The end is in sight...

Well, the upstairs has been put on hold. Because the weather has been so awesome we thought we better get going on our grass. So, last week we had a few more trees cut down and Jake cut them up and ground up the stumps. Now, he is getting the blacktop ready so that in the new week we can finally get some grass seed down! It will be wonderful to look out at nice green grass, instead of nasty black dirt with sticks in it! Here are some photos of Jake working.The trees in the back that were cut down...
Jake spreading the black dirt....

What a day...

For the past week me and jake have been in Vail, Co with the Haworths. I had a great week relaxing, hanging out with the kids, and enjoying my time away. Jake spent his days on the slopes with Matt and occasionally the kids. All is all it was a great week. The trip home today was less than desirable though. We woke up this morning at 4:00 am in order to get out of the door and to Eagle airport (about a 40 minutes ride) for our 6:30am flight to Denver. Last night Jen checked to make sure the flight was still coming in, because we were suppose to get alot of snow. The computer said that the flight was in the air and headed to Eagle (Vail), so we figured everything was set. We arrive at the airport at about 5:45 to find out that the flight has been canceled and there isn't another flight until Monday afternoon (and only 2 seat are available...we have 7 people). The lady at Eagle tells us that we can drive to Denver (a 2 hour drive on a good day) and make our connection flight that leaves at 11:35. We got in the car and start driving to Denver. We are now headed in the same direction that we just came from...so we really just drove 1 hour and 1/2 for no reason. We are taking out time, because we figure we have plenty of time to make it. On the way however, Jen decides to call her travel person to verify the flight time....and low and behold we find out the connection flight we were suppose to take is at 10:08 NOT 11:35. We continue on our way, not sure that we will make it in time. The roads are horrible, and it has been snowing all night. We end up pulling into the airport and unload our bags at 9:10am. (Out flight leaves in less than 1 hour). We wait in this long line to check our bags...it is now 9:30ish. We get up to check our bags and the man tells us we can't check them, because we are too late. We are like, "You've got to be kidding me". Finally the man says he will put our bags on a different flight and we can run to catch our flight at 10:08...Me, Jake, and the 3 kids start running...Jen continues to check the bags and wait for Matt who is returning the rental car. We run to security, and ask to be rushed through since we only have 15 minutes to make our plane. We get through security, get on the tram, and get off at concourse B. We look at the monitor and out gate number is B92...we are currently at B2. We tell the kids to run and follow us. We are running through all these people, Rachel is asking me if we can walk, and i tell her no :) She then asks me if I'm tired and i say yes, she says she is too :) Anywho...we finally get to B92 at about 10:05...the lady says that the door is closed and we can not go on our flight. I looked at her and said,"you've got to be kidding me, the man at the check in said the flight would wait, and we just ran all the way here to be told that we didn't make it?" She then tells me she isn't working on our flight, but the flight next door...so i ask a man if he could please go see if we could still board. A few seconds later the pilot comes down and says, hurry up, we can't just wait until 3:00 (it's only 10:10 haha) So Me, Jake and the kids board the plane. Matt and Jen had not made it yet. I left Matt a voicemail telling him that if they miss the flight i'd take the kids home with us. about 4 minutes later on come matt and jen...i guess they weren't going to be let on either, but Matt kept saying, our 3 young kids are on there without us...it finally worked! AHHHH....we made it. We get to GR and we don't have our bags....we knew this though. We find out that they will be coming on the 6:30 flight, and we can come back and get them then. We all go home and me and jake decide to go back out to GR to get our bags at 6:30. We show up and our bag do not come off the plane...i go ask someone and i am informed that the plane was delayed and now they wouldn't be coming in until 9:30 tonight. I couldn't believe it...just another thing to add on to the day. Needless to say, i am NOT going back to GR tonight...the luggage will have to wait until the morning. I think i will go to bed and get some sleep!