A Taste of Colorado??

Huh. A Taste of Colorado? I think it was just a taste of 10 different chain restaurants. We ventured down there Monday morning to hit the Lego tents (That is my son's new love- LEGOS! He and his Daddy have built castles, boats, trucks, space ships, airplanes, star wars thingies, etc. It is getting ridiculous how many tables we have with legos on them). Anyway, I was so disappointed in the actual food booths. They had the same ones on every street, in the same order. What happened to the variety and local restaurants? It was disappointing to say the least. Oh well, the kids had a good time!


I am making it my mission to do more posts. Our summer has been so full with so much and I want to document it! I did get a new camera, but still have no idea how to download, I am sure it is easy- but I just haven't done it. Slacker. I know. But I will try and do blogs on our fun trips, Gavin's fun trips with the Grandparents, hikes, Vegas, etc. etc. Too much fun!

Sloan's First Birthday!

Ok, I am back, unsure of how long though. I did get a new camera, so hopefully will be better at taking pictures and blogging!

Sloan turns 1 on Tuesday....so this past weekend we celebrated all weekend. My sister came over on Saturday to give Sloan her gift and of course cupcakes (because she flew out to Boston Sunday)! Sloan's first taste of some yummy sugar! She loved it. Completely dug right in and was sharing it with everyone. Then on Sunday we had a small party for her with the grandparents only. We learned with Gavin that he was too shy to enjoy his cake and let loose on his first birthday. So we decided since my sister was out of town to just do a small party. I am glad we decided to do that, she did not nap and had a late night the night before. So was very tired! I will do a longer post with pictures from that day and also her actual birthday (tomorrow). Greg is taking the day off and we are going to Estes Park! We haven't been back there since she was 11 days old. Should be fun! Here are some pics of her day- she decided to just dig in face first and loved her gift from us - a new kitchen!

Taking a Break

So for the summer I will be taking a break with blogging. First off my camera is broken, so my pictures are all on my phone and I think it is a pain to email it to myself, download to my computer, etc. I am not that technically savvy. Plus our summer has been so crazy and busy that I would rather spend my days sleeping in(Gavin woke up today at 8:45 and Sloan at 7:30- score!), going to the pool and playing with the kids. Sloan will be one soon and is definitely our drama queen and keeps me on my toes. Gavin is growing into such a boy and has taken the summer off from school, so we are trying to keep him busy and entertained. Lucky that is not hard to do!

So be patient, I will hopefully resume soon, but in the meantime- ENJOY!

My Baby....

Girl is now full on walking! Yikes! She just turned 10 months and must feel like she is missing out on life or something. She is amazing with her stability and balance. Yesterday she just stood in the grass for 3 minutes. Just hanging out. We were counting her steps and the last we counted was 20. Now we don't bother, she just motors. Unless she is feeling like she is too slow, then she drops and crawls. It is very cute. Now if she would only get some hair.

The pictures are from the wedding we went to in Nebraska. Both kids did great and were so cute. The pic of Sloan sitting down was her mad that her Daddy went into the house. She is such a Daddy's Girl!

Mexcio Part 2

Forgive me for no getting this out sooner. We were home from Mexico for less than 1 week and set off again for Nebraska for a wedding. We were gone for 5 days, got home and Greg the next day for 3 days for work. We are all finally back together and the house is put back in order. Yea! We will be back to normal for a week before Greg leaves again. Sheesh!

On our trip to Mexico we took a trip over to Isla Mujeres for the day. It was such a great day, but ended up being a very long day. We got to go to a wonderful place park that had snorkeling, zip lining, open bar, infinity pool and great walking trail along the cliffs. It was perfect getaway from the resort for awhile. Jason did some snorkeling while both boys zip-lined. I love the fact my husband did a spread eagle for his pose! Lovely.

It was a great time, with our lovely weather now, I would go back in a heart beat! There will be no blog about Nebraska, I did not take one picture, whoops! On the up side though, I got Lasik yesterday and this is my first post sans glasses! Yea! I can't believe I haven't worn them in a full day, my face feels naked. But I love to be able to see...

Mexico Part 1

Our last dinner of the trip!


Well Greg and I survived Mexico! It was a fun time, but I was very much ready to get home. Besides missing my kids so very much, I got a lovely case of Montezumas Revenge on our second day there. Super fun! But here is our trip in pictures. I will break this up into two blogs because one day we went to Isla Mujeres and we took over half of our pictures on that trip.

The boys doing shots at our pool off our room- that was an ugly evening that my husband barely remembers!

Our main pool

Having cocktails before dinner

My husband the last night. It was not a great day to fly the next day!

April thus far...

I am trying to get my act together. One more blog in the month of April. I remember fondly when I would do a few a week, or at least one a week. Now I am lucky to get 2 a month. Oh well! Who knew that having 2 kiddos would keep me so busy!

We started our April with some beautiful weather. That I why I love Colorado so, the day of our hike was 80, while the next day was 40! The pictures are from our first hike of the year. Gavin did wonderful and Sloan did ok. I only say that because while applying sunscreen, she rubbed her eyes and got some in them. Poor thing. She was a trooper though! Never cried a bit, just had that one eye tearing the whole time. She absolutely loved being in the back pack though. She just sat up there soaking it all in and then fell asleep about 1/2 way into the hike. We did 3 miles and Gavin had a ball, even Crash came along. We had to cross over a stream several times and he thought that was so cool. I can't wait to do more.

Greg and I are off to Mexico this Saturday with some friends. It will be our first long trip away from the kids. I am a little nervous for sure. I know they will be good, or at least I hope so. Both Gparents are watching them. So hopefully they behave! Hopefully I can fix my camera before we leave so we can get some pictures! Happy Easter!