The Heidbrink Family: Oh Blogging!

So some day I'll get in the habit of Blogging on a more normal basis (more than just once a year). : / Until then I have alot of catching up to do! Yikes!

I LOVE reading other people's blogs, I have had people comment that they like reading my blog, and Josh constantly, NICELY, reminding me to do it. I also had a friend remind me how great it is for keeping track of your family doings. SO here goes... The Adventures of Cam and Josh since Oct 14th 2011!

2011 ended with not much happening. Nothing else much in October. In November, Bobby (Brother in Law), Lindsay (Sister in Law), and Scott (Brother in Law) came out for a week for Thanksgiving. In December, Christmas was spent in Denver with the Dehncke family and in January, New Year's was in Utah with the Heidbrink Family.

2012 began with me loving my job of teaching 5th grade, part-time and Josh working full-time and going to school part-time. In February, for Valentine's Day, we went to the Downtown Aquarium. We spent about 2 hours walking through the Aquarium and then had a dinner next to a giant tank full of fish and even SHARKS. The price of the night included: walking around the Aquarium, a rose for me, dinner, and a picture. Overall it was a fun and romantic Valentine's Day.

Isn't that a cute frame?

In March, we went back to Utah to celebrate Mark and Bobby's (Brothers in Law) birthdays. We also built raised garden beds in our backyard. Which came out VERY nicely.

The Skidster (yellow digger thing) was used to take out a shed which then was disposed of like this:

In April, Josh, his dad and our neighbor Bryce put up a fence between our houses. Bye bye big back yard. No picture of that, but very similar to the fence in the picture above.

A HUGE event was going to the Kansas City LDS Temple. For those of you who are not members, an LDS Temple is a building built as a House of God. We go to the Temple for many reasons, including marriage and to make sacred promises to God. More questions about the Temple, JUST ASK! So we went to Kansas City with my mom and Josh's parents. We flew in Friday morning, checked into our hotel and then headed to the Temple. Once a Temple is dedicated, only worthy, LDS members can go inside. But before the dedication, there is an Open House where all are welcome. We first watched a video about the Church and why Temples are special and important. Then we went on a tour of the inside. My mom was very impressed by it's beauty and it was a special experience for me getting to explain some of what our Sealing was like inside of the Denver Temple. Here are some pictures from the day:

Aren't we both SO photogenic. I think we both missed the memo about actually looking at the camera. At least the background is pretty. :)

We also visited some important sites from the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Independence, Far West, Liberty Jail , and the Monument of the 8 witnesses).

We also went for a hike up in Estes Park. We started from Wild Basin Trailhead. Here are some pics from the day: