Can you believe Indy Jones is coming back???

No where near as cool as Jesus' return, but, in the sort term, something many of us 80's kids have been waiting for, too. Can we really all be that old now?

He is Risen! and a visit from the Easter Fox

He is Risen, Indeed! Easter Morning we woke up to six inches of the fluffy wet white stuff! It snow from about noon yesterday until about midnight last night, and the sun came out about nine Sunday morning. It is so beautiful, Lori had to take our Easter Lilly out into the snow for a quick picture! What a picturesque reminder that because He is risen, we can be "washed whiter than snow!"

In case any of you are worried about what happened to spring in Colorado???...well, this is it! Last week warm and sunny, with highs in the 60's, which melted all our snow from last weekend. I guess it was time for some more.

Of course, those of you who live here or have visited us know it is not uncommon to have storms like this happen well into April. The best part is that they are all short lived, and the snow usually melts in 2-3 days.

But that is not all we experienced this morning! Some of you have the Easter bunny visit...well, we caught a picture of the Easter Fox! Anna, our budding wildlife photographer, shot these pictures of the fox as he wander across our front yard and down the side yard. This was a few minutes after we saw him being chased up the street by a neighbor's corgi dog!

It is hard to tell against the snow, but the tip of his tail is white!

These foxes actually came to Colorado Springs aka "Little London", over a century ago. They were imported here and raised on fox farms for fur, and were used in traditional English fox hunts hosted on farms and north of town, in the Black Forest of Colorado.

We are going to hunt for eggs, and maybe go sledding! Then it will be time for our traditional Honeybaked Ham dinner at our house, with Lori's cousins. Have a blessed Easter, because He lives!

No News Is...well, who knows?

We have had a lot of poeple write about what is happening with our school. So far, no new news. There has been an outpouring of support from literaly 100's of parents, community members and alumni. We wait for the board to announce acision about whether or not they will follow any of the ribbon panel recommendations. An answer is expected at the March 31 meeting.

Deer Friends visit on Tanner's sick day

Another snowy Sunday has come, and almost gone. This one brought with it the deep, wet snow of spring. Considering it was almost 70 degrees a few days ago, it is not too hard to take this time. We had a herd of deer that settled in our back yard for most of the afternoon.

Besides that, today was pretty uneventful. In fact, this weekend has been one of the most relaxing int he past 4-5 months!

However, last night was full of a little unwanted excitment. Tanner, our 1 yr. old golden lab puppy was very, very sick. We came home from an evening with friends to discover he had been sick in his kennel. I'll spare you the graphic details, except to say it took an hour to clean up ( thank God he was in the crate!) , and he continued to have episodes of being violently ill all night, about every two hours. It was like having infants int he house all over again! Worried that he was dehydrating, Lori took him to the emergency vet clinic this morning. Our beloved friend, Dr. Bill happened to be on duty today, and we were blessed to have him treat and stabilize Tanner. Tanner seems a little better tonight, and is drinking and eating a bit and keeping it down.

We have layed low all day, keeping a roaring fire going since early this afternoon. The snow continues to pile up. And it is beautiful and peaceful, and we might just catch up on the sleep we lost last night, since we were able to take a nap in front of the fire today! Ahhh!

Now if we can just squeeze out a snow day, tomorrow!