Mr. Noah Head

"MOM!!!!!  Will you picture me, please?  I'm SO silly!!!!!"

Dang, this kid is cute.....  =)

A Little Party and a Big Party

A Little Party
Our dear friends' little boy turned one last week and they threw a "little man" party for him.  It was above and beyond cute and WAY too much fun.  One of the best parts was a photo booth they had set up and took pictures with an old-school polaroid camera.  Here we are!!  This one goes in the memory books for sure!  =)

A Big Party
Our longtime friend, Kyle, who is pretty much like a Brother, got married in California a couple of weeks ago, and this weekend had his "Colorado reception."  We had the honors of helping with the dessert table and etc, but it seems the chocolate fountain was the biggest hit out of all the stations set up.  ;) 

What a Lovely Winter We're Having This Spring

The weather kinda toyed with us this past weekend.  It gave us a glorious day to play outside and even have a picnic!  But not just any picnic, a picnic in Denver with family!  We spent the late part of the morning and early afternoon with Greg's sister and her family up at their house, hanging out, catching up and having a little playdate if you will.  Then it was off to the park to eat and play!  It was too cute seeing the little cousins together.  =)

But..... this nice weather hasn't been the normal for us, and our week ahead is forecasted to have lots of snow as well.  So.... we'll just have to keep finding indoor activities to keep us occupied.

So far, Noah's practiced his cutting......

He's done a sensory activity......

We've watched movies, made cookies, read lots and lots of books, played many games, put together a few 100-piece puzzles, played with lots of "new" toys in the basement, cranked up the fireplace and had dinner picnics in front of it, colored in the giant coloring book, made milkshakes, colored on the windows, went swimming at the YMCA, went for fro-yo at our new yogurt place here in Monument, went shopping, tried new restaurants, had a few playdates with friends and etc.  We've done pretty much everything we could think of to pass the time since we've been stuck mostly inside waiting for the weather to turn warmer.  Shouldn't be too much longer though.  We can't wait to get out there!!!

Spring has sprung!

Easter 2013

Happy Easter!!!

Such a crazy fun weekend.  =)

Saturday afternoon, we dyed eggs at home.

Sunday morning started off with an Easter egg hunt that led to an Easter basket FULL of fun things.....

 

.....followed by the obligatory family pictures!

 

Then it was off to church - where a pretty big Easter egg hunt was waiting for all of the kids!

 

After church, we headed to our usual spot for a late breakfast (Einstein's), and then headed to Jen's Mom's house for lunch.  There, Noah dyed more eggs.....

..... got another Easter basket of goodies.....

..... went on another Easter egg hunt.....

..... and drank from the faucet after playing hard outside and enjoying the nice day.  ;)

Couldn't have asked for a better, more perfect day. 

 

 

Sunny San Fran

It's become part of our normal routine around here for Greg to leave Jen and Noah for a few days and travel for work.  Lucky for us, it's not that often. Lucky for us, Jen and Noah get to go with him whenever they want.  Lucky for us, his district is in California!  =)

So...... for the last few days, that's what we've been up to!  Greg decided to extend the end of his trip, Jen flew out and met him, and we made an actual mini vacation out of it! Sightseeing in San Fran, driving down the PCH, seeing the sights in Monterey and Carmel, having lunch and shopping in Santa Cruz, making the "17-mile drive" and spendng some time at Pebble Beach, stopping at random beaches to enjoy the sights/sounds, etc.

We had WAY too much fun getting away for a few days, being alone and just enjoying each other.   Next time we'll take Noah though. That boy loves the beach! :)

Here's a few pics from our adventure.......

 

 

Does this house look familiar?  =)

2 of the best lunches we had..... =)

We're already making our list for the next time we go out - there's just so much to see/do!

Gonna Take a Walk Outside Today.....

..... gonna see what we can find today......

It was a BEAUTIFUL day outside today, so we decided to take advantage of it and do some exploring in the hills/mountains behind our home. 

Coloring Fun

(By Jen)

 

Last week, while coloring on some of his jet coloring sheets, Noah excitedly called me over.....

"Look, Mommy!!!!  I drew you - two times!"

 

 

I had to ask Greg.... "do I REALLY look like that?"  ;)  

 

 

On a different note.... I don't always come up with the best and most creative ideas, but when I came up with this one, I totally had to toot my own horn.  =)  I printed up some "Jake" coloring sheets off the DisneyJunior website.... and LAMINATED them!!!!  Now he can color his favorite characters, over and over with dry erase markers, and I'm not constantly printing off coloring sheets!!!  He LOVED the idea and thought it was big fun to color and erase, color and erase, color and erase.....  =)