Recent Photos

Yes, we are not kidding about the fox. J.D. named him Peter. I should have added a number to my last post... ZERO... the number of people here that were shocked that we have a fox living on our back porch.

J.D. playing dress-ups as the Army Man.

Yes, she is crawling! And, she gets prettier by the day.

Jason took these pictures from our deck this afternoon! Amazing!

Another picture from our deck this afternoon.

Important Numbers

Here are some numbers from our life here in Colorado Springs.

We are 6,035 Feet Above Sea Level
There are 35 Starbucks within 15 minutes of my house (56 within an hour), 7 with drivethru windows
14,110 Feet Above Sea Level in Pikes Peak... we can see it from the kids windows
7 airlines that fly into Colorado Springs Airport
$170- Total Monthly Payment, all-inclusive, for our utilities (with heat set at 70 degrees)
2 --- # of teeth Natalie has, # of naps she still takes per day, # of times she sleeps thru the night per week
3 Targets with in 7 minutes of our house!
4 bedrooms/ 3 bathrooms-- woo-hoo
60 women at MOPS! There must be a new friend for me in there somewhere
1 Fox living on our backporch
8-10 times it has snowed since Oct. 5th
"3 minutes"- what J.D. says when he wants us to wait "wait-a-3-minute"
Countless- number of times we miss you everyday

The TeePee

Before we left Annapolis, Grandpa John brought this wonderful teepee to us. Grannie Jill made it for the kids. It is the perfect new toy for our Wild West Family Adventure. Our new friends love it... J.D. plays in it everyday (I moved it to his bedroom... so it is up all the time).

Thanks Grannie Jill! We LOVE it!

Nana's Visit

Nana came to visit for 11 days! We had so much fun ( and of course got so much done).

Here are the hightlights:

Manitou Springs... drinking natural spring water throughout the town. "More Water, More Water"... and Nana would go and get him more!

Yes, the one picture below is a whole bowl of CHOCOLATE (with apples and bananas on the side). "More Chocolate, More Chocolate"

Garden of the Gods... a 1/4 of a mile took us about an hour!

Playing with the Fisher Price Farm set. "Park it, Park it"- refering to the tractor! And, Nana would have him park it in the barn, in the teepee, in the toy chest... anywhere she could think of.

Doing dishes with Nana... and drinking Pepsi. "More Pepsi, More Pepsi..." "More Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi"

And, almost everyday, Nana and J.D. would take a walk together. "More walk, More bike, More walk"

We had a wonderful time!

If you are going to be snowed in...

If you are going to be snowed in... be snowed in with a Wilkins!
Jason and I missed our first blizzard... we had Natalie in Denver for her tests that day. Drew and Lindsay stayed with J.D. (for much longer than they anticipated or signed on for) while we were away. That night, the blizzard blew through Colorado Springs and Drew and Lindsay introduced J.D. to the wild and wacky Wilkins' World... a world where everything is an adventure and fun and exciting!

Boo at the Zoo

The Colorado Springs Zoo holds an annual event called "BOO at the ZOO". So- all the kids come dressed up in their Halloween costumes and trick or treat through the zoo while looking at the animals. Natalie was the pumpkin... and J.D. was a lion. J.D. learned that if you say 'trick or treat' then someone might put candy into a bag for you... WOW! While we were walking around... a dad went by and said "Look a lion" and J.D. turned his head and roared at the man. It was perfect- I had been waiting for a moment like that all year!

Natalie is HEALTHY!

Sorry for the delay...

Natalie is fine. We spent a day at Children's Hospital in Denver doing a series of tests to determine if Natalie had all her kidneys and parts ... which she does... and they also saw that they work correctly.

Praise God!