pictures and stories from our life in small town, colorado
not for my ever so punctual blogging skills, but for family, friends, and all of the blessings that have been lavished upon us.
we celebrated thanksgiving with friends and family. i forgot to get a pic of the family, but my friend lisa took these cute ones of andee and cynthia. L-O-V-E them.
the Quilico family has a lot to be thankful for. and we are!!!!
I don’t know why everyone tries to post right after a holiday or an event. Honestly, I think it’s kind of fun to relive something about a month later. So here’s to Halloween!
Andee wore this the whole day. Special thanks to my sweet cousin Kathy and her girls for the outfit!
For the evening, we hosted an event at our church for the community. Steve decorated our truck like a treasure chest and himself like a pirate. Andee was a little lamb. I wore an orange t-shirt.
Happy Halloween 
Last year I took Andee to the pumpkin patch and you might remember that I showed I was a rookie. If you don’t remember, click here to read about how I mistook the bean bag toss for one of those wooden scenes that you stick your face in for a picture.
Needless to say, Pumpkin Patch 2011 was way more successful. With Andee being a TODDLER now, we were able to enjoy the petting zoo, hay bale maze, corn husk dolls, apple cider, and the wagon ride! And the best news of all–Granna was with us! Granddad and Granna came to visit for the weekend, and Daddy and Granddad had to go hunting in the morning. So we went to the pumpkin patch!
Happy Fall Y’all! (Nobody says that out here so I have to get it out of my system somehow!)
there are three special ladies in steve’s life.
Pic#1-Steve & Leslie taking a “party pic” (that’s where you take it yourself and you pose like you are at a party) on the couch after a wild night of kid wrangling and dish washing. We’re crazy I tell you. I asked Steve what he loved about me, and he said that there are so many things he can’t really pick. But then he said that he loves how I pick up after him, and that I act like I hate it but really he knows I love it. He’s so weird. And disillusioned.
Pic #2-Steve & Andee. Two peas in a pod. Da-Da is her favorite word to say, and his favorite to hear! His favorite thing about Andee right now? How she runs laps around the kitchen and thinks it is the funnest thing ever.
Pic #3-Steve & Cynthia. Most of you know Cynthia. She is a senior in high school and lives with our family. We love “sissy” (as Andee calls her!). Cynthia was on the winning Powder Puff team and Steve was a referee! My favorite moments with these two involve hearing Steve tell Cynthia all about history and why it’s important for her to know it. I’ll never forget a conversation where he explained the difference between Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. Just too funny . Another funny thing? Steve absolutely cannot get over how much ice cream this girl can eat. It blows him away and he talks about it a lot.
Steve is a great daddy and a great husband. We love Da-Da!
Seriously. I don’t think any person has ever loved another like Andee loves her Granna. And I’m not sure that any Granna has ever been so obsessed with another Andee. This relationship is beyond words. I mean, seriously, don’t feel bad if you wonder why Andee doesn’t seem to like you as much as she likes Granna–I feel the same way
So Granna came to visit this past week. We had a great time. We went to the zoo for Andee’s friend CJ’s birthday too. It was a fun week!
This last pic is Andee and I with Cynthia on her Senior Cross Country Day! Steve had to be at school and was super sad to miss it, but Andee and I got to go support “sissy” (this is what Andee calls Cynthia now). Way to go Cynthia!
The other day we made cookies. I have a “mentee” named Airies. She is in 3rd grade. Everyone should participate in your local Mentors/BigBrother BigSister program. But I digress…
So we made cookies. Airies, Andee, and I. We had a blast. Everyone had to have their aprons on. And everyone got to taste the fruit of our work before we delivered baggies of cookies around the neighborhood.
I promise all we had was cookies…no adult drinks…even though Andee might look like she had a few
Bake cookies with someone you love and give some of them away! Promised to brighten your day.
it’s been forever since i posted. but i am not allowing myself to feel guilty. it’s my blog, and i’ll do what i want.
we went to florida and had a great time. but i don’t have any pics yet. we had a camera fiasco, but managed to get a few pics on my grandma’s camera. but that camera stayed in georgia so i am awaiting a few pics over email sometime.
just to hold you over until you see a few florida pics, here is one of our andee tonight. she is modeling an extremely cute owl hair clip that i made. i am going to start selling hair clips on etsy.com. they are darn cute. i have flowers, owls, and round ones.
click here to see a video of andee eating her birthday cake…soo stinkin’ cute!
Our bedroom. I want it to be cozy. I want it to be warm. I want it to smell good.
I don’t spend a ton of time in our bedroom, but when I do I want it to make me happy. For that reason, I am always doing small things to improve our bedroom and make it suit us more. Little things. And not always things that are great decorating tips, but just stuff that makes us smile.
We have had a “memory wall” for a long time. Basically just a wall of “clutter” that is special to us and reminds us of trips, events, and things that we love. But now we have 2 new things that I love:
1. Lyric wall. Steve L-O-V-E-S music. So I thought it would be fun if we left some paint in our room and wrote lyrics up on the wall whenever we want. It’s been super fun for us. And honestly, it’s pretty darn romantic. Also, we kind of feel like we are breaking the rules when we write on the wall, so it’s good for our rebellious side too. When I came back from youth camp this summer, Steve had written this one while I was gone…
2. I just started making our bed with our books and I really like it. Clearly it’s not a big deal, but I really like it. We both really love books and typically read as we are falling asleep at nights. Now I make our bed with each of our current books on our pillows. It gives our bed some character, and honestly probably reminds us to read even more. It gives our bedroom a more cozy feel and it gives me incentive to make the bed.
What books are on the bed right now?
A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry on my side. And Sign Talker by James Alexander Thom on Steve’s side. Read them
December 22, 2011
threequilicos
