It's tea. Really, it is.

We took a trip up to Denver to visit the aquarium they have up there. Pictures were taken, children were splashed, tigers were visited (at an aquarium?!), pennys smashed and balloon animals were modified. Afterwards we tried out a restaurant that we heard good things about called the Cheesecake Factory. It lived up to its reputation. Not only was the cheesecake great, but the food's delicious and good sized portions. We also hit the mall, picked up some tea, including the ones that turn into a blossom once it's done steeping.

The next morning we went out to breakfast with a friend of the family, still donning balloonware. Well, modern family. I still don't know what to call us. But we get along great, so who cares.

Snow in the Springs

One of the great things about being here in the Springs is you get the beautiful snowfall, and it melts away and dries up before it can refreeze into ice again - most of the time. Just awesome.

Day by day ... by day amen

So I was at work the Friday before last, and every few seconds I heard a welcoming/phone starting up sound. Over. And over again. Then I realized it was my phone. Every time I tried to dial out or text someone, it would shut off and back on by itself again. Thankfully it was an easy fix. I dropped it off at a Verizon store and they did a software update, which took care of it. It's been fine since. That Sunday we went and played at the Burger King playhouse with Cece while we waited for her mom to come by and pick her up. Somebody's gum fell out of their pocket, and it was still in there when we got in, so we got in a gum fight. It was a bit of an awkward situation when we were sitting at the tables in there and they were crawling around looking for it. Those crazy kids and their gumfights! After Cece's mom came and got her, we went to dinner at Outback Steak House and used our gift cards.

The next weekend I was awakened to the smell of felt tip pen and was tackled by crazy children, and a tickle fight ensued. Way better than an alarm clock any day! Well, perhaps minus the felt tip pen on my face. After we had breakfast and cleaned up, we spent pretty much all day Saturday at Walmart. At least it felt like it. I couldn't tell you how much time we actually spent there, but we filled 3 shopping carts full of groceries and had a difficult time fitting 4 people in with all the groceries in the car. Then later we went back to Walmart again to pick up medicine for Chel because she was sick. And then we went back to Walmart AGAIN so I could by a Wii remote for Mario. But they were out so I went and got one at GameStop the next morning so we could play the Wii game we had bought. Lots of fun. Highly recommended. Mario - not shopping.

We thought about going out to PF Changs Saturday night, but decided to have it as takeout instead due to it being Valentine's Day Weekend. When Adam and I came back from Walmart trip #2 and getting the food, Tristan's brother Cody was here and got to meet him. He joined us for dinner and Tristan and I took him home before Walmart trip #3. He's cool because he laughs at my dorkiness. (dorkyness? dorkiniss? dorkyniss?) Sunday I got a remote, had to work for awhile because I was oncall backup, and came back and played Wii Mario with the crew while my chicken pot pie baked. All in all it was a great weekend. Again!

Whirlwinding

Well, I'm sitting here in a pile of kids and dog, and thought I should get something put on here. It's been the biggest ADD session since I came over here, and I mean that in the best possible way! Every time I got to sit down and do this, Phineas and Ferb comes on, or it's dinner time, or an impromptu wrastle session kicks in, or a sudden trip to the park! Long story short, the last couple of weeks have been a blast. Work's settling in well, and there's plenty of fun things to do with the folks I'm staying with! Ugh - Phineas and Ferb is on, it's a funny one (the one with the Mummys and the wood magnet). Crud, and we're about to go throw the frisbee around! Well, I got something posted anyway. Here's a couple of pics of what we've been up to ...