Monthly Archives: June 2012

Lake Weekend

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After my brother’s graduation, he, his girlfriend, and my parents all headed to Oklahoma.  Evan will be moving here for his first year of work so they were apartment hunting!  I am beyond excited to have him live close to me, having family so near will be such an incredible blessing!  Definitely something I’ve come to value over the last couple years living so far away from everyone.

While they were here we made a weekend trip to Lake Tenkiller in eastern Oklahoma.  One of the most beautiful lakes in the state!  In the evenings we walked along the shore, and Evan tried to shoot carp with his bow.  Yes, sometimes we have a tinge of redneck in our family… but it was so much fun!

While we were there we swam, water skied, and soaked up as much sun as we could.  Luckily we had great weather the whole weekend!  Not even the treat of a tornado ;)

By “camping” standards we had some pretty amazing meals.  One night Evan and his beautiful girlfriend, Jessica, made us these fabulous gourmet hamburgers and roasted corn.  Yum!

You would think he could’t swim with all the noodles this had…  crazy boys…

Great weekend!  Missing my family already :)

Please Pray

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My hometown is on fire. The Waldo Canyon fire has been burning in Colorado Springs since last weekend. It’s the most destructive fire Colorado Springs has ever seen. Currently over 15,000 acres and 0% containment. With the combination of record heat, strong winds (gusts up to 60mph yesterday), and no rain in sight, this fire continues to threaten the city and the beautiful Colorado landscape.

32,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, including the entire United States Air Force Academy. An unknown number of structures have been lost, and the fire continues to jump over the fire barriers.

Please pray. Pray that the wind stops. Pray that the temperatures cool. Pray that rain comes. Pray for the health and endurance of the brave firefighters who are laying their lives on the line. Pray for the families who have lost their homes.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah. the Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. “

Psalm 46:1-3,7

** Some pictures borrowed from Facebook. Thank you for sharing friends.

This was the view from my parents house on Monday morning…

This was the view from my parents house on Tuesday morning…

This was the view from my parents house on Tuesday evening…

As amazing as this photo is, it’s about 2 days old… the fire has now burned down the front of the mountains, below the red rock formation you can see, and into the homes below. Note the Air Force football stadium in lower part of the picture…

The iconic Air Force Academy Chapel: Large pieces of ash is falling out of the sky. Pine needles, whole charred aspen leaves, and now this: a page from a book somewhere…

Please Pray for these families.

Another CSM Graduation…

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In May we arrived back in Golden for a 3rd graduation ceremony at the Colorado School of Mines.  This time for my brother.  If you had told me that both my husband, my brother, and I would all graduate from the same college I would have never believed it!

We spent the weekend wandering around the quaint streets of Golden, soaking in the nostalgia of our college days, and celebrating with my family.  Like the rest of us were, my brother is so happy to be DONE with college!  Here’s to the amazing future ahead of him… I can’t wait to see all the wonderful things he does with his life.

Memorial Marathon!

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This year we ran in the OKC Memorial Marathon…. in April… it’s June.  Yes, I have some catching up to do.  The Memorial Marathon is held every year in downtown OKC in remembrance of the bombing of the Federal building that literally shook the city on April 19th, 1995.  Although I was a child in Colorado at the time, I’m still moved each year by how much it impacted this community and what it means to so many people.  Such a tragedy, but the city has shown such strength and hope in the years that followed.

Although we’ve participated in the marathon the last few years, this year was extra special for us because Dwyatt ran his first full marathon!  He trained hard for several months, and although he says it was a “bucket list” item, he was so happy to have finally accomplished it.  He rant he full in 4 hours and 22 minutes… I was SO impress and incredibly proud of him!

Me?  I ran the half.  Finished in 2 hours 5 minutes, pretty proud of that as well :)  However, I think that the best part of the race is that we were actually on pace and ran together for the first 6 miles, before our running routes broke off from one another.  We were lucky enough to get some photos taken of us by the photographers while we were running together!  What a race!