Heaven on Earth

Troy and I try to get away every Memorial Day. It's the last opportunity we have before summer gets crazy. Last year, we rode the Durango-Silverton Steam Engine train. I wrote about it (of course) here.

We drove through Ouray on the way back. I fell in love with Ouray. Troy planned this Memorial Day vacation around Ouray. We arrived yesterday at the Best Western in Ouray. Did I mention I love this place?! We woke up this morning to this....

See why this little piece of Heaven on Earth has captured my heart?

Mom and Me

Mom was 17 when I came into her life. She and Dad had been married a year and she felt she was ready for a child......at 17. This is my favorite picture of us. She was 19 and I was almost two.

Mom and Dad are here for their annual spring visit. As we sat at the dinner table tonight, mom and I agreed that we "grew up" together. I couldn't have had a better role model. I'm the wife I am today because of her example. If I had children I would base the majority of my parenting skills on her parenting style.

What other mother had a "tee pee" set up in our front yard when I got off the school bus so that we could have a tea party in the tee pee? What other mother knows Jenny's phone number as well as I do......867-5309? What other mother believes that I can do whatever I want, even when I don't believe that I can?

Love you, Mom!