It has been awhile since we posted and we have been reminded by a few of you that we are slackers. We hope to do better in 2012. We have enjoyed our time back in Colorado, spending time with Kris, Amy and David plus those two special little guys - Kasey and Karsten! It seems time has flown by and we are now getting ready for the New Year and firing up the motor home to head to warmer weather. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed this holiday with friends and family. In Colorado we always hope for snow in December and we were not disappointed with about 9 inches of snow falling just before Christmas.
The motor home parked at the USAF Air Force Academy - a perfect Colorado postcard!
It never seems to get old watching the grandchildren and during December we managed to spend a lot of time with the "boys" with Kris and Amy attending the various Christmas parties, their hunting trips and the Bronco's home games.
We also were fortunate to watch our grand dogs a few times as David adjust to a new life. His wife decided that she could not be faithful and left David to live life as a single woman with no ties to a stable family life. We know David will have a better life without her and time will heal his broken heart. He has many things to build his new life on: a good job, returning to college, many old and several new friends from his work, plus he has a caring family to lean on as he moves on with his life. Time will help but he and our entire family has been hurt by his "wife's" betrayal. We have moved on and have salvaged the holiday season; we are so fortunate to have a wonderful and loving family that has joined together to celebrate life, Kasey's birthday and the Christmas season. Speaking of Kasey's birthday lets move on to better subjects. On December 23rd, Kasey William Cannode turned the Big Two Years Old!!!!! Not the terrible twos but the "Watch me Grow Now" twos". Amy and Kris make sure that Kasey's big day is special and not rolled into the Christmas celebration - they are so right, he is special and deserves his special day!
I am two years old and the party starts now!
Karsten thinks the bag looks better on him than with presents in it!
Kasey's cake looked great!
Christmas did come a couple of days later and we enjoyed it more than any other Christmas in recent memory. We started the day with a few gifts for Kasey and Karsten in the morning, had blueberry pancakes for breakfast and started to get ready for the Christmas dinner and more presents. We gathered together around 3:00 after allowing David to sleep for a few hours after his overnight workshift on Christmas Eve. Although Christmas is a gift giving holiday, it is extra special when you have two grandchildren to enjoy throughout the holiday seasons!
Grandpa's nickname for Karsten is "Little Hoss" and now he has a 10 gallon hat just like Hoss on Bonanza!
Uncle David and Kasey enjoying some time together
Amy, Grandma and Kasey seem to be enjoying unwrapping the presents, but remember someone has to clean up the Christmas paper!
How did Kasey know how to make snowballs and throw them at Grandpa!
Grandma showing the boys how to make snowballs! Now we know who is responsible for snowballs!
Sledding down the road --- Watch out for the "Super K's"! O by the way, Nice hats boys!!!
What would Christmas be without a couple of Bronco helmets to help cheer on our favorite team!
What a blessing that our family was able to celebrate Kasey's birthday and the birth of our savior together. Family means everything to Pat and I, we are so proud of David, Kris, Amy and our two wonderful grandchildren, Kasey and Karsten! God has been good to us. This is the time of year we should all count our blessings, be reminded of what is important in life, and to come together as family and friends. We sincerely hope you enjoyed the Christmas season and look forward to the New Year with all of it's hope and promises! We will be on the road with our friends, Bob and Donna again in 2012. We hope to be able to see as many of you as we can but if not trust us that we will be thinking of you as we visit the backyards of America. May God Bless You in 2012!!!!
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