03.27.15

Surgery & Golf
My first pic is of...popsicles. Thinking about my oldest nephew as he goes in to get his tonsils removed.

















We enjoyed our first round of the season out at Bear Dance today. Even managed to get in a selfie. :)

01.04.15

No Football
How do you fill a Sunday with no football? (At least football that really doesn't matter?) Cleaning and sledding of course! Did some closet purging and organizing and then headed to the sledding hill again...this time with the Kenyon family.

01.02.15

Day of Fun
These days don't come as often anymore...a day to watch the nephews. Back when they were "little", just an FYI they are three and six, I could always count on some downtime when they took a nap...not anymore! I was the one who needed the nap.

While waiting for the pool to open, we had to get in some video games...LittleBigPlanet was the game of choice.

We then made our way to the Castle Rock Rec Center for some fun. The last time I took Matty there he had just turned two. Back then he wouldn't go down the kid's slide on his own. (Aunt Jen had to take him and then got in trouble because she was too "big".) This time he spotted the big slides and was hooked. He spent all his time there while Ryan and I hung out in the shallows playing shark. (He also had no interest in the smaller slide...guessing that will change just like his brother.) 

After a lunch of Old McDonald, we headed to the sledding hill, AKA - Red Hawk Ridge's driving range. It's the perfect spot...no rocks or crap under the snow and it's a nice long slope. We had picked up two tubes the day before, but Matty insisted on the sled from the garage. He made one run down the "regular" section of the hill and then spent the rest of the afternoon going down the section with the jump at the end. (Even impressed some of the older boys there.) As for Ryan, he got a few less runs in due to the fact that either Uncle Chad or I had to tow both our tube and him, in his tube, back up the hill. It was a great workout! 


With a couple of unhappy, very tired boys, we made our way home for some hot chocolate and popcorn.

Later in the evening, after all children were safely home with their mom and day, Aunt Jen had a little refreshment of her own! Santa knew she would get good use out of the ice spheres!

12.19.14

Getting Ready for Christmas
I got one of my last-minute gifts done for the boys...it is actually from Mr. Big. 

I also stocked up for the adults! Anxious to share some Breckenridge Bourbon during the holidays!

12.13.14

Busy, Busy, Busy
Got up early enough to workout and catch the beautiful sunrise.

Started off the day with a helicopter ride over downtown Denver. This was part of the Teacher Envoy Program with the Wings Over the Rockies Museum. It was a short ride, but fun. Link to my photos on Google+

On my way home, stopped off and took holiday photos for my sister's family...found a great bridge.

Then it was back home to take care of last minute cleaning and decorating for hosting the dessert & white elephant portion of our CSE Holiday Party. We had a GREAT time and I ended the evening with a nightcap...then realized that I am out of Breckenridge Bourbon!

03.22.14

No Plans to Plans
The first official day of spring break started out as a cold, snowy day...nothing exciting, as with most of the day. We probably ended up with about 2 inches.
















Got a call for an impromptu family dinner with pizza on the grill and we couldn't say no! 

We also got to help with the set-up of Ryan's new "big boy bed" and wall art. Grandpa built the bed and it turned out great! I'm anxious to hear how the first night went. Dusty Crop Hopper will be watching over him.

01.07.12

Happy Crab

Had two surprise visitors this am...two of my nephews. Matty and I made this "happy" crab using his hand prints. He was impressed with its googley eyes.