Sunrise over Boulder

Boulder and LA may not have a whole lot in common, but they definitely share one annoying trait - noisy hotel heating systems! We have a relatively sleepless night in our hotel here but woke in time for Logan to see his first sunrise over the Eastern Plains. (His comment was, "but where are the Rocky Mountains?") Got the kids out for a pancake breakfast at Le Peep , a great local coffee shop, then a trip through the biggest grocery store I've ever seen. And then we carted the kids and the groceries to the new house. Weather clear and sunny, low 40s. We didn't get any of the snow they'd been predicting all week...now it looks like we may get some on Wednesday.

At one point we were exploring the front of the house with the kids when we noticed deer foraging in our back yard. If you look closely at this picture you can see them just beyond the wall at the end of our property, about 30 feet away from Logan and Zach. Being a city slicker, I was terrified the deer would attack my boys, but actually the kids ran straight at them excitedly shouting "deer! deer!" and the deer ran off to a neighbor's yard. They returned once we were inside the house and we got to watch them grazing while I was organizing the kitchen.

We also retrieved our new guest bed mattress from the O'Connors' house (along with a bunch of great loaner cutlery, dishes and other stuff) and Jason set the bed up in the basement guest room. With that here we've decided to forgo another night in the hotel and move in. The movers are set to show up Tuesday so it will just be another day without furniture.

I also managed to sneak in a little nap in the sun at one point. The sunlight in our house is fantastic - we have a Southern exposure off the dining room/kitchen/family room and the sunlight streams in all day long. Some day when we have more time to think about it we may consider putting solar panels on the roof above those rooms to take full advantage.

We dragged the poor kids to one more home/bath/etc. store to get a few more things, then hung around the house for the rest of the evening. With no furniture, we did a lot of picnicking, which the kids enjoyed. And before bedtime Zach and Logan got to try out the big soaking tub in our bathroom - they can practically swim in it.

Another busy day tomorrow...and the next day...and the next...not sure when we'll get to put our feet up. But soon we hope. I'm going to sign off for now. Lots of love to all!