First Extended Stay in Colorado--Fall 2013

It was great! I left Berne on Sunday afternoon, Sept 15 and arrived on Monday evening in Colorado Springs to meet Neil at American Furniture Warehouse. My departure from our beautiful new home was on Friday noon, October 11 and I arrived back in Berne on Saturday evening, October 12. Four wonderful weeks in Colorado as the aspen turned from bright green to brilliant gold and the weather included warm sunny days but cold nights. The pictures below were taken on the same day at about the same location. The one on top is at the end of the day when the hiking club hiked up to Lily Pond beyond Twin Lakes. The bottom picture was taken at the beginning of the day when there was more snow on the mountains. The hike, led by Bob Hickey, was absolutely awesome. Each vista was more beautiful than the last, the weather was perfect, the colors were at their peak and gentle breezes with sudden gusts created "showers of gold," "waves"" among the tree tops, and ripples on Lily Pond that resembled fireworks! 

 

 

 

 

Cousins--for Neil and then for me. John and Connie Potter arrived on Wednesday, Sept 18 and were there through Saturday morning, Sept 21. We enjoyed good company, good food, a trip to Leadville, an evening with good music and a full moon and more while they were with us.

 

 

 

 

After a week alone, I drove to Lousiville on Sunday, September 29, to spend the night with Scott, Heather, Bridger and Iris Livengood. The next morning Sharon flew in to Denver and she and spent the whole day enjoying a gorgeous fall day--Red Rocks, Kittredge and Evergreen, ice cream in Bailey, Guanella Pass between Grant and Georgetown, and then Hoosier Pass between Breckenridge and Fairplay. What a treat to spend so much quality time with Sharon--a first in 36 years. Cousins are fantastic!

 

 

 

If I had tried, there's no way I could have been successful at getting a piece of grass in front of each of our faces!

 



 

 

 

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The Last Shall Be First

A first for me--in the first annual Kekionga 5K Gallop/Walk, I came in dead last. However, I came in 3rd in my age group, of females 50 and over, so I got a medal. My time (43:41)was a little more than a minute less than my average. Not bad for last place finisher. :)

A Treasured Friend

Weekly visits with Linda are special times. She and Dick have lived in Berne for 12 years now! I remember the first time I met her at her daughter Tina's house. I thought right away I would like her. :)

4-H RAGBRAI

454 miles across Iowa with Heat, Humidity, Hills and Headwinds. What a guy!!! Someone has to be kind of crazy to spend the last week of July riding between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. So glad he could choose to do such a "crazy" thing. Sure is better than the prospect he was facing 25 years ago. Thank you, Jesus!

KCA Comforters

A little late. . . but I finally made comforters for Brooks and Mary Catherine as their high school graduation presents. They are done in the colors of their high school, Kiev Christian Academy. They graduated in 2008 and 2009. Project completed in 2011. It's nice to finally have it checked off the to-do list. :)

A Promise Kept

 Back in May I presented the girls in my SS class an incentive to learn the six verses in the Roman Road (Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10: 9-10 and 10:13). The promise was that they could come to my house for a cookie-baking party. Twelve girls met the challenge. I didn't want the noise and flying flour that would be inevitable with 12 girls in my kitchen at one time. Three groups of four sounded more reasonable. After a busy summer I decided I better keep my promise before school starts again. On Friday, I had two girls, today I had five and tomorrow five more will come. Each group has (or will) bake three kinds of cookies including Snickerdoodles (so they can roll the dough in cinnamon and sugar), and Funfetti cookies (so they can frost some cookies) and Chocolate Chip Cookies (because they are a favorite).

I don't remember a single lesson taught by Marie Chave, Jean Coffey and Mary Russell. I do remember the special things they did to make me and other students in the class feel special. I hope Addie, Cassie, Madi, Alyssa, Kylee, Shaelynn, Ashley, Audra, Anna, Hannah, Julia, Kayla, and others will remember my Sunday School class as a place where they felt loved and learned to love the faith by example.