Comeback?

Is this a blogging comeback? I guess that remains to be seen...


I used to be a "Den Mom" and these is a few of my "homeys".

I say "used to be" because I am no more a Den Mom (and yes, I am VERY sad about it and believe it or not I am not being sarcastic (hard to believe)). But now I am on to different "homeys", the 12-13 year old girls in my church.

Life these days

So I do not know if this will be a blogger come-back. But it is definitely a step in the right direction.

We are here in Grand Junction, Colorado and we absolutely love it. Aside from this last weekend (I have been sick all weekend and I am tired of feeling like I have been hit by a Mac truck). There are blue skies on the horizon, I am feeling better.

Here is a quick catch up with the us:

KENNAN - Joined a practice with 5 other doctors and loves it. (read: HUGE sigh of relief). Did you know that over 50% of orthopedic surgeons change practices within the first 2 years of starting? I didn't know that (until last year) and I am happy to say that we will be the part of the statistic that stays with the first group. It was a bit of an adjustment for Kennan to realize that he was "the doctor". Throughout all of his training, he has always had someone looking over his shoulder. And now that is over. I do have to say that he is adjusting well.

ANGIE - What to say? Still doing well. Actually, I am doing great. I love it here in GJ. Great friends. Great place to live with TONS to do. I am sure that you are thinking to yourself, "Grand Junction. I think that I have driven through there on my way from Salt Lake to Denver. All I remember is that there is a whole lot of nothin' and a gas station." Yes, you could be thinking that to yourself (that is what I thought before I moved here). But this place is a glorious place. There are tons of great things that we love to do in our backyard: mountain biking, hiking, skiing, lots and lots of recreating. Kennan and I bought new mountain bikes before we bought furniture. . . okay so we still haven't bought furniture and don't know if we will in the near or not so near future thanks to my sister's hand-me-downs. Whoa! That was a bit of a tangent. We will stop there with my catch up.

KIDS - All doing well. Kids adjusted fantastic to our new house, school and neighborhood. For the first time EVER we are in a neighborhood with kids. Believe it or not, it has been hard for me to get used to. I am not used to kids coming and going. I am not used to my kids being with their friends more than they are with me. I am getting used to it, slowly.

Preston on the terrain park at Powderhorn (a little but fun ski resort close to us).

Everything is still a song and a dance to Lauren. Something that drives her older brother absolutely crazy and something that her mom loves. Here she is singing the Cinderella song while wiping up the floor. It took her about 30 minutes to do a job that should have taken her about 7 minutes.

Here my little thinker is usin' that noggin of hers. All that extra time she used singing, dancing and twirling earlier was easily made up with this system.

One big bonus of no furniture is lots of room to play. I love this action shot. Carter was yelling, "Cannon-ball!" as he hurled himself onto Preston.


So there you have it. Our "Splendid Chaos" in a nut shell.

Change is coming...

I have PROMISED a few people that I would enter the blogging world again (you know who you are). It took me FOREVER to remember how to change things (like my header) but I think it is slowly coming back. I will give an update on our lives soon. I promise. . .

PS - I believe in what I call "creative swiping". Some might call this copying. Some (English majors or professors) might even go so far as to call it plagiarism. Call it what you would like but the new title for our blog is not my creative genius at work. I read it somewhere quite a while ago and it has stuck with me. Those of you who know me well, know that while some things "stick", most things just slip away... When I read the words, "Splendid Chaos" long, long ago, they resonated with me because that is my life. My life ranges in different degrees of chaos, but it is splendid most of the time.