feelin lonely

We have been saying a lot lately that things in Colorado are good, they only probably we seem to have is that we don't have friends. The truth of the matter is, we do have friends. There are people we both would consider friends that we work with or go to Church with. What we mean when we say we don't have friends is that we don't have people we really hangout with outside of church and work. There are a lot of older and younger people that I would say we are friends with at church. We really don't have friends our own age, friends that we can hangout with and play games with. While in Lubbock, we had lots of friends but we had two couples that we hungout with all the time. We would hangout at each others houses, cook dinner for each other and play games at least once a week if not more often then that. We would sit and play spades and hearts and other games like that for hours on end. We would be playing games and having conversation and realize it was almost 4 in the morning when we had work or church the next day. These are friends we shared, and I believe still share a deep intimate connection with and we couldn't wait for the next time we got to hangout. These friends where friends that were experiencing the same stage of life that we were. They got married within a month or even a week of the time we did. The people we work with, and the friends we have are at different stages than us. This is not a bad thing, it just makes it more difficult to hangout or to share that connection that we so desperatly want and need. Our friends from Lubbock can never be replaced and they will always hold a special place in our hearts. For that we are extremely thankful. For now, we continue to search to search for another couple of people who we could hangout with. Who like to just chill at home and play games, a group of friends that we don't have to do anything with but that we are just content being with and who are content just being with us.

I felt the need to clarify as I was concerned that our comments about not having friends up here might have offended some of the people we do consider friends, just any a different way.

Lots of love, and until next time may the Grace of God surround you.

First Camping Trip

We went on our first camping trip this last weekend and it was wonderful. We were up in Pike National Forest. We stayed at South Meadows Campground near Woodland Park Colorado. This campground was a decent size, having approximently 60 different lots. It was well kept and the bathrooms were as clean as possible considering they were nothing more than OutHouse type buildings. We were able to have several campfires. We enjoyed eating Breakfest burritos and Hambergers made over the campfire, which I might add I can think of no better way to cook or no better tasting way to eat breakfest burritos. We went on a walk with the dogs around the camp ground and around the near by Manitu Lake. We were definetly out of cellphone range, but we were only 5 miles outside of town which was good because when I realized I had forgotten stuff for S'Mores we were able to go into town to the grocery store and by the stuff that was needed. It got cold at night, even for the dogs so we all had to cuddle together in order to stay warm. We know that we will definetly be going camping again and we can't wait. To be able to be up there away from cell phone, tv, and computers. Not having to worry about what todo next or what has to be done. To truly be able to relax amidst the trees and even having to deal with the random rainstorm that makes you flee to your tent salvaging as much of the food and firewood as you can on the way was excellent. I am attaching some pictures.