Cow Appreciation Day

Every summer the Chick-Fil-A in town holds a Cow appreciation day. If you dress up like a cow you get a free lunch. This is Caleb's second year attending with our good friends the Ploceks. He really liked the chicken nuggets, but not the giant Cow mascot walking around.

Missing Europe!

Well we recently got all of the files from my old laptop switched onto our desktop. This gave me access to some pictures that I haven't seen in almost two years. I was looking back through all the fun times we had in Europe and became a little homesick (again). So I wanted to post a few, and,well, that turned into wanting to post a lot. Hope you don't mind!

The entrance to my little town, Dudeldorf


View of Dudeldorf from the distance

Dudeldorf in fall

Berg Dudeldorf


Will and I outside of the Louvre

Paris at night

Notre Dame
Where Will ask me to marry him


Dinner in Paris the night we got engaged

On a service project in Slovakia


The school we worked with in Slovakia

Service project in the Czech Republic. We built the playground we are swinging on.

The Bitburg crew in the Czech Republic


Our good friends, John and Shannon, outside of our favorite restaurant, Torshanke.

Will and I on my birthday one year

In Malta, this is the site where Paul shipwrecked and got bitten by snake in Acts


Malta

Will and I in London

Londi and I in Cambridge while Will "Punts" us down the river


On the beach at summer camp with Middle schoolers

Beautiful view in Cinque Terra, Italy



Jordan and I in Pisa



more summer camp
Family vacation in France when we ran into Rick Steves.

The view from Berg Cochem


On the lake in Daun, Germany with Will's sister, brother-in-law, and friend



Big Ben at night

With friends in front of Buckingham Palace

Will and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary yesterday. We laid low this year by getting a couples massage, catching a movie, and meeting up with friends for dinner. I went back through our wedding pics, and decided to post a few in remembrance. During the second line at the reception

Leaving the church

Colorado in Springtime

Oh the beauty of Colorado! We have amazing snow in the winter, the most magnificent blue skies in the summer, and the yellows and golds of turning Aspen in the fall. I hope I never get used to the changing of seasons around here! Below are some pics from our backyard. Caleb insisted on a faux-hawk for the photo shoot :)

Caleb's Golf swing

Murder Mystery Party

Last weekend we hosted another Murder Mystery Dinner. If you have never done one of these, you have got to try one! They make for a fun-filled evening with friends. This one was called "The Icicle Twist". Below are some great pics of the evening. I can't tell you "Who done it", but I was impressed that 3 of our guests guessed correctly!

Will played a top official in the Department of Defense. I was a supposed flight attendant.

Liz played a bohemian spy, and Rich was a Cuban body guard.

Janelle was a police surgeon, and Vern played a private investigator.



Katie was a 20 year old flirt (the mystery was set in 1984), and Scott was the local ski shop owner.

Backstreet Boys

It was about 5 years ago when I (Teresa) took a little vacation to England with some fellow Club Beyond Staff. We spent one very fun day in London making a little music video to the Backstreet Boys. That's right, we walked around with a little mp3 player and danced, lip synched, and videotaped ourselves doing it. My buddy Chris finally took the time to put togther the video. I laughed pretty hard when I watched it... I think you should watch it too!

I can't seem to get a direct link working properly, so you will have to follow some directions.
www.chris-o.com
Then click on Movies
Click on Not so Backstreet Boys and Girls
You might be able to run the video there, I could not and had to click on the link to watch through YouTube.

Just remember that it was 5 years ago... and for some reason I decided to "prance" outside of Buckingham Palace. Enjoy!

Take me out to the ball game!

We took Caleb to his first real baseball game this past week. Colorado Springs hosts the Sky Sox, whom are the minor league team for the Colorado Rockies. They offer $2 Tuesdays, making it a cheap family night. At first Caleb was a wee-bit upset. We had told him all day that we were going to the baseball game. In his head this meant he was going to play baseball! So when we sat down and didn't move any closer to the field, he threw a little fit! Eventually he got the idea, and was fairly happy to watch. At one point, a player tossed him a baseball. Caleb didn't understand this, as he tossed it back to the player... he REALLY wanted to play baseball. Thank goodness, another player saw fit to toss Caleb another ball, and we came home with a great souvenir!

Here is one when we first got to the game... notice the look of deep concern on his face (and the large bruise on his forehead from a fall in a parking lot earlier that day).

Almost a year ago, we took Caleb to a friend's little league baseball game. Caleb had no idea what baseball was at that point, so we spent most of our time chasing him around the grass. But, I thought these pics were so great! You can really see just how much he has grown over the past year. He no longer looks like a toddler, but like a little boy! Enjoy!