The Colorado Adventure

BTW, I hope everyone got their free Rockie taco yesterday. Thank you taco bell (and I guess thank you Lugo for stealing the base so I could get 6 free tacos.)

Today we went to the Rockies rally.

I think they should have had a parade; after all they did win the pennant.

But, I guess all we could give them was a rally with balloons, spirit towels and about 200 or so fans.

Joel was really disappointed that they didn’t stick around to sign autographs. I know, I know, they are celebrities; but they are also just guys who like to play ball and I think it would have been nice if they stayed (only a handful of players were there too, not the whole team.) So, we saw them and they saw us.



We had a big banner that said ‘Thank U Rockies’, I hope they saw it. A photographer and news reporter were tracking me down afterwards to get a name of one of my kids, any guesses as to who??? Yes, it was Grace, again.

She had her picture with the robot dude (and I have to admit it was a cute pic) and then when the mayor signed her towel she ran off yelling, ‘he signed my towel!’ (The Rockies had already left and we were basically left with the option of getting the mayor to sign something or having no signature at all, so we let him sign some stuff.)


We got some posters, spirit towels and signs for free at the beginning of the rally.

I guess it was pretty neat to see the players and say ‘thanks’ for a job well done. (And I guess it was neat to see the mayor and have him sign a baseball and mitt!) We also got to sit in the baseball car, neat huh?

We somehow missed every single shirt that got thrown to the audience, and Bethany was really jumping for them. But, we didn’t walk away empty-handed and we had fun.

Now on to other things. I am going o state here why we don’t do halloween because I am so tired of saying it every year. This IS NOT a judgment to people who do halloween; this is just why WE don’t do it.
People ask me:

Q: Why won’t you let you kids dress up today?
A: They can dress up 364 other days of the year, but not today. The reason why is that I don’t want to be wishy-washy and say that they can dress up and participate in something I don’t believe in.

Q: But aren’t they getting candy?
A: No, not today. They will get candy tomorrow (and they aren’t begging for it.) Also they get candy 364 other days of the year too.

Q: But they have Rockies logos on their faces today, isn’t that dressing up for halloween?
A: No, it was specifically for a rally that the Mayor decided to have today. I can’t help it that he picked halloween to have the rally on.

Q: But, really why don’t you just let the kids have some fun and dress up and get candy?
A: Because of this verse:
Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Remember I am already a non-conformist. I have home-birthed, I home school and I hate the Red sox (ok I just threw that on in!) I don’t have a problem being a non-conformist in this point. If everybody else is having a party and trick-or-treating that’s ok, but we’re not gonna do it.

Q: Why, do you think you’re better than me?
A: No, I am a sinner and most lowly worm.
Romans 12:3
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.
I just want the right to not celebrate this holiday.

Q: So, what do you think the origin of Halloween is?
A: The origin of Halloween dates back 2000 years ago to the Celtic celebration of the dead. A Celtic festival was held on November 1 honoring the Samhain, the Lord of the Dead. Celtic ritual believed that the souls of the dead returned on the evening before November 1. The celebration included burning sacrifices and costumes. These early events began as both a celebration of the harvest and an honoring of dead ancestors.
The first lighted fruit was really carved out of gourds and turnips. European custom also included carving scary faces into the gourds and placing embers inside to light them. This was believed to ward of evil spirits, especially spirits who roamed the streets and countryside during All Hallows Eve.

(I don’t honor the lord of the dead, so I don’t do Halloween. People may say that it’s just all fun and that’s fine. But, we don’t do it, end of story. Also it’s not just a harvest festival or you wouldn’t have people going around as witches and such. There are better ways to honor your dead.)