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It wasn't as cold as our first Halloween in Colorado, but we did get about 2" of snow the day before. It seems that one of the few things you can count on for Colorado winter is snow by October 3...

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We flew a flag today helping the FUMCAG celebrate its 140th Anniversary. A 38-star flag like the one shown here (but maybe not the same exact star pattern) would have been flying on September 3, ...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/10/140th-anniversary-for-first-united.html

Matteo, Antonio, and friends have been working feverishly lately to get the Newsies set pieces built, transported, and put in place at the theater. The van. The show is se...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/10/set-construction.html

Guess who's coming to dinner...

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Our Family Dinner topic tonight was POW/MIA. We used a Missing Man Table to lead the discussion. And Lexi made cupcakes! See JAMIE'S FLAGS .

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/10/family-dinner-powmia.html

Lexi's been playing soccer this Fall!

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Nana's always good for a new book, or two! Then s'mores around the fire!

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Like Fall! Including the backyard!

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/its-beginning-to-look-lot.html

OK, it's a small piece, but nonetheless... You may know Papa has started a new hobby of collecting and flying American flags (JF2.COM/FLAGS ). In writing short blurbs about each flag, he sometime...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/stumbling-onto-piece-of-family-history.html

It was Homecoming 2024, a big day (week, actually) for three of our kids!

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/homecoming-2024.html

And we thought SUSHI ATO was just a favorite restaurant. Who knew it was a sculpture gallery as well?

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/sushi-ato-sculpture.html

It was a morning of fun and games!

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/field-day-at-dcc-elementary.html

Lookin' sharp, Antonio! Or watching the Broncos!

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Wow! We knew the PENTATONIX would be fantastic! How do they do that?! We were also pleasantly surprised about just how nice the amphitheater is on the inside (a view you just can't get doing a d...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/pentatonix-at-amphitheater.html

As always, it was something of a family affair. Antonio played Augustus Gloop and Matteo was on the set crew and lighting crew. Tracy, Nana, Fina, and occasional others set up the concession stan...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/willy-wonka-is-in-books.html

It's true. It's legit. And it's Christmas. This is the "George Rogers Clark" Flag. Commander Clark used this flag in the 1779 Battle of Sackville during the Revolutionary War. See JAMIE'S FLAGS ...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/a-christmas-us-flag.html

Guess who's a North Pole Elf in Elf, Jr?

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Nana and Papa celebrated their 49th Anniversary this weekend with a viewing of the new Betelgeuse movie and the discovery of a restaurant - CARLOS BISTRO . Where's this place been all our life?! ...

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Jamie recently started volunteering as a docent at the SPACE FOUNDATION'S DISCOVERY CENTER ... Science on a Sphere. Mars Rover exhibit. You drive!

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/space-foundations-discovery-center.html

One of Jamie's favorite aviation-related podcasters is Mentour Pilot. Check out his dogs...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/09/mentour-pilots-dogs.html

Tracy, Nana, and Matteo get busy packaging Wonka Bars, complete with a golden ticket here and there. David gets going on a new construction project. Lexi's Barbie dolls are active. And all the Li...

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College classes begin today for two of our flock. Fina starts her sophomore year at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) and Brahm begins his freshman year at Western Colorado Un...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/08/college-classes-begin-today-for-two.html

Our Family Dinner topic for tonight was two USA flags. One was the TRUMBULL FLAG which Papa flew today, and the other was the FORT MCHENRY FLAG , the "spangled" flag that flew over Fort McHenry...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/08/i-pledge-allegiance.html

These two got to see Wicked tonight up in Denver. Can you tell they had a great time, meeting some of the actors and everything! Tracy got off to a rough start as the van did not fit in any easy ...

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Looks like others have found another business for Fina to start - Sign Making! The first works are going to be for a production of Newsies...

https://www.compoundliving.com/2024/08/finas-sign-business.html