PROM 2012--The Asking

This year Ryan asked his date (Erin) by making a bunch of paper cranes ( almost 500 of them)  and putting them all over her room.  The question was actually in a paper flower that was placed on her bed...The following picture shows the mess he made of her room.  Wonder how long it took her to clean them all up and find them all!?!

 

 Erin's reply was a text telling him she would be happy to go.

Chris was a sophomore this year, so technically he was not supposed to go to prom unless an upperclassman asked....Well, she asked!  She hid Easter Eggs ALL OVER the house.  Each egg either had a word, a piece of candy, or a green alien in it.  (We were still finding eggs a few months later!)

Chris answered by throwing her a football that said "I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to go to prom with you".

Christmas 2011 (catching up)

Since I started school right after Jessica's wedding, I really didn't get all of my blogging in.  Since I print of this blog as a "family history".  I need to do some catching up.  I will start with Christmas since that is where my camera picks up...

Christmas Eve dinner was at my house. Lori gifted us all with pretty aprons that she made.

 Since dad likes to "wear" his food, we found this wonderful bib for him (must protect his clothes)!

 Some of our Dinner preparation!

 Here is the Christmas tree AFTER Santa visited.

 When Ryan was a little boy (as in about 3-4 years old), he would tell us that he wanted a "violent" guitar.  Every year, he would ask for one.  We bought him a child size guitar one year for Christmas, he had to have been about 4 or 5 years old.  That held him over for a while.  In elementary school, 4th grade, they offered free guitar lessons as long as a parent participated.  Wayne ended up buying 2 guitars, an acoustic and a classical.  They faithfully went to their lessons.  As he aged, he still begged for an "Electric" guitar.  Wayne told him that he really needed to master the classical guitar.  Ryan really worked on playing it...teaching himself what he didn't learn.  We kept putting him off when it came to an electric guitar because we just couldn't justify the cost and we really didn't want to have to listen to it.  We ended up coming across the new XBOX Rocksmith.  It is an actual electric guitar and it teaches you to play in a gaming atmosphere.

 Ryan was in seventh heaven...he finally got his "violent" guitar.

 Ryan is really into rock climbing.  I worry every time he leaves to climb.  So, to help with safety, we invested in a climbing helmet.  He has used it every time he climbs!

 Tiffany loves her hoodies!

 What a find...Jean's pajamas.  They are worn constantly!

 Since Chris loves to play his trombone, we finally found a tie to show off his talent.

 Here is Ryan's pair of jeans pajamas...complete with showing boxer shorts.

 This is a present that Julie Zelasko made for Chris.  It was in reference to a game that we played.  Basically, he read a statement that said something like...."What would only happen once in a blue moon".  Julie wrote down, "Chris would get kissed".  I guess officially, he has a blue moon, watch out girls.

Spring Break 2012 start off...Garden of the Gods!

The weather in Colorado Springs has turned quite warm!  It was supposed to get up to 75 degrees.  That is AWESOME hiking weather.  Since the dog, Chipper and I are a bit out of shape, we decided to go to the Garden of the Gods.  The hike we wanted to go on didn't pan out since there were no parking spaces. :(  I guess other people had the same idea as us.  So we drove around a little bit more and found ourselves a place to park.  We went on a fun hike.  We all enjoyed the sunshine and the exercise.  

Here are some pictures...

Tiffany, Wayne, Chris and Ryan (With Chipper)

A nice lady offered to take the whole family's picture...

Tiffany, Wayne, Chris, Sandie and Ryan.

Too bad you can't see the background view...the picture doesn't do it justice!  The same lady happened to hike by us later on the trail and offered to take our picture again.

 No hike is complete without climbing on rocks.

 They all seemed to enjoy climbing up the rocks.

 Even Wayne and Chipper had to join in the rock climbing.

 Ryan coming down the "hard way".  Yes, there was an easier way down, but why go that way when you can SCRAMBLE down!

 Isn't Tiffany getting so beautiful!?! In a couple of weeks she will be 14 years old!

 Here is Chris climbing up the rocks.

 He was so good to stop and pose for me!

 Had to get a picture of us! (Sandie and Wayne)

 One thing about the Garden of the Gods..there is never a shortage of rocks to climb on!

It was so beautiful today!  I loved having the opportunity to spend some quality time with my family!  I enjoyed hanging out with them all!  We picked up some Chipotle on the way home and turned on a video "The Jungle Book".    We sang together the whole way home.  It was an adventure.  

I have to say that I am grateful to my Father in Heaven 

for providing us with such a beautiful earth for us to enjoy.