Blizzard

We finally got our first blizzard of the year! So once the sun came out, I got Kate dressed to go play in the snow. All I could think of as I layered her up, was the little boy from A Christmas Story. Ha!ha! She liked it at first.....until I sat her in a snow pile. Oops! She was not very happy about that. She lasted about ten minutes, and really had no interest in playing in it. Oh well, got some fun pics!

Park Day

The weather in CO is starting to warm up. So we have been able to spend some more time outside. Yeah! There is a really fun park down the street from our house, that we took some fun pics at and I wanted to share.
There is nothing too exciting going on for us, hence the lack of blogging. Nate is doing great at the Police Academy, and we try and see each other every weekend. Nothing happening yet with our house here in CO, but prayerfully someone will want to buy/rent it soon and we can make our way down to New Mexico.

Kate's Boo-Boo

Kate had her first trip to the ER while we were visiting my sister and new nephew in Seattle. We were there for two weeks, and on the night before we left, Kate's head met the coffee table. Luckily she did not need any stitches, just a little tissue glue. I was more traumatized than she was. She was so good. She let the doctor look at the cut and clean it out and glue it without any complaints. Good thing she is a tough cookie!
She has been walking for about two and a half weeks now, but she is lacking some coordination :-) and has no fear. Those two things are a bad combination.

Christmas

Nate had to work on Christmas day, so we spent Christmas this year with our friends The Laws and the Catheys in New Mexico. I feel like we are living in two states lately. Ha!ha! I guess that's cause we are.

The Journey Begins

We were blessed to spend two weeks in CA over Thanksgiving. Kate had her first trip to Disneyland, and got to spend some time with her cousins. I can't believe that's it's almost Christmas and I'm just posting this. But life has been a little crazy since. The last Friday we were in CA, Nate got a call letting him know that Roswell wanted him to start his pre-academy training on the following Tuesday. We got back home to CO on that Saturday and he left Monday for Roswell, New Mexico. It's a 6 hour drive from Colorado Springs, so he has been able to come home on the weekends to be with Kate and I. It definitely has not been easy, but our parents and our friends have been so great and so supportive! We are just taking one day at a time, knowing that this is an exciting journey the Lord is taking us on. But we did want to share a few pics of our time in sunny, warm CA :-)

Big Changes

Yesterday was a very hard, yet exciting day for us. Nate left for New Mexico to start his law enforcement career. To make a long story short, he had to go a month earlier than expected to start some training and get things together before he starts the Police Academy in January. As many of you know, Nate has been wanting to be a police officer for many years. After lots of prayer and lots of disappointments, God has finally opened the door for him in New Mexico. He will start a 5 1/2 month academy in Hobbs, New Mexico in January and then will work for the City of Roswell once he is finished. As I sit here writing this, my heart is torn. I am so excited for him and for our family and I know this is in God's plan, yet the next 6 months will be a very hard 6 months. We have never been apart for more than a couple of days at a time and Kate will change so much in 6 months. But I know that it's only 6 months of our lives for an amazing career path. We will see each other on the weekends as much as possible, as Hobbs is 7 1/2 hours away from Colorado Springs and during the week he has to stay at the academy. So why am I staying here in Colorado you may ask? Well, we have a house that needs to be sold and I have a strong support system here. I am so thankful for our friends and family who are being so supportive and who are right along side of us. Thank you for all your prayers! We will keep you updated and can't wait to post Nate's academy graduation picture.

October

Of course the big thing in October was Kate's 1st Birthday, but we also love the fall and pumpkins! Kate got to pick out her first pumpkin at the pumpkin patch. Last year we put her in a pumpkin and this year she's sitting on top of them. Her and her friend Adison shared a costume this year. We know they wouldn't be in their costumes much longer than 5 minutes, so we were frugal and shared. They sure made cute little giraffes. Hopefully the next pictures we post will involve snow !!!!!!!!