Thanksgiving....."Thank you Lord for all the ways you continually Bless us!"

We are very very thankful for all the ways the Lord has blessed us recently!! We were also blessed with Sandi's sister, Julie & family visiting us from Minnesota. Julie made excellent chicken and dumplings for dinner and Sandi made a great ham supper with cole slaw, cranberry sauce and etc.

Sandi is seen in the last picture posing with her awesome "high heeled" pie server she got for her birthday. Of course we also had an apple and pecan pie for dessert.

Enough blogging for now......it's time to decorate for Christmas!

He's Part Jedi, Part Clonetrooper and Part Cookie Maker

"Look Daddy, I'm Luke." "Wow, buddy, that is quite the fighting stance you've got there."

Here he is checking in with the Clonetrooper Battle Destroyer. "My work on this planet is done, Clonetrooper 94G6B7." Or in English, "Hey Cousin Jaxon, what's up?" "Not much Colin. Aren't these helmets sweet?" "Oohhhhh yes!"

"Woohoo, fightin bad guys and eatin cookie dough! This day rocks!" The Queen teaches the young Jedi Knight the ways of the Domestic Force. Tune in next time when the Jedi Knight says, "Can you show me how I groove?"

Air Force Academy Football...."GO FALCONS!"

Colin and I went to 2 Air Force Academy football games last Sat and the week before. It is awesome! Every game has about 6 or 7 parachutists land on mid-field all carrying a flag (US, AF, CO, POW/MIA). Then there are 3 jets that do a flyover that come out of nowhere because they are so fast. They shoot straight up supersonic! It's amazing (and LOUD). Then everytime the AF Falcons score, the cadets empty the stands and do pushups in the endzone for the amount of points they have. At halftime, there are about 4 or 5 live falcons that cadets work with. One of them goes to mid field and lets the falcon fly over the croud around the whole stadium while another cadet tells all about them. They swoop down at the lure the cadet is swinging and eventually the cadet tosses it to them at the end. We tailgate outside with our friends and their camper, Bill & Sara and their boys Cole & Carter. Bill has been my boss for the majority of my career and brought me out to CO. Awesome weather too! Today was in the 70's on Nov 19th!!

"I WON!!"

Now that I have your attention......settle down.......I only won the "Worst Blogger Award." It's been almost a month since my last entry but I have a pretty good excuse. We moved two states away.

We received our first care package Friday from the Baumifamily which was awesome! (see picture) Thank you so much!!! You guys rock! Especially you Pottabaumgartner! :o) Adam, Lynn, Sidney P., Jaxon & Carter all came to see us the week before the big move. It was a blast! Colin still says we have to go back to Cedar Rapids to see Jaxon at the hotel. The Baumi's will also be delighted to hear that Colin rode his bike around the block (we finally have sidewalks) and earned his Stormtrooper Helmet. Now he wants to Skype with Jaxon sporting their helmets. (I told him a mirror would produce the same results) Hannah has started school and is using a lot less oxygen. It can take up to 2 months for your body to adjust to using less oxygen. We are at 6,500 ft. Of course, we have Pike's Peak out our front door and if you get the urge, you can climb to 14,000 ft. I'm told you can see the curviture of the Earth from up there. I'll get up there eventually.

WE'RE MOVING!!

How awesome is our God? Let me tell you. We house hunted for a home on the internet for a year. We looked at a couple model homes in May. The first one we looked at in October (above), we liked a lot and we were done looking. Ranch homes are extremely rare but HE had the perfect one waiting for us. The first Pediatrician we talked to, we liked a lot. We felt very comfortable with her, her team and her office. They have an office/outpatient team and a hospital team. We really liked that approach. And of course we talked to one dentist and we were done dentist hunting as well. He is amazing! All praise goes to God!

Our house is on the market. We have had a number of people look at it. Please pray that it sells quickly. We know it will sell in His time. If you know anyone interested (all appliances stay), please let them know. Thank you!

Bill, Sara, Cole & Carter Rock!

Thank you so much for the hospitality! We are so blessed to have good friends like you! We can't wait to get to Colorado. It won't be long now! We are looking forward to the new job, getting involved in church and meeting new people. See you soon!

Mountain Men Retreat - Fishin for Trout!

At age 4, Colin learned how to fish (for fish). Next task is training him to be a fisher of men. What a great weekend and quality time with my son and other believers!

Colin and I both caught 1 trout each. I think it was one of my proudest moments Sunday morning at 7:30am. It was so quiet, lots of fog, just dad and son fishing. All of a sudden I hear a splash. I look to my right and there is Colin, fighting with a fish. He hadn't said a word. Up to this point everyone would let him hold their pole and fight one in. The problem was when it got close, Colin would hand off the pole and run up the bank. NOT THIS TIME. It was his pole, his cast, and now HIS fish to fight! After I told him how proud I was of him and that he was a real fisherman... he was marching around with his chest puffed out. "I'm a real fisherman!" Look out Grandpa Denny, we're ready for Canada.

We end the weekend with Colin saying, "I love fishing!" and "I'm already planning our next camping trip."

Thanks to Rick, Andrew, "Uncle Mike" (as Colin called him), Richard, "Phil the Fisherman" and Gary for their fellowship, insight and friendship.

This will not be seen on "John's Big Ol' Fish" on channel 9 because neither one of us caught this one. We just set it up to look like Colin did before he caught his on Sunday. I prayed Sat night and Sunday morning that he would catch just one on his own so he didn't leave discouraged. Sure enough, the Lord came through as he always does!