A Pot of Gold?

These are the two houses directly to the south of ours. I am sure it is just a coincidence, but since we moved in, they are both for sale! Is it our rooster? Our dirt bike? Our seven kids partying all day long every day? 

The Newest Members of Our Extended Family

Mr. Rooster is just learning how to cock-a-doodle-do, being only four months old. He is finding it hard to be the noisiest member of this family!
 

Tonight's Sunset

 

And a Few Moments Later

 

A Few Minutes Later

The sky becomes so bright as to be almost frightening to some people. Not to me. I am in complete awe.
 

You Have To Look In all Directions, To See The Unity Of God's Sky

The back yard, under the awesome light of God's evening show. The fort behind the swing is now finished, with sandbox underneath. Yes, Robin, the Mickey Mouse Club meets regularly, and you are cordially invited to drop in any time.
 

HowGreatThou Art, Part Two!

Another amazing display of color, power, and grandeur from the Creator.
 

Creative, Inventive, Manipulative, and Retarded?

An illegal immigrant from Mexico is being arraigned today on charges of murder. His name is Jose Luis Rubi-Nava. Mr. Rubi-Nava lived here in Colorado with a friend named Maria Franco-Fierros. Before murdering Ms. Franco-Fierros, Mr. Rubi-Nava beat her, as he had on numerous other occasions. This time, however, he was not satisfied just to beat her. He tied a strap to the bumper of his truck, and then fastened the other end around the neck of his friend, then sped away, leaving a mile long track of Franco-Fierros' mutilated body behind him on the road.

Mr. Rubi-Nava's public defender (that's right, this illegal immigrant murderer's defense is being paid for by the American taxpayers) is claiming that her client is mentally retarded and has "other cognitive-comprehension disabilities". Colorado law, and Supreme Court opinion forbid the execution of mentally retarded inviduals.

Let's see now. Mr. Rubi-Nava snuck into America, found a woman friend who lived in a nice suburban subdivision in Colorado, found a job, sent money back to his wife and kids in Mexico, hid himself from apprehension by police, and dreamed up a marvelously inventive, albeit considerably depraved, way to murder his woman friend.
David Harsanyi covers the story today here in the Denver Post.

I wonder if they will find a forensic psychologist who will help the killer get off. I am confident that they will find at least one, if not several who will sell their soul to help this attorney protect her client from getting the justice he deserves.

In the course of doing "best interest of the child" reports for the District Courts in Colorado, I have met such individuals in the psychology profession. They can put up a reasonable argument for any side of any issue, depending upon who is paying them for their testimony. Facts are not what matters. It is the all-knowing psychologist's interpretation of facts that is important! This is a case, however, in my opinion, where there surely could not be a reasonable argument put forward on behalf of this killer.

How Great Thou Art!

Tonight God put up a glorious sky, filled with rainbows and light. Here is a picture looking south from our front yard.
 

Fourth and Final Tier

The fourth tier of the garden is done.
 

You Can See It Coming

Last night a big electrical storm approached the house from the southeast, but then veered to the north and missed us. Lightnig was all over the sky, so I tried to capture it, even though my camera battery was failing. This is a view of the lightning storm looking south from our front porch.
 

Another Story Of Child Abuse By An Illegal Immigrant From Mexico

Here is a new foster care story. Our neighbors across the street in Golden had two teen daughters. I have previously referred to the family affectionately as the redneck family in our block. Each of the teens repeatedly got pregnant and had babies. Between the two of them, there were six babies by the time the family left due to foreclosure. Both s got involved with illegal immigrants from Mexico. The last one broke bones in the teen's infant daughter's legs and ribs, and fractured her skull. These incidents happened over several months of time. The grandma called me today to proudly announce that she has been awarded temporary custody, while the daughter undergoes a series of classes and tests. The sonofabitch who did this to the little has been deported back to Mexico. I wonder how long it will be before he is back in the United States.

Temptation

Here is the cake that rapidly disappeared as we celebrated Greg's sixth birthday two nights ago.
 

A Magnificent Creation!

Birthday boy six-year-old Greg created this castle/carriage with Legos he got for his birthday two days ago. He told me that it took one hour to put together, and he could not wait to show it to me when I got home tonight. Greg has real stick-to-itness, and loves art. It will be a joy to teach him again this year as he enters first grade.  

Roar, Zoom! Shock and Awe!

One of the really cool things about our new country living is that we are near Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora and also not too far from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Fighter jets roar across the sky throughout the day. We are also near Denver International Airport's south runways, so we get those jets taking off and arriving. But it is the military jets that I particularly enjoy. Go get em, guys and gals!

A Relaxing Ride

Mother-in-law is here, so Colleen and I actually got to enjoy a half-moonlight horseback ride tonight. Coming back we could see the whole front range of the Rockies. Very relaxing, and the first time we did something alone together in months.

Yours, Mine, Ours, and Theirs

I showed Colleen all the encouraging comments you all have written about my idea to write a book on foster care from the perspective of foster parents. Her idea for a title: "Yours, Mine, Ours, and Theirs"! She especially liked MizzE's prediction that we would sell a ton of books, and asked, "Then we could quit doing foster care?"