House Guests

I love it when people come to visit!! It's totally great!!! The Jackson's came and stayed with me for a few days and I totally loved it! They stopped by for one night on their drive to Cali and then on their way back they stopped and stayed for a day and a half. Not long enough in my opinion but I will take what I can get!!!

They drove in Sunday night and spent all day Monday here and then drove home Tuesday afternoon. I was very sad to see them leave :( But we had a blast while they were here!!!

In the morning I went for a walk then came back and the girls needed a project ;) So we made some apple crisp while everyone else was finishing breakfast and getting ready for the day. 

Emily really wanted to go on a hike in Mesa Verde but it's closed due to a fire that recently happened. So we attempted to find a local trail. This was by the river but not easily accessible so we didn't walk it super far. 

This picture needs no words...this girl definitely has style and spunk ;) Love her!

We ended up at a park in town along the Animas River. The kids and Jake had a blast trying to catch minnows and a crawdad

Part of the Animas River

Jake just chillin' on the rock in the middle of the water 

Me and Em 

After our hike we ate lunch then went back to my place. Everyone was tired and needed naps.... except these two! I put in Bolt on my laptop so I could get a little bit of shut eye but I just had to take a picture of how they looked watching the movie...too cute!

For dinner we went to Outback with Jake and Emily's friends , the Mc Brides. 

Emily's eyes were closed in this shot that Miguel took but I love me and the girls so I had to post it and just crop Em out lol 

Kara Cute

Okay.... I know it's blurry but..... there's a story. So my birthday is this weekend. No big deal. Emily REALLY wanted to have them sing to me but I told her no when we first sat down to dinner. Later she was bummed and I told her if she REALLY wanted them to, they could. So this guy... who was one of our waiters was hilarious. Anyways... he made a big deal about my birthday and I wish this came out better but he is singing Happy Birthday and told me that due to privacy rights he wouldn't use my name so instead I was Shenikwah (I doubt that's the right spelling but whatever). It was pretty great. 

After dinner right before we left Elissa told me that she could squeeze me SUPER hard. haha. This is her squeezing me hard....too cute :)


After dinner we came home and I cooked our Apple crisp. We had apple crisp and ice cream :) Then the kids went to bed and Jake, Emily, Miguel and I watched Transformers 3 on Emily's projector (yes yes I  STILL do not have a TV but maybe I will get one soon....possibly ;) ). It was awesome!

Tuesday morning, I went for my walk/run before everyone got up, except miss Laura she was an early bird. This is a view I had this morning!

Then we all got ready and went and saw the new Disney movie Brave. It was really good. There was a scary bear that I think little kids might not be a fan of but overall it was cute. I felt though it was kind of similar to Brother Bear but the message was different and that's all that matters ;)

Afterwards Emily and I went to Olive Garden for our usual just the two of us lunch. It was great! The kids and Jake went to Wendy's don't worry...they got fed too ;) Afterwards we headed back to my place and they packed up and headed back to Texas! I was very sad to see them go. Like I said... I love having company! They will be back in another month and the five of us (Jake has to work) will be heading up to Park City for a couple of days. I'm totally excited! It's going to be a blast!! See you soon my dear friends!!