enjoy, but between the cold and my aching, aching back, we only made it through the first half. It was still so fun to see him! Saturday morning we puttered around and then we up to Austin again to meet Cheris and G...

The third week of October we had went from Fall to Winter. It became Octobuary. I also, took kids on a field trip to a Dia de Los Muertos exhibit in Longmont, taught, made Plated dinners, raked leaves, watched snowfall and parented.

We drove to Durango this weekend for fall break/mountain bike state competition. Davis did not make state this year (only 2 freshman boys from his team did), but he still wanted to support his team. We had never been to Durango so we decided to do it. We booked a really nice VRBO right downtown and headed out Thursday morning. The drive was lovely and though fall foliage is over in the Denver area, it was still really pretty near Durango. It was a long drive though- six and a half hours. We stopped in Del Norte for a picnic lunch on the way. That afternoon we checked in and Michael worked and the boys and I walked downtown to explore. We went to the train museum and looked in the shops. We bought hot chocolate and cream soda and tried to buy tour tickets for Mesa Verde, but it was sold out. Next year! That evening Michael went with us to dinner in the saloon at the Statler Hotel. Then later, we curled up in the living room with the gas fire to watch City Slickers as we had discovered ...