A December to Remember

It's hard to believe December is here and the end to 2013 is drawing near. This has been a big year for us, but more on that to come later.

With today being reportedly one of the coldest of the year (29! Brr!!) it's hard to remember the beautiful days of November we had with sunshine in the low 60's!

Just a few weeks ago these yellow leaves were falling all over our backyard

Despite the many Saturdays spent raking and blowing leaves (we still have more to do!), I always wanted a house with big, old trees in the yard and just feel so blessed that we have them. And despite the many hours going back and forth to Home Depot and Joel's grumbling about more house projects, he has become quite handy and I think he even secretly enjoys it. Last weekend he built us shelves in our closets, hung curtains and blinds, and did some work on the casita! I have some lofty goals for re-working our backyard and knocking down walls to make it more cohsive, and knocking down more walls inside to create a master suite, but for now we are quite cozy. It has been nice to spend some of our weekend just relaxing by the fire and watching the Broncos win.



Smart Puppy! She knows who to cheer for!

Our little family is quite happy getting settled in! One of my favorite new traditions has been walking to dinner on Friday nights to meet Joel after he gets off work. It's so fun to pick a new (or old favorite) place each week. So far Il Vacino, Zinc, and B2B have been some of our favorites.
One of my other favorite routines has been my daily (well almost daily with this Artic Storm) walks to a lovely park in our neighborhood. A few weeks ago when we got our first snow of the year Vesper also got to experience snow for the first time. She had a great time rolling in it, running around with the other dogs, and trying to steal the football from the kids playing in the park.

 

We've had much more snow since then, so Vesper is thrilled every chance she gets to play in it, especially when it involves finding sticks (or should I say branches) as long as she is!

We wrapped up the day with the Nob Hill Shop and Stroll and Parade. It was great to be a 5 minute walk away from all the action!

Vesper trying to get warm