10" of flurries....

It was 74 degrees in town yesterday, around 60 degrees up here. We knew there was a cold front on the way with a good chance of flurries. As of last night the forecast had been changed to 2-5" of snow with a bit of wind. The snow started around 6 am and now, at 2 pm, there is at least 10" of snow and heavy winds. When I left for church this morning at 7 it was 25 degrees and coming home at noon it had dropped to 21 degrees. The snow has been pretty much horizontal all day. As I say in the video, I'm smelling a snow day tomorrow! It is a typical slippy, sloppy March snowstorm. Have I mentioned yet that I'm over snow? Over winter? Yeah.....

The Toyota Runneth!

After several weeks of work (and the installation of a new engine) the old 4Runner is running again. This will be Aaron's vehicle and reminds me of the 70's song about a brand new pair of roller skates, "Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far", lol. Yes, I'm aware of the double meanings of that song :-).

Zoolights!

Another annual holiday tradition is going to Zoolights at the Denver zoo. We go early to see the animals and stay until after dark for the light displays. There is a sculpture of a momma and baby hippo and the kids have always enjoyed climbing on it....and they still do!

Afterwards we went to an asian diner for dinner - yummy!

Christmas 2007

On Christmas morning we get up (not too early), open our presents and then have breakfast. This year it was snowy and beautiful outside.

From top to bottom:

Steve, Megan & Matt

Aaron & Matthew

The snow the day after.

Megan Gradumatated!

Megan graduated from CU Denver on 12/15 - summa cum laude! She was excited and relieved and we were proud and relieved :-). The ceremony was held in the Denver convention center, not the greatest venue for this kind of activity, but it worked well enough.

The photos show Megan with her study-buddy Breeann, processing into the hall, and with the whole gang: Dad (Steve), Grandma Bonner (J'Nean), Grandpa Bonner (Dick), Matt, Megan, Mom (Gail), Matthew, Grandma Kopy (Helen), Aaron, Eddie.

Now that school is completed and graduation done, her next adventure is moving to an apartment north of Denver - this weekend! After that will be a job, wedding planning, the wedding and then pharmacy school starting Fall '08. She's going to be a busy girl.

Whacking the tree.....

We went on the traditional Christmas tree hunt the day after Thanksgiving. The usual gang was on hand for the fun and tree day activities.

First up, find a tree and cut 'er down. Handsaws only, the effort is shared by all the guys. We kept the top 15 feet or so for our tree, and toted it home with all the boughs and the trunk.

Next activity, lunch! This year, because it was so cold, we had a big old pot of chili. Steve's new stove did a great job of heating it up.

Other fun.....taking the annual Christmas photo and climbing on the rocks.

CHS Band Performance - STATE! Oct 07

Here it is.....the final performance of the year. The State competition had to be pushed back a week because of a huge snowstorm. State was held in Grand Junction at Stocker (with a long o) Stadium. The kids did a great job and came in 4th. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th bands were within 1.5 points of each other, it was a close competition!

Steve, Matthew and I stayed at a cute B&B in Palisade, just down the road in the middle of Colorado's wine country. Watching the band perform was lots of fun and wine tasting was fun too :-)!