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How we got a road tube in the clean laundry pile I have no idea.....

almost done!

the other day dallas informed me that i should blog.  yes, i'm sorry cyber friends, i've been pretty laxed about it lately.  however... i do have good reason!

during the month of november i launched pre-Christmas chocolate sales.  i'ts a great way to get a somewhat of a guesstimate on how many chocolates to make. 

this is the best picture i could find of my booth.  it looks much better than this

starting the weekend before thanksgiving, i've been pulling quite a few 14-16 hr days to get all my chocolates made, wrapped, packaged and sent.  my sister was out 1 week to help out with the Firefly handmade holiday market (in boulder) the 6-8.  our booth was SUPER busy.  so busy that saturday we didn't move.  no food, no bathrooms, just a constant influx of people.  which was super.  i was really pleased with how the market went.

vacation

afterward, beezer and i went home to help a full day of cow working.  it was great to finally be done with work stuff and on vacation.   ....  until i got THE EMAIL.  the email saying that there was a really strong request from people to have the market AGAIN the 21-22.  i was in a good mood and said that of course i would do this again.  then i came home.  and realized what i really signed up for.  which was 1 week of replicating my inventory from round 1.  additionally, i was out of boxes and have to make all these too.  so right now i'm staring down at only 5 more days until my real break.  every day i tell myself that "i can do this" only to be totally exhausted by the end.  ezra is having pooper problems again, the weather is too nice to be working inside and that might sum things
up! 

so!  if you are in need of some fabulous handmade gifts, come by 16&pearl in boulder this saturday and sunday (21-22) from 10-5 both days.  you can grab a sample from my mom or pay me for chocolates to take home.  either way, it will be a delicious start to your Christmas season.  seriously--come.  it's a good time. 

fritz still gives bella bean a daily morning bath.

Happy 6th birthday Ezra!!!

Andi

Will Larry Burnum please stand up?

Maybe he is one of the hidden people the islanders were telling us about?

Bean loves fritzel

"A bull named Sue" is finally done!

The largest lake in Iceland

And so clear that divers can experience vertigo

The polar plunge

It was a great afternoon

For riding buffalo creek!!!

one great week!

wow.  i wish every week could be like this.  i'm having the hardest time that one week ago we were flying into reyjavik.  4 jam packed days of amazing views and countryside...then followed by a jet lag day, my birthday and another friday.  (and weekend).  it's back to reality around here but a sincere thank you to everyone who wished me birthday wishes and made my day special! 

this is where the north american and european tectonic plates meet.  they move further apart around 3 cm/year.

 

What a blur

We get back from our day trip and fall right to sleep. So many things.... Waterfalls, steam, tectonic plates, glaciers.... But no northern lights thanks due to the massive cloud cover. Today we hit the blue lagoon for a few hours before heading back. We will get into denver around 5:45 tonight. Going to try and defy jet lag by staying awake on the plane. The odds of this actually happening are about slim to none.

Day 1

We didn't get much sleep on the way over even though it was about a 6h45 min flight. (Easy and very doable. As in doable enough to doit a few more times). Today we went cave exploring and walked around town. It's absolutely beautiful here. Dallas and I bought islandic wool hats and gloves.

Lazy afternoon... At least for doggies

First in public safety

Yes, mr hi-po---- since you can't really see through your back window I would call that lack in public safety. Not a great example, buddy.

Which one?

Today I cleaned the back yard to find a small tennis ball collection. Which one is Ezra's favorite? A tricky question as each of these have been one of his favorites in the past. Unfortunately they don't qualify as usable anymore (to Ezra). Some of you have asked how he is doing post his $1,000 poop. You would never guessed that anything ever happened to him. Glad it's back to normal around here.

Thanks to Ezra

We were able to experience a Friday morning from 11:30-3:20 at the vet. Ez ad a hard night. We have no idea what happened but his before pic is on the right, after on the left. This wasn't really the weekend we had in mind.

BFF

Esperanza's profile page is about to go public! If you know of anyone who wants a sweet dog let me know. Would love to find a wonderful, forever home!

Dallas said he was going to be hungry when he got home. So I went and bought dinner.

This year...

We let the squirrels do our pumpkin carving.

Foster dog!

(What was I thinking?!). We are currently fostering a pit bull. She is quite a cool dog. Just wants some love and snuggle time. Like all vicious pits, she has a mean lick and smile. If you know of anyone who would make an excellent home just let us know!

Dallas finally gets to use his liederhosen!

Andi

We took my parents hiking this past weekend. I tied panning for gold, only to find that my pie pans need replaced by the real thing.

Happy fall!

One way to carry your road bike

I could be good at this job

Yesterday my brother was kind enough to go into work on his day off so that we could tour the new fb addition at ksu. I don't know who currently has this position, but they better watch out. I'm comin for it!

Put me in coach, I'm ready to play.

The amazing things you find at beezers house!

Hi! I'm olive

And I look cute. But really I want to hiss and bite your head off. (Not our cat)

Redneck

We recently acquired a cannon to shoot Ezra's tennis balls. Dallas tries to aim for the buckets. It's a pretty good little system

Where have we been?

Makin chocolates, Dallas to Wyoming, open studio art class, riding bikes.... Not on the blog.

Yesterday we were planning on hiking antero (an incredibly long and boring 14er). After doing one last weather check at 4am as we were pulling out of the drive, the chance for storms was higher than the night before and if we wernt going to summit, we wernt going to go. Instead we found a great new trail closer to home and tested beanie's off leash hiking skills. This was her first 5mi hike and proves she will be able to tackle another mtn we have on tap for this year.

go to marczyk's fine foods!

today i dropped off chocolates at marczyk's! 
it's a great grocery store close to downtown.  clean, quaint and full of good stuff.

...now selling andichocolates!

Mondays are pretty tough around here

Andi

My parents can party

Rockies game at club level. Makes rain delays much more tolerable.

I totally deserved this...

Yesterday i simply forgot to walk the dogs. And I didn't quite forget, but I got sidetracked About 100x and kept thinking, "oh yeah...the dogs...in5 min". (Which for any of you who know me would expect no less.). I came home from run club to find I had been TP'd, by my own dog. Thanks, beanie.

chocolate raffle!

we are doing a huge raffle season over here-- so make sure you sign up... and your friends sign up... just sign up!  

raffle prizes include, but are not limited to:

additionally... some discount codes to use around the holidays

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Trips to the pet store are exhausting

At work today...

We sorted out some calves

It only takes 15...

Minutes for Bella to find the stinkiest pool of stagnant farm poop water and roll in it.

Employee Friday

At he Holste homestead, employees are required to wear their uniforms.

In case you were wondering....

Bella still has puppy sharp teeth. In addition to her leash, my beloved chaos will be headed in the mail tomorrow to get the straps repaired as well. I sure hope her chew treats come in the mail tomorrow!!

Andi

the big WF

the past week has been a lot of catch up--catch up with the overgrown yard that required 9 hrs of maintenance on sat, catch up with work making chocolates, catching up with laundry, sleep, you name it- i'm sure it needed done.

today was a big one-- bigger than all the rest.  today i had my 3rd meeting with whole foods.  jury is still out but i'm guessing i'll know by the end of the week if i made it or not

It's a good thing...

I'm not a pepper farmer.