Belated

Yes, I know, I have not updated ANYTHING for a very long time.  Buying a new house and finally getting our household goods after not seeing them for 8 months could be a good excuse, but I won't use it.  There's just no excuse for me.  But we did do those things and it has been wonderful seeing our stuff again.  We received our stuff five days later than the "no later than" date, which was mid-July.  So we said it was like Christmas in July to see all our things again.  It has been nice, but a lot of work.  We closed on our house on June 22.  PC's mom bought us pizza for dinner and we all had a "party" to celebrate our new home.  We got our new stainless steel appliances delivered the next day.  It took about a week before we had them all installed, but PC did a great job with it and they all work wonderfully and look beautiful.  I haven't taken pictures of the house yet, but I will do that soon and get some posted. 
The first couple of weeks in the house were nice, except for one thing: the Waldo Canyon Fire here in Colorado Springs.  This is what it looked like from our front door the first day, which was June 23.

It filled the sky with smoke that first day and covered the sun.  The fire continued for the next 2 weeks and the air was awful.  My asthma has never been so bad.  I would walk up one flight of steps and then lie down at the top until I could breath again.  I was so tired as well.  Ok, I guess I need to mention that I am pregnant as well.  We found out the day after I got back from Utah and have been suffering with "morning sickness" mostly at night.  So I know that had a lot to do with being tired, and I couldn't take the Advair I had been given because you can't take it when pregnant.  I have since been to see my ob doctor and he has me on some medicine that I can take and it has helped. 
Anyway, back to the fires.  It was crazy. We would watch the news and see it spread.  We would hear amazing stories of rescue and bravery.  It was amazing and we were glad when it was finally contained.  
For Independence Day, though, we could not have fires or do fireworks, so that was kind of a bummer. We went to PC's parents house for a barbeque and had fun there, but it really didn't feel like the 4th without fireworks. 
A few weeks after moving into our house, we finally received some rain and looking out our back window, we saw this beautiful rainbow.  That is one thing I really do like about Colorado. It seems like every time it rains, we see a rainbow.  This one almost seemed like a welcome home gift.