The weather could NOT be any more beautiful than it is this week.  It is glorious!  We drove down a dirt road this morning and the golden aspens next to the pines was breathtaking.  We're going back this afternoon for another dose.

Friends from Castle Rock came up and we are having such a good time enjoying this blessing God has put on us.  We head tomorrow back to real life,,, s i g h ,,,,.   We get to tour a place of Weddings in Georgetown with the kids tomorrow afternoon.  It's a dream-like facility from the pictures I've seen,  and has a opening for Dec. 22 ( or 23, I can't remember).  Then spend a week here and there around the Denver/Colorado Springs area.  Jim has some handyman jobs lined up.

But our loved ones are with us constantly.  Our thoughts are not far from Nathan and his family.  I spoke to Carolyn yesterday and they were hanging in there.  And one of our dear Elders out here passed away after illness so our thoughts are with them also.

Wish Everyone could enjoy this with us!  Can't wait to share my pictures!

Had a teary moment today. 

I was rushing through the grocery store as I was in a Coke deprivation mode, and hurried past an older gentleman taking his time reading labels.  His clothing and stature caught my attention first and I felt something familiar about him.  As I walked past him I smelled something familiar about him.  He made me think of my father with that "older man smell'.  It choked me up.  A lot.  I sure miss that old man of mine!