KELSEY & JOSIAH ARE MARRIED!

Kelsey and Josiah were married on March 19, 2012

It was a surprise ... even to us! 

They became engaged at Christmas and we thought they were going to wait until this coming fall to have a wedding, but they decided to just go and get married at the Castle Rock Court House.  We were initially sad that we weren't able to share in their special day, but Josiah is a great young man and we are very happy for them both.  We are planning to have a Wedding Celebration in October!

  Jessica took some great pictures of them last week when she was here and they plan to use some of those for an announcement and invitation to the party!

CONGRATULATIONS 

MR. AND MRS. JASSO!

(I know it's hard to believe, isn't it!)

Camping with the Kumpf Family

We went camping with the Kumpf family over Memorial weekend to South Meadows Campground, just north of Woodland Park, Colorado.  For ONCE the weather was fantastic!

Got the "rig" out of storage and figured out how to "de-winterize" it.

All ready for it's second season of summer fun!!

Hanging around camp ... the Kumpfs have an old pop-up that they bought used

and that has seen MANY years of family camp outs.

 

They call our new tent trailer "the Hilton."!

A short 2-mile walk up to Manitou Lake

The boys had fun climbing around on the interesting rock formations.

 

One of the highlights of camping with the Naylor-Kumpf

 group is  dutch-oven cooking!

Yummmmmmmmm ...................

Cheesy potatoes

and slow-cooked pork ribs!

 

I made the horrible mistake of saying, "We are having sausage at breakfast,

do we really need to have bacon?" ....

well there was an audible GASP around camp by 5 men...

yes we ALWAYS have to have bacon at breakfast ...

it's practically a CAMP LAW!!!

Horsing around with Horseshoes

We were trying to get the Grandpa Raymond Burke mo-jo going!

(Grandpa Raymond was a GREAT horseshoe player)

Jacob is actually really good!

Had to get a picture of my RINGER!!

Jacob, Josh and Noah

Team Kraig & Jacob

Team Scott & Josh

Of course there are no pictures of Team Sherrill & Connie

Why is that?

The things the guys came up with .... tossing a grape as high as they can

(I mean as tall as the tree) then trying to catch it in their mouths.

Scott missed and it left a welt on his neck!!

Jacob was the champion but didn't get a picture of him.

A picture of Josh being afraid to catch it!!

The are CRAZY!

A "Happy Camper"!

Crazy, teen campers!!

Jacob hates having his picture taken ... at least someone takes his ... don't have any pictures of me and Connie ... I swear we were on the trip .... oh well, we all had a GREAT time!

Kelsey & Josiah's New Puppy - Cooper

Kelsey & Josiah got a new puppy named Cooper.

He is so smart and SOOOO cute!

They came by today to visit .... looks like I'll have to stock

up on doggie treats to have on hand for the new "Grand-dog"!

The New Arrival!

2009 Naylor-News Published Book!

HOORAY!!!

It's inspired me to get 2010 & 2011 updated so I can get those printed!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture on the back cover!

Cracks me up every time I see it ... we couldn't get the canoe to go the way

we wanted it to go because ..... we were all in it backwards!!

Here is a clearer picture of us "canoe-impaired" idiots!

GOOD TIMES IN 2009!!!

TOILET PAPER MADNESS!!!

OH THE JOY OF WAKING UP TO THIS!!!

WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE ....

REVENGE IS SWEET!!!!

Master Bath Rennovation - Part I

I painted our master bedroom and bought new furniture late last year but never got around to redoing our bathroom ... well decided it was time!!

Here are some "before" and "during" pictures but will have to post "after" pictures when the wallpaper comes and I put it up.  I got the old border all stripped and the walls, chair-rails, and baseboards painted and even hung a new light fixture but am just waiting for the new wallpaper so I can finish.  The next purchase will be new shades for the bedroom and bathroom!

So Rennovation - Part II will be coming!!

 

Tearing down the border and repainting the wall the same color as the bedroom (tan) then papering over the current paper (below the chair rail) with a pretty teal-colored textured paper to match the highlight colors in the bedroom.

The wallpaper was done professionally so you can barely get a razor blade under it!

Took scoring, sraying with remover AND steaming to scrape any of it off!

 

STAY TUNED FOR THE END RESULT!

March Recipe Club

Forgot to bring the camera and get pictures of every one and their special dishes this time!     BLAST!!

I took a few pictures of what I brought and then left the camera on the counter!

The theme was "Not Your Normal-Type Ethnic Foods" (like spaghetti, tacos, etc.) and we had such a WONDERFUL array of all sorts of delicious items!

I got a super easy recipe from Jessica to make Thai Green Curry served over Jasmine Rice.  You just get a can of Green Curry Paste and add tablespoons of it "to taste" to a can or two of coconut milk.  I added bamboo shoots and served it on a bed of rice. 

Yummmmmmm ..... Thai fast food!

(Looked greener and tastier in real life -- everyone loved it)

Jessica also shared a link about these little appetizers.

Grapes wrapped in Goat Cheese and rolled in walnuts ...

 ... thought they sounded "ethnic" and decided to try them out too!

They were so easy, tangy and scrumptious!

While searching World Market for Curry Paste, I came across these little

imported treats and somehow they jumped into my basket! 

Definitely some tasty little morsels!

We had all sorts of other fabulous dishes from all around the world ....

sorry that I didn't get any pictures of them!

Next month is "High Tea" complete with all the scones, sandwiches and treats

that go along with that.  We are all buying/making

"fascinators and hats" to wear that evening! 

FUN ... FUN ... FUN!

(I won't forget the camera!)