What a Summer!

Last time I blogged was the end of May; so let me catch you up with highlights and lots of pictures.

June
1. Drove to Wyoming to say good-bye to David and Melissa before they left for Guam.
2. Chris’s Dad came out from Wisconsin for Father’s Day weekend.
3. We attend Kevin Brinkmann’s wedding and it was beautiful.
4. And Chris went on two extraditions to N. Carolina.

July
1. Celebrated Malachi’s first birthday. We happen to find out that we can’t put sunscreen on Malachi’s face that day too. He broke out in a rash, only on his face, and his eyes were very puffy. So he wasn’t having a very good day. And he didn’t like being laughed at after he shoved his hand in the cake.

2. Jodie came out for 10 days that weekend too. It was so nice having her here.

3. Visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, no offense, but it was much nicer than the Denver Zoo. Malachi feed a giraffe, above video.

4. The El Paso County Sheriff Office entered the Peak Co Challenge of the first time. There were six team building activities and the teams had to consist of a min of 3 women and 3 men, teams could have more for subbing and incase of injuries. Any company in the Pikes Peak area could enter. EPSO took first place in one of the activities and second place overall out of 40 teams, pretty good for there first appearance.

5. We went swimming at our friends Rich and Kirsten’s house a couple times.

6. Celebrated my mom and little brother’s birthday.

7. Malachi got his first black eye.

7. Chris attended SWAT school while Malachi and I went to Ridge camp for a week. Chris had a lot of fun learning the ins and outs of the tactics and logistics of SWAT. He especially enjoyed the day he was gassed (C/S gas). He said it plays on your fear of suffocating, but he rather have to go through C/S gas again then ever encounter O.C. again.
Malachi and I had a good time in Montana. It was rough at first because Malachi was teething. Yes teething, he now has two teeth. It was also a lot colder then we are use to for the last week of July. Needless to say I didn’t pack enough warm clothes and blankets, but thanks to Chris Lycan, she took care of us. It was really nice to get out of Colo Springs and see everyone at Ridge.

August
1. August started off with a bang, literally. My loving mom was so nice to take Malachi for a day so Chris and I could attend Heaven Fest. This is the second time Heaven Fest has been to Colorado and there were 80 different bands on 8 stages on 70 acres of land. It was awesome. Some of the bands included Matthew West, Kutless, Seventh Day Slumber, Skillet, Third Day, Stellar Kart and Disciple. We sat in traffic for an hour before turning off on a side street and walking a mile to the church that was hosting it. We made it in time to see Kutless, Skillet (the main reason for going), Stellar Kart, and Disciple. It was an amazing show and we are definitely going again next year.

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2. We did a lot more swimming at Rich and Kirsten’s.
3. Chris tested to transfer to the road and B banded, so it will be a little while before he is called over.
4. Finally the end of August ended with a bang too. We went on our family vacation and stayed at The Inn at Silvercreek, just 15 miles outside of Winter Park. The resort was beautiful and the weather was great. There was a veteran’s bike rally in Winter Park the weekend we arrived, so we spent a day doing that. We drove to the very top of Rocky Mountain National Park (gorgeous), went fishing (didn’t catch anything), a bike ride through Winter Park, and spent some time relaxing at the resort. Oh and don’t eat the pink snow.

All in all we had a busy yet very exciting summer. Chris has had extra duty jobs just about very weekend this summer so we are looking forward to the fall and winter months for everything to slow down. I’m looking forward to the Women’s Bible study to start up again the end of September. Thank you all for being so patience we with me for not blogging the last couple months and I promise to keep everyone updated. Love you all.

Yeah our computer is fixed!!

I know its been a while since our last post, but that's how long we've been without a desent running computer. We just got it back in time to take on our vacation so Chris can check work emails and stuff. Once we get back home I will start posting again. There is a lot to catch up on and great pictures to post. Love you all and hope all is going well.

2nd Anniversary

As you all may know Chris and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary this last weekend. Way-FM, a Christian radio station in CO, hosted the Comedy Stimulus Tour with Taylor Mason. We went to the show in Parker, CO Friday night while my mom watched Malachi. Now I will be honest and say I was worried he would cry the whole time and my mom would be worn out. It was the complete opposite. My mom and Malachi had a blast together and he never noticed we were gone, which is great. He is still a little shy around groups of people, but is getting better especially with Grandma.

Chris and I went to Carino's for dinner in which we shared a mini Italian nachos and a pizza. Now the pizza wasn't like any other pizza we've ever had. Chris let me put red peppers and spinach on it. Yes veggies and he didn't pick them off! The comedy show was amazing. Taylor Mason put on a really good show along with all of his friends. Here are some pics.

You can also go on You tube and view some of his stuff.

Sunday we started P90X, a 90 day at home work out program and hopefully we get the results we are looking for. So wish us luck. This next month is jammed pack for us so I'm not sure when I will be able to blog next, so may June bring you joy and much sunshine.

Love all,

Cassie, Chris, Malachi

Mother's Day and Birthday

My first Mother's Day was a good day. We spent the weekend in Denver at my mom's house. My family had the annual Mother's Day/Birthday Party for JP and I. It was a gorgeous day so we had a Bar-B-Que and cheesecake for dessert. Malachi let Grandma watch him for about an hour before he noticed mom and dad were gone and then only cried for five minutes. He is getting a lot better with other people. He really likes kids though. His one year old niece and him just stand and stare at each other, it's really cute. Overall it was a great day.


My Birthday was last Thursday and Chris was able to get the day off. I was a beautiful sunny day so we planned a hiking trip to the Crags in Divide, CO. Chris had hiked it a couple of times growing up and just wanted to get away from our regular hiking trails. It was amazing. About half the trail still had a couple feet of snow left over from our "huge" snow storms that hit in April. It was so much fun. It took about 4 hours all together including a stop at the top for lunch. Malachi did great too. He talked to us all the way up and slept all the way back down.




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Then we had dinner at Red Robin, our favorite, and Chris took me to Mardell's, a Christian supply store. I got three new books and a CD. Chris spoiled me. Overall Mother's Day and my birthday were so much fun and I am so thankful for my beautiful family and being able to spend it with them.

It's been way to long!!

Sorry it has been so long since the last blog, but here are a few updates , I get some pics/video up later when I have more time.

1. Malachi learn how to crawl March 22 after getting home from chruch.
2. The following weekend March 28 at 8 1/2 months, Malachi learned how to walk and has been unstoppable ever since. (The main reason I haven't been able to blog.) Now any house work or anything that needs to be done is done during his afternoon nap. He is into everything he can get his hands on.
3. We have a computer virus on our laptop and had to save all the pictures and music on it before we take it somewhere to have it fixed. (One reason I haven't been able to blog)
4. Malachi's favorite thing to do is chase the cat and dogs because now there is no where they can hide. Missy and Mae play back, but Delilah just runs away.
5. Malachi has graduated from baby food to real food. Still figuring out what he likes and doesn't like and the dogs love meal time because most of it ends up on the floor. No teeth yet, but you can see to the two bottom front teeth coming in.
6. I just finished my Spring bible study, One on One Discipling, with a group of amazing women at our church. It was an amazing study and a great tool for me to use time and time again.
7. Chris is still the same ol', same ol'. Lots of work, but then with his three days off every weekend (except for an SRT mission, or an honor guard function, or an Extra Duty gig, or now an ICE (immigration) transport) we get lots of time together as a family. He just got off a six day weekend, then a 4 day weekend which was a nice refresher for him.
8. A week before Easter we had to get a new water heater. When they pulled the old one out they laughed saying it was about ready to blow (I love being a home owner).
9. And to top the month off, I had to call 911 and have the fire department tell me that our frig blow up and that's why our kitchen was full of smoke and recked of electrical fire. It was scary, not going to lie, but extremely thankful it was just the frig and not a real fire. The fire department was nice enough to store all the food that was in the frig until we bought a new one. We were able to get one the next day too, they aren't as heavy as you might think.
10. So we spent a little more money this month then we wanted to, but everyone is safe and that is all the matters.

That pretty much sums up the long and short of it so I will try and keep everyone updated and continue posting pictures of our growing boy. Love you all.

Pics and Clips

This was our trip to Cripple Creek for the Ice Festival.

This is a picture of when Malachi was sick, it was a sad week. It's hard knowing your baby is sick and there isn't anything you can do, but wait for it to pass.

Malachi loves to stand and walk around. He is really good at pulling himself up to standing and loves to bang on everything.

Not Much

(Sorry I keep changing the blog, the last one was a little to pink for Chris. I think he won't mind this one.)

Not much has been going on here. Malachi had his six month check last week and only gained seven ounces. That's it, we couldn't believe. He seems so much bigger to us. He had his last set of shots for a while, including a flu shot. He was a little sick for two days, but it was just a reaction to the shots, nothing unusual. Malachi is growing up so fast though. He can set up on his own and has really good balance. He does fall over every now and then, hence the pillows in the background. He is trying to crawl, but hasn't figured out the arms and legs part to it, so he rolls on to his back arches his back, getting on his head, then pushes his feet and rolls back over to reach for what he wants. If he can't reach it still he does it all over again. It is so funny to watch. He crawls on his back.

Malachi has grown fond of the dogs. He will sit and stare at them, smile and laugh just watching them. Once he gets a hold of them though he is even more excited. The dogs are liking the attention they are getting from him too. They come and lay by him now so he can pet them.

I love to cuddle with Malachi and take little naps with him. Chris was sneaky and got a picture of it. I hope Malachi never grows out of cuddling and sleeping with me, it's so nice.

Chris started his new shift last Monday. He now works 2:45pm to 12:45am and gets home around 1:30am, Monday - Thursday and has Friday -Sunday off. Yeah three day weekends and they really are on the weekend. So far we are liking the new schedule, it will take some getting use to with three days off, we keep getting confused as to what day it is.

Hope all is going well with everyone.