Our First Zoo Trip

April 25, 2013

Our Christmas present was used to get a season pass to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  I will say that it is steep!  Wow, you really can get a work out going up the hills.  It was pretty cool though to see how many giraffe's they had.  One was just a baby.  So cute.  We picked a busy day and had to get bused in.  The weather was a little chilly but we did have fun.

Parker was a brave kid and reached out to touch these gentle giants.  You can feed the giraffes for $2.  In comparison to Atlanta I would have to say I like Atlanta more.  Maybe it's because there are more exotic type animals.  One of my favorite animals in Cheyenne Mountain zoo is the Moose.  The lions are huge and majestic.

A little playground to play at.

On our way out the kids had a race in the strollers.  We had fun running down the hills.  All in all it was a good time and we look forward to more days at the zoo.

A Bit of Life

Spring 2013

Life does happen and sometimes it can get messy.  It's always fun though.  Here are a few pictures from sometime in the spring. :)

Willie with his two students working on a Masters.  Roxanne and Nathan.

Where Have We Been?

July 7, 2013

It seems as if we have been on  a roller coaster for the last year of our lives.  We had a baby, Willie graduated, we moved across country, Parker started school, we visited Utah (a lot), we were sick for a month straight, and then we saw Spring.  We thought we weren't busy enough so we started looking to stay in Colorado Springs a little longer.  After doing some research and looking around we decided to buy a home.  Our very first purchased (loaned) home.  We rent no more.  This photo was taken the first day we went to look at it.  

We have kept busy by going through the process of buying a home in a months time, packing, cleaning, going to Utah yet again and then coming back to Colorado to move our things (pretty much by ourselves this time) in a weeks time.  After all of the busyness I have become sick.  Our new home was a good deal and because it was such a good deal there will be a lot to work on; but who can buy a home that doesn't need to be worked on?  So when I'm done being sick and we've moved our things in and we've had a few repairs done then I will begin posting again; trying to catch up.  

Easter Bunny

Easter Saturday!

This is a post for the past.  Here are pictures with little commentary to tell of our fun on Easter Saturday.  The Bunny visits on Saturday so we can reflect more on the life of our Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday.  

We found this twin bed frame for free on craigslist.  My idea is to sand it down and stain it for Parker's new bed.  We'll have to see how long it takes.

Jiji and Hunt

March 29, 2013

At Parker's school they have a program called ST Math.  He was one of the first two kids in his kindergarten class to finish 100% of the program.  If the kids finished by a certain time they all received a shirt with the penguin (jiji) on it.  Parker loves math and he did awesome with this program.  He also made a little penguin out of an egg carton.  

In past years we go to a friends house who has a fabulous yard for doing an Easter egg hunt.  This year I didn't know of anyone and we had missed some hunts due to the snow on that particular day.  So I decided to host a little one, maybe I can make it tradition.  We had a little hunt and then frosted some cookies.

 A bonus was that on this particular week day Willie was able to be home.  A nice little treat.

 The group of kids.  We invited the Bleckers, the Reusch's, and the Andersons.

I'm glad the kids could have some fun this year for Easter.  Thanks to all the moms who were willing to participate with their kids.

Mellow March

March 2013

Caroline is another month older.  This month we just enjoyed being indoors and relaxing a little.

 The boys loved the photo shoot and helped Caroline to smile often.  They joined in on the fun eventually.

 Henry being a goof wearing my shoes after church.  They fit so nicely.

 A Pinterest find was this fun idea for a movie night.  We have plenty of boxes from when we moved so it was easy to pick a nice one out for each child.  I had to make sure to have a small enough one for Henry to get into.  I let the boys paint the boxes and then we added headlights and wheels.  We also put on their license plates with their names on them.

 We watched a movie and ate pizza for dinner.  They had so much fun!

 Later on I realized I had two big boxes the same size.  I taped them together and let the boys paint it.  They really loved doing this project too.  A cardboard box house to play in.  It has been a favorite for about a month.  I thought I had a picture of the final project but I can't find it.  The boys have pulled their blankets and pillows inside as well as all their stuffed animals and cars.  It really has been a fun little thing to play in.  Well worth it.

Favorite Snow.

February 2013

Our one really good storm of the year.  I was so excited.  Willie helped our neighbor shovel her drive way.  The boys helped a little too.

 School was canceled.  Henry and Caroline stayed inside most of the time.  Here is what they did to stay occupied while the rest of us played in the snow.

 Caroline ventured out for a little bit.  She was bundled up really nicely in her pink marshmallow snowsuit.

 The snow is very bright and so Lincoln needed some shades.  We don't really have a hill at our house and so we built one.  I moved a few shovel fulls onto a nice spot by the driveway.  Everything from the drive way was used for our little hill.  We used our new sleds from Grandma Nanette and Grandpa David.

 Our little hill didn't work too well at first so we moved to the drive way where it was slick.  The kids had a ton of fun sledding in the driveway.  They were doing lots of fun tricks too.  Caroline went down but we could never coerce Henry to come out for even the tiniest bit.

 The next day we got the hill working fairly well.  The driveway was no longer slick so they had to be content with our little 3 foot hill.  We invited our neighbor over.  Selah had a good time too.  We let her borrow a couple of things to keep her warm.  Oddly we had a lot of snow gear to share.