Countdown to Alana

Alana comes home to me on December 18th, arriving at the Denver airport at 8:47 p.m. I couldn't be more excited. She's coming permanently and she is going to love it here. Those who know me well know that I count down to everything I'm excited about. So here is my official countdown clock to the return of my daughter.

Cripple Creek

I'm all moved into Colorado now - I guess I should add a post about the move, my new house, etc. I'll get to that later. I do really like my new house so I'll post some pictures another time. 
Yesterday Aaron and I went to Cripple Creek, an old gold mining town. Gambling's allowed there so the main street consists mostly of casinos and some novelty shops, all of which sold fudge. We've had so much crap going on lately and things have been so tense, so it was nice to finally take a day for just the two of us to relax. We had lunch at one of the casinos then just ambled down the street enjoying the brisk but beautiful day. 
We found a shop that did those old tyme photos and we decided to do it. It was so much fun getting dressed up and playing around. There weren't many people in Cripple Creek (except for all the elderly that were gambling) so we were the only ones getting pictures done and the photographer, Cheryl, spent a lot of time with us. It was a great diversion.

Bike video

My beautiful, funny, darling daughter can ride a two-wheeler. I uploaded a video on YouTube. Check it out. It's heartwarming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYe1Ap3mI4

Halloween

I have to give props to Ryan (as painful as it is) and admit he did a good job with Alana's costume this year. According to her, he made it. In case you can't tell, it's Pippi Longstocking.