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.

Almost There....

Christmas dinner is moments away. Uncle Pat, his wife Vicky, and their 3 kids also just arrived from Brighton. So we will have 14 enjoying the dinner Jen and Janet have been working on for several hours now. Smoked turkey, ham, mashed potato, sweet potato, noodles, stuffing, deviled eggs, homemade bread, and green bean casserole. Yummy!!

11:05

Intense. Uncle Ross currently winning. Grandpa Jim plays winner.

10:36 AM

What a great Christmas morning. Evidently the boys like their new dsi games. Thank you to all our wonderful family and friends for their very thoughtful gifts for our family. We wish we could be with you mom and dad and Wes and Kim. We hope you are having a wonderful and blessed Christmas where ever you are!

Christmas Morning

The ladies all got matching pj's! And Santa was here last night. Just waiting for little Andrew to wake up so we can see what's in all those presents!!

Yes Andrew.....

Both Andrew and Sarabeth just showed up in the kitchen asking is Santa is real. I told Sarabeth that he is and he is currently on the eastern seaboard heading our way and she better get in bed now that we have put out the milk and cookies. For Andrew I showed him todays Greeley Tribune and the editorial entitled "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." He read the entire thing and went upstairs to bed.

Happy Christmas Eve to all the readers of Campingdad. I hope Santa brings you all your heart desires this Christmas.

Jesus

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel praising God and saying:
     "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." 

Beginnings....

We just got off the phone with a live operator at 1-877-HINORAD and they told us Santa is on schedule and set to arrive in Colorado in a little over 2 hours. The big guy can also be tracked in Google earth and at WWW.noradsanta.com.

The kids each get to open one gift on Christmas Eve. Nathanael just scored a Nintendo dsi, Sarabeth a zuzu pet, Andrew a new game for his dsi, and Noah got Toy Story 3.  Hard to believe that kid use to carry around a Buzz Lightyear doll 11 years ago when Toy Story first came out.

Eve

The presents are wrapped, work is finally complete, church at Journey was awesome, and now we are preparing dinner at grandma and grandpas. Uncle Ross will also be joining us tonight and tomorrow. We are blessed!

Campingdad

I feel terrible I had to eat the competitors product while enjoying my Colorado Native. I do look darn good in my new Areo hoodie. Now to sample the all new and super secret "Batch 19."