Photo Fiasco

New clothes for pictures:
$52

Time spent getting four bodies ready for pictures:
1 1/2 hours

Drive time to the ONLY JCPenney Portrait Studio
in this city:
25 minutes

Leaving the studio without purchasing a single portrait:
PRICELESS*

*And not to mention extremely annoying, frustrating, disappointing and maddening. A big raspberry in the general direction of our less than friendly and extremely unhelpful photographer (ppphhhhhhttttttt). And a virtual time out for my uncooperative offspring. I can't decide whether I should throw something or cry. Maybe I'll throw something and then cry. Yeah. That oughta do it.

The following is my attempt at "photo therapy".

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Welcome!

Welcome to our family blog. We thought this would be an easy and effective way for us to keep in touch, share pictures and ramble on about our life here in "The Springs" (as all of the locals refer to it...whatever).

Tomorrow will be one month since we've been here in Colorado Springs. It's been a crazy, busy agenda with a lot of adjusting. For the most part, we're getting settled...if only the house were more put together. :)

Here is a pic of our house.

To quote my good friend S...

"I guess in Colorado Springs you're at the end of the rainbow!"

Not quite a pot of gold, I know, but it's the best we can do. :)

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