Memories for Me

Her sweet baby face - 4 months old


The horses that gather in view from my backyard

His excitement every time we play outside

Making snow angels in our backyard

This Afternoon

EVERY SINGLE TIME Jake comes through the door from a day of work Conner runs screaming towards him, they tackle each other for quite a while, and eventually mellow out and try to calmly say hello to Grace and I...usually with Conner still hanging on to Jake's back or arm or leg. It's the cutest...and loudest...thing you've ever seen. Conner has been doing this since he could walk! Heres what it looked like today...

And here are two random pictures also... this one is just showing that Mr. Bubbles is just as fun as I had remembered.
Aunt Jenny gave the kids the cute animal slippers, so I thought I'd let the kids show them off. Such hams!

Music and Meatloaf Madness

We gave Conner's Aunt Katie "Guitar Hero" (a game for the Wii) for her birthday and of course Conner couldn't get enough. He kept wanting a turn...but then so did we all. You rock, Bud!





Aunt Katie thought it would be fun to include Conner in the mashing of the meat for our meatloaf dinner. At first he thought it was gross, but once she showed him how much fun it was, he dug right in and made a big mess.






I had seen this cake in a magazine and just had to try it. Who wouldn't want to eat a cake that looks like a giant Oreo? As I thought, delicious. Happy belated Birthday, Katie!

Bald is Beautiful

Grace is all smiles these days. She loves interaction and has the cuttest little giggle. She has grown into wearing mostly 6 months size clothes, but don't be fooled, she's still small. She weighs almost 13 pounds, is 24.8 inches long, and is still completely bald. It's alright though -Bald is beautiful.

Marking a Milestone- Rolling Over

Grace has officially rolled over (and over and over and over.) She went from back to tummy first, then tummy to back, and then just kept going. By the end of the day she was rolling to the left and right forwards and backwards. I now have two mobile children. Ahhhhhh! Oh, and can you believe it...I don't have a camera in the house to document this. Oh well. :)

Courtney Driscoll Does Colorado

Courtney was a high schooler back when I worked with the high school youth group at East Lake Community Church in South Carolina. She is still an amazing person... only now she is into her college years. Jake and I really enjoyed having her out for a week, and although we had a blast out and about, the best part of her stay was our heart to heart talks day after day. I just love this girl!!


When she first got here, she reallllly wanted to play in the snow. It was beautifully sunny...which meant it was melting quickly, but at least we got out before it was all gone.












One the warmest day of the week (65 degrees) we went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Of course we had to show her the amazing giraffe experience.




And meercats...


And elephants...


And hippos...


And the awesome view of Colorado Springs (behind us.)


We did spend quite a bit of time just enjoying each others company at home, watching movies and old Friends episodes (can't go wrong with that,) and adoring the kids.



Court brought great gifts for the kids.


Of course she didn't know exactly what she was getting herself into...


Then again, neither did Conner. :)


Don't worry...they were good friends in the end.



We spent a little time trying to encourage Grace to roll over, but she's still content just moving all around on her side.


Do you remember that Grace was Little Bo Peep for Halloween? Check out the bib Courtney brought her! Adorable.


After being home with the kids a bit, we decided we needed to get out and have some adult time...and be as fabulously feminine as possible. So we went had got our hair highlighted!



After all that time messing with our hair, it went into a ponytail.


Courtney used to live here in the Springs when she was very young, so I drove her by her old home. Sadly, She didn't remember it.


And finally, of course we took her to Garden of the Gods, the best attraction of Colorado Springs. It's simply beautiful every time we go.