Category Archives: Just Life

Posts about the good normal everyday life stuff: eating out, family outings, coloring, just living life and loving it.

Aurora Reservoir outing

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So remember how Carson loves the beach? Unfortunately we’re not anywhere close to a beach, but we are only about 20 minutes from the Aurora Reservoir, a manmade lake thing with, guess what, a manmade beach! Woo hoo! We went up as a family one Saturday back when summer was here and it really was a lot of fun. We brought tinfoil dinners to cook over an outdoor stove (see, we had meant to go camping that weekend, but ran out of time and thought the reservoir would be just as fun), Carson splashed in the water, we chased some geese, we ate delicious food, we played in the park. All in all a great family outing.

Free Chick-fil-A

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If you can’t tell, we’ve been really into free food lately. A few weeks ago (or wait, is it months now? Yes, definitely months; this was pre-pregnancy; I’m a little behind on posting) we dressed up as cow’s for Chick-fil-A’s cow appreciation day and got free Chick-fil-A! Pretty much the best possible food to be had (especially for free!) on the planet. Carson slept through the whole thing, but Josh and I sure loved it. :) (Also, Josh is mooing in all his pictures.)

 

If you noticed we were pretty classy cows, we went to my cousin Hillary’s wedding reception right after. It was a beautiful reception and we’re so glad to have Braxton in the family! Plus we got the only other free food that can compare with free Chick-fil-A at the reception: free Coldstone ice cream. Yep, we were pretty stuffed by the time the night was over. Do you ever wish you were a bear and could eat tons of delicious food at once, like before hibernation, and then just be good for a day or two? That night I sure did.

Visit from the Ellsworth family and a trip to Utah

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A few weeks ago my (Paige’s) family came to Colorado to visit. A few days after they left, Josh, Carson, and I headed to Utah to celebrate my cousin Hillary’s wedding. It was great to see the Ellsworths in Denver and show them our house, and we had fun in Utah, too. It was awesome seeing so many of my cousins that I haven’t seen in forever. It was a crazy busy weekend, but we had a lot of fun. (Many thanks to my mom for all of the good pictures that you see.)

 

Free food at IKEA!

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A while back (was it Memorial Day?) we headed to IKEA as a family. We needed a desk and some bookcases, but best of all, they were giving you free meals! Woo hoo! We got all this for free.

 Yum, yum. And the second best part of the day was that we actually fit everything (two bookcases, one desk, and one desk chair) into our little car! (Yes, with the three of us, too.) Yeah IKEA! Such a fun store. We all had fun walking around, and Carson got finger puppets, so it was a win-win-win.