The Currie's

Monday, November 21, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Colorado Trip

November 11th, 2011 - November 14th, 2011

We decided to take advantage of David living in Fort Collins and traveled out there for an extended weekend. We arrived Friday night and went out to eat in Old Town. The Christmas lights were amazing and I immediately fell in love.

Saturday morning we traveled to Horsetooth Mountain to go hiking despite the 60mph wind warning! Mark was determined to make it to the top to show his friends that he could do it (Mark climbed Horsetooth with Michael Serra and Robby Bauer three years ago on a visit to see Kyle VanWinkle), but David had to make it back for football practice... at least that is the excuse we used.

Saturday night we went to the Colorado State University football game against San Diego State and made it.....umm.....20 minutes (sorry David). Let just say that we weren't quite adapted to Colorado weather yet!

Mark surpised me with a hotel stay in Pikes Peak so we traveled up the mountains Sunday morning. Our first stop was Rocky Mountain National Park. It was absolutely breathtaking despite the fear of sliding off the icy roads. We stopped for a short hike up Deer Mountain. The trail was 3 miles long and I think we made it a little over a mile before we turned around; the trail got quite treacherous and the wind was picking up.

We got up early Monday morning and took the scenic route back to Denver via Peak to Peak Highway. Absolutely serene!

Thanks for the fun weekend, David!

Baby Currie's first trip on an airplane!

Sipping tomato juice and reading an engineering book...my husband couldn't be a more exciting person! :)

Horsetooth Mountain

Horsetooth Mountain

We didn't make the snowman but we thought he was cute and he helped lead us in the right direction on our trail

Deer Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park

Just another traffic jam in Estes Park...

Deer Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park

View on Peak to Peak Highway

Monday, November 7, 2011

Morgan's Visit to KC

We were finally able to coordinate calendars and Morgan and Ben made the trip down to KC for the weekend. We spent most of the weekend watching football, but Morgan and I still found time to do what we do best when we are together....shop! Love you Morg and can't wait to spend another weekend with you guys soon!

Watching football at The OP

He has such a good smile when he's drinking... :)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Breaking The News

We traveled back to Iowa the weekend of October 8th and broke the news about the new addition to our family. No, it wasn't a cat this time.

We brought Ace back to the farm to live with Grandma and Grandpa Currie. We tied a card around his neck that said
"Thank you so much for letting me come live on the farm. I got kicked out of my current house to make room for Baby Currie."

It was a week away from Grandpa Lageschulte's birthday so I baked a cake that had our due date on it.
As you can tell from the cake, I won't be entering any cake decorating contests anytime soon.

We broke the news to Grandma and Grandpa Schoenherr with a onesie. K'Lyn and Aaron gave them an Iowa onesie when they were pregnant so I decided to give them an ISU onesie with a note that said, "Now you can have one that wears the right colors."

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Steve and Chelsey's Wedding

Congratulations to Steve and Chelsey!

Married September 17th, 2011

Mark's speech had people laughing hysterically so I figured I would post a small excerpt. Below is his top 10 advice list for the newly married couple...

10a. Everybody goes #2.
10b. If you need to brighten your day, watch Steven try to swallow a pill. I suggest chewable dime-
        a-tap tablets if he has a cold.
9.       Listen to each other. You don’t always have to solve your spouse’s problems; sometimes they just want to let off some steam.
8.       Start planning where you will spend the holidays several years in advance.
7.       Make financial decisions as a team.
6.       Pick your battles. If you know she wants a purple one, get a purple one. Its not that big of a deal.
5.       Think about how your actions and words affect your spouse.
4.       Don’t get into electronics arguments with Steven, because you will lose.
3.       Use your parents and grandparents as a guide for your relationship.
2.       Grace and mercy always prevail……if your spouse runs the car into a concrete wall in a parking garage, you have to swallow your anger and just be there for a hug…right Angie?
1.       Grow together in your faith and make it a topic of conversation.