Baldpate Inn

Earlier this month (October 13th), we went up to the mountains to the Baldpate Inn with some friends. The Baldpate Inn was an old stage coach stop in the Rocky Mountains (near Estes Park) back in the early 1900’s and is now a historic bed and breakfast and restaurant. They have great food and really great PIE! They also are also known for the world’s largest key collection (with over 20,000 keys). However the real reason Ben and I love to go up there is for the view and the beautiful surroundings, especially in the fall.

As always we enjoyed ourselves and can’t wait to visit again.

A House Becomes A Home...

In August 1989 the Stones family moved from California to Longmont, CO. We moved into a house with shaggy brown carpet, flowered wallpaper, banisters, flower boxes, paneled walls and the ever dreaded popcorn ceilings. This house graduated 6 kids from high school. This house has housed 2 mothers, 1 Nana, 4 Uncles, 1 Uncle Geek, 2 Aunts, 1 Grandpa, 1 Father, 1 Foreign Exchange Student, 2 Nephews, 6 Missionaries, 1 Boa Constrictor, 4 Rats and multiple visitors. This house has gone through multiple remodels, paint jobs, and fixer-up-ers. This house has seen a family grow from 8 to 22. This house has seen happy times and sad times; this house has been a home!

Our 21 Year Home...

This last week after 21 years my parents moved out of our BELOVED home! I know this may sound sappy and overly sentimental but I am just like that (overly sentimental that is) and I was very sad to be moving from our home. I do love my parent’s new house, a house that allows for the whole family (grandkids and all) to be in one great room at once. But I will forever miss my childhood home!!

The New House... soon to be Home!

Disney Land/ California Adventure

Earlier this year Ben and I made baby blankets for service and got two free tickets to Disney Land. We decided to save them for the ‘off’ season so that it wouldn’t be as busy and we could get the full experience.  So this past weekend (Oct 16-19) we went out to California and went to Disney Land and California Adventure with Tobin and Nicole.  It was a little overcast, so there weren’t a lot of people, and the lines were short- it was a PERFECT day.  We got to go on so many rides (Tob and Nicole were good guides) and we even got to see a show (Aladdin).  Ben usually gets motion sick but we took precautions (Dramamine) and he was able to do all the rides with us.

Walking through the tunnels at the Indiana Jones Ride.



During the Tower of Terror.



I had never been to Disney Land and Ben hadn’t been since he was really young so it was a real big adventure.  We got lots of buttons when we entered the park (first timers, anniversary, birthday) because we figured it was close enough to all those things for it to count. The people were so nice and EVERYONE who saw me with my Birthday button wished me Happy Birthday (Goofy even sang to me over the phone)!  It was clean, beautiful and everyone was nice. We know why it’s called the happiest place in the world!!



Sporting our 3D Glasses outside 'A Bugs Life'



In the evening we got to see a parade (all about dancing- I loved it) and Nicole and I joined in the conga line.  And we stayed late in California Adventure and saw their new lights show (they project color up on water) it was amazing and aww inspiring.  It was a great trip and defiantly made us feel like kids again!!