Campingdad

Two bottles of Friek!! What a great birthday present from Big D. We are about done at Odells and are getting ready to head down the street to Fort Collins Brewery and then possibly New Belgium. Bottoms up!!

Odells

Big D getting ready to start the tasting try. Odells is also celebrating the release of "Friek", their newest brew. Live band, lots of people and cupcakes!!

Grandpa

She loves her grandpa! Thanks again to my favorite dad for all the help on the family homestead this past week. Sure was great to get some things cleaned up around the house, have a nice lunch at Culvers, and make a quick run to see Jen's classroom. It was fun. I know this because when we were pulling up the carpet, you said to me "Ryan, this is fun."

Pancakes!

It is all you can eat pancakes and sausage at Applebees this morning as a fundraiser for Frontier Academy. At least it was until our group arrived. Now its more of a fundloser. At least its fun. I know this because they said "this is fun."

Dinner!

Half way through Super Bowl week, so we decided to celebrate and have dinner out together as a family. After much discussion, we decided on Chinese food at a local restaurant owned by a Frontier family. It was great being together as a family. Only 3 more days to get through! The two routes I cover ran a combined $82,000 for the week. That's a lot of chips.

Snack2

Still going strong. Sarabeth on the slides, the boys on the lazy river, dad with his cell phone and the new Outside magazine. They only seem to slow down for the few food rations I brought. More good news from Greeley: the outside temp has finally risen above 0.

Blur

The little blue blur in the middle of the GREAT BIG SCARY water slide is non other then Sarabeth herself. She loves it. No fear at all in that little girl. Kids are still going strong after almost three hours!

Snack Time!

It's adult swim currently so that means it time for a snack! The big water slides and dump bucket open at 3, so there is still plenty of fun to look forward to.

"Snow" Day #2

For the second day in a row, all schools in Greeley were closed due to the extremely cold temps and windchill. After spending two and a half days at home over the weekend, then being cooped up all day yesterday, the kids had a bit of pent up energy. Off to the Family Funplex!! Hopefully four hours in the pool will wear them out. Note the heart that Sarabeth is making with her hands. She learned that from Taylor Swift. Cute huh?

Date

It was a really fun night in Greeley last night with the annual Daddy/Daughter Dance.  The dance floor was crowded with dads and their daughters of all ages. We slowed danced, ate finger foods, drank lots of punch, had our photo taken, said hi to lots of friends we hadn't seen in awhile, and even made a song request for Taylor Swift that the DJ played!! As we left, all the daughters received a flower and the dads were given a pledge card to be a good dad and a list of 100 fun things to do with your daughter, many of which we have already done!

25 Years Ago Today

I was in 3rd grade. I was a member of the young astronauts program that NASA sponsored. It was a huge deal because of the teacher that was going into space.  We were coming in from recess and my teacher came to get us and blurted out "Children, there has been a terrible accident. The space shuttle Challenger has just exploded." There was a TV set up in our class when we walked in. We spent the rest of the day watching the terrible explosion over and over. Sadness. Where were you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE&sns=em

Bikes!!

What better thing to do in Colorado in January then dust off the bikes and go for a ride??? Lil' Lance and I rode around the neighborhood then make a stop at the Human Bean for coffee and hot chocolate. I also picked up the tickets for tomorrow nights Daddy/Daughter dance. Lots of great quality time with my favorite daughter!

Park Tool

My road bike is fixed thanks to my new favorite bike mechanic. For Christmas Noah received a set of Park Tools, a repair stand and a manual on how to repair bikes. I also promised him a space in the basement he could use to set up his new shop. Anyone out there need their bike worked on so its ready for spring??

Fox!

This little guy has been hanging around the back of my King Scoopers the last several weeks. Maybe I'll throw him some Cheetos next time. Beautiful animal with great color.

Wesley!

I am sorry I am a couple of days late in wishing my favorite brother a very happy birthday. I hope the 9th was amazing and awesome and fun and great. Welcome to the 30's Wesley! I love you.