The Nose Wrinkle

Charly started doing this cute nose wrinkle smile. Once she got comfortable with my family they got to see it and they loved it. Then they would try all day to get her to give the smile, and she just loved the attention. I finally got a picture of it at the end of the month (and no her teeth are not crooked she just moves her bottom jaw to the side also when she does this smile).

Red Rocks Ampitheater

So I have been to Red Rocks several times, mostly since out high school held graduation there and I attended all of my brother's graduations there and a was a junior escort the one year no one from my family graduated. But I actually never have gone up just to go hang out, and that is what we decided to do one day while we were home (plus I thought it would be a good place to take engagement photos for my brother.) There is a little museum there that shows all the bands that have performed there. It was pretty cool to see a list that included The Beatles, John Denver, U2, R.E.M., Dave Mathews Band and many others, and then be able to say that I have been down in the dressing room area (since I also performed in the band in high school we would put our instruments together down there before the graduation ceremony). Next time we go back we want to take one of the hikes because it also has some beautiful rock formations in the park.

My brother Brody and his fiance Lauren

My brother Brock and his wife Mallory

No Snow Here

A year ago here in Milwaukee we had huge piles of snow, even days where cars were stuck and you couldn't get down the street. This year we came back to Milwaukee to find no snow in sight. I guess it was a good thing we took advantage of the world's best snow when we were in Colorado.

Austin Sheard

Introducing my new nephew, Austin Dwight Sheard. I was the first one to see him on our side of the family (and I brought his Mom some Chipotle) so I think he might grow up to like me the best...