Thursday, December 27, 2007

Thanks for the hat Red & Janie...

So for family viewing the blog, they understand the joke behind the 2004 World Series. For those of you out of the loop, back on `04 the family is sitting at my sister & brother in law's rehearsal dinner. It is suddenly quiet and my cousin's husband pipes up and says,"So Jenn, when are YOU getting married?!"
My reply: "When the Sox win the World Series!"
Needless to say, I haven't lived it down since, especially now that they have won 2!

So Red and Janie, are you trying to tell Ryan something???

Maxx and Bella open more presents

Bella plays with her new ducky...



Maxx is really protective of his squeaky toys...



Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas night

Ben and Remy... Merry Christmas Marc and Sarah!

Jenn sporting the new Penguin apron line...

Tiffany came to eat dinner with us..she's shy!

Christmas Presents!!!!!

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Even Lola got a new blanket! Daddy thought her tarp looked too"redneck" (God forbid!)





Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning...

Last night Daddy got to open ONE present...

Merry Christmas!!!!

This was the scene we woke up to this morning...6 inches by 11AM!!!

Monday, December 24, 2007

The Kids opened Grammy and Grandpa Hulsebus' presents tonight:

Daddy even let them open one early: their own Breckenridge Ski passes (not really)!



Grammy and Grandpa Hulsebus got Maxx and Bella some toys and festive bell collars....

6595 HWY 9, Blue River, Colorado

So this is for Grammy....it is our online picture diary so we can share our lives with all the family who cannot make it out here.



This is a portion of our backyard. Our house backs national forest, so we have a lot of room to play!

When you look off of the back deck, you see this little pond (about 4 feet to 5 feet in diameter with a loud waterfall and a stream that travels under our deck:

This is a picture of our home from the driveway. All that snow on the roof falls right on the deck and walkway...not much fun to shovel that!

Poor Lola...she really wants to come out and play!

This is our second bedroom. Ryan calls it the "Man Cave." He keeps his computer, books, and telescope in here. Soon we'll get another bed for guests

Here's the kitchen, I cleaned it up a bit but I still have cooking to do. It'll be messy in no time!

This is our little dining room. It is an open 1st floor so the living room couch separates the living room and dining room. The table is cool. It's made out of slate and granite...

This is the living room. A little cramped with the huge tree! We turn the flood lights on at night so we can see the snowfall. Haven't seen a moose or bear walk through yet!

It's not Christmas without the Nativity. It is on my old toybox. We put all our gloves and hats in it now. Hopefully soon, I can put REAL toys in it....

...And the stockings were hung by the fire with care...

This is our little bathroom...about the size of yours...

This is our bedroom in the loft...

Here is our Christmas tree. It is about 7 feet tall. Our ceilings are cathedral so we can do that! To the right is the "toybox" for Maxx and Bella

I stacked my old trunks and put some plants on it. On the window sill are pictures of you and Grandpa in the center then pix of landacapes Ryan took...

More pictures of the house

The dogs love looking out back for unsuspecting chipmunks...that's Sarah Bailey's golden retriever, Ben.

This is "the perch." We can take the railings off most of the deck.. It makes it easier to shovel all the snow off. The dogs like it so they can see the action of the highway...I strung up lights all around the deck. It's real pretty at night


Under the mound of snow is a fake campfire, powered by propane. Maxx thinks it's a pee-post! It is really nice to sit around it in the fall under starry skies. In the back is our hot tub. We put lights around that too and hung Christmas balls that Marlene gave me years ago. Looks pretty at night! We like sitting in the hot tub when it is snowing. We'll wear tukes so we don't get cold. It is chilly running the 20 feet from there into the house, though!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Oh Taunenbaum....

This is the most innocent she'll ever look!










The finished product...