Random Pics

I found these random shots today. So cute. I made the hat for Emma. Hope wants one now. The flower and trim makes the hat in my opinion!

This is the house next door. Dan moved out last week. The bank sent people to unload the stuff that was left. All day long people came to scavenge. I feel bad for Dan losing the house. It's happening all over the country though. Praying for nice new neighbors. Devin: now you can come stay with us and don't have to sneak in at night!

Dress up fun.

~Rose

What? No Snow on Halloween?

It usually snows on or the day before/after Halloween. Because of this we have usually stayed in our warm house or gone up to Thornton to enjoy the Kylander's fireplace. This year we decided to stay home because Desi had a late afternoon meeting.

The weather turned out to be wonderful. After dinner we suited up the kiddos and hit the streets. Our friend Brian came over with his two cutie pie dogs (his wife was home sick). We saw almost all our neighbors, met many new neighbors and had a blast! Once home we quickly handed out our large bag of dum-dums. It's amazing how CUTE kids are in costumes.

The best part of the night was as we were almost home. A full grown woman came up to the door behind us to trick or treat with her Safeway bag. She had no costume and Desi talked with her a bit. She wondered why people were hassling her for asking for candy and she said Halloween is for adults too. Yeah, that is my neighborhood.

It was the best Halloween for our family yet. I think the reason is the good weather...who wants to trek through snow or bitter cold wind? I think of all the "holidays" that we Americans celebrate, Halloween is the most community centered. When else are most people's porch lights on and doors open with a smiling face behind it? Hope you enjoyed last night too!

~Rose

Five Points

For those of you who might be interested in the history of our neighborhood, here is a link to some great info. I learned some new things! We just love our neighborhood and neighbors! Speaking of neighbors, around the corner our friends just listed their house...they are moving to DC. Want to be our neighbor?! We are praying that the folks who move in will be just as great as the ones leaving!

~Rose

Goofy Plastic Glasses

Our neighbor Pepper gave the kiddos little goody bags with candy and plastic glasses and bracelets. Now we've had these little plastic glasses before, but they have never been played with like they were on this day! The kids became PURE GOOF BALLS once they put them on and it was hilarious to watch them. I had to grab the camera.

~Rose

Goodbye Neighbor!

We had our neighbor Devin over for a goodbye dinner a little while back. She had been living with her dad right next door. We just love her :) She was great with the kiddos and we enjoyed wonderful conversation (she's a believer) and rousing games of Phase 10! It was time for her to move back to Kansas City, MO and we're really gonna miss her.

Moral of this post: Enjoy your neighbors while they are around!

~Rose

Getting Wet With The Neighbors

Last Sunday the kids were invited over to a neighbors house for toddler pool and slip and slide fun. The kids didn't get the sliding on your tummy. They just would slowly run down and slip at the very end. So funny.

Levi was sleeping, so he missed out. We'll do it again before summer is out.

We sure have some cute neighbors!

~Rose

Our New Friend!

Meet our new little friend & neighbor Saijel! We met her and her family mid March and invited them to Emma's party. Saijel and Emma are only a few months apart in age and Saijel's brother is close to Levi's age. We've been hanging out with Saijel most Fridays since and just love her and her family.





~Rose

Getting to know people takes time...

I went to see our neighbor's new baby today. Boy is he a cutie pie. Little Benjamin is only 4 days old and 6 pounds something. It was nice to chat with Rich and Barb and I even got to hold the baby! My other neighbor, Nafisa stopped by to give me about 15 tomatoes...she just had extra. We chatted a bit. I really like her and we see each other a few times a week. I was out with Emma running some errands and saw Aunt Debi in the Safeway parking lot. She said she might need to stop by and see if we had something to eat...the fat ladies at the place she lives take all the food she tells me! She and her man stopped by a few hours later and wanted to sell me a noisy musical bunny. I didn't have any cash (didn't really want that bunny anyway :), but made her a few turkey sandwiches to go with some bananas and pumpkin bread. Yesterday our next door neighbor's daughter Devin stopped by to give us a gift cert to Children's Place where she works (a thank you for using our dryer once when hers broke).
All this to say, I LOVE our neighborhood and neighbors. It seems to really take time to get to know people these days. Maybe it's just that you have to take the time to reach out and step out your door, but it's so worth it. I feel like I have family all around us and if Desi were gone and I needed something, I'd have a ton of people I could call. What a blessing. God is so good to give us this thing called friendship and community.
Speaking of friendship...Micah was over and snapped a few pics of Levi.
Here are my two fav's...


~Rose

Dinner with the neighbors...

Our neighbors had us over for dinner Sunday night. It was fun to get together with them...we've been wanting to for awhile...but you know how busy we all are. Tanko and Nafisa are from Gahana (Africa) so she made authentic food from Gahana for us. YUM! Lamb, some sort of soup with salmon over rice and foo foo (I am sure that's not spelled right).
Nafisa's daughter was born about 3 weeks prior to Levi's birth. She's already crawling and pulling up. What a cutie...I just had to take some pics.



Emma pulled out her clip and I laughed...she looked like she had soccer mom hair or something. What a funny girl.

~Rose

Do You Know Your Neighbors?

About a week and a half ago, we gave out fudge and invites to our neighbors to come watch the football game and meet other neighbors. We handed out about 12 invites and had 7 people come, 3 of which we met for the first time! Three neighbors called to say thanks, but they were sick and one couple that were in the middle of car problems and could not come. I prayed that God would bring the people He wanted to and that we'd be able to connect with them. God is so good- He totally answered my prayers. Two gals, one with a 6 month old and one with a 2 year old, thanked me for doing this and could not believe that they lived on the same street for two years and had just met! Turns out they both work from home on Wednesdays...can we say playgroup? Pepper's brother John came and she called me to tell me she had a sinus infection and didn't feel good. She told me to keep my kids away from John, cuz he had a sinus infection too and he shouldn't get close to them! She told me that she hoped we were gonna stay a long time (not move), cuz we were the best neighbors and she loves us! It's amazing how a few little things, small acts of kindnesses can make such an impact on others. Our other neighbors who's garage backs up to our backyard, had a friend meet them here and Tanko introduced Desi as the best neighbor ever. Desi has helped him out with a few things, and it's made the biggest impact. This is not to toot my own horn. I am not prone to meeting new people. I'd rather just stay home and am not really comfortable doing things like this, but I know that this is part of what God has called Desi and I to do, so prayerfully and sometimes fearfully, I reach out. I encourage you to do the same in your neighborhood! Well, I am rambling now, but had to share this "won't you be my neighbor?" story with you. Thanks to all who pray for us here in Denver. We are blessed and can feel the love!
~Rose