Friends!

Just last weekend we were blessed to host our friends for a couple of days. We have known Tim and Alia for 5 years. I met Alia when I worked at the Archdiocese, as she did too. Shortly after we were involved in a married couples Bible study with them, which strengthen our realtionship. Though, two years ago they moved to St. Louis... needless to say we don't see them very often. We were overjoyed to hear that they would be coming to town and honoring us with their presence. Our kiddos are only a few short months apart from each other, so it's comforting to have friends who are in the same boat we are!

from left: Alia, Tim holding Dominic and Issac

Thank you Tim, Alia and family for coming to visit! We had a wonderful time!! We look forward to more times together in the future.

Cereal Necklaces

The other day I decided that it might be fun to have the kids make some cereal necklaces. And, they had a blast!! Not only did they eat a TON of Frosted Fruity Cherrios, but Jonathan did a great job of stringing the cereal on the yarn all by himself. It was a success. Jonathan stringing the cherrios on

He for sure ate his fair share... but Catherine did too! Catherine sporting her new necklace... very proudly!

Jonathan had me take NUMEROUS pictures of him with the necklace on. He was more proud than Catherine!

I'm here!

Dearest Family and Friends,

Lest you think that I have totally neglected this blog- or have stopped blogging- be assured that I have not forgotten it! For some reason or another, I have had a very difficult time getting back into my regular routine- ever since Thanksgiving. I do have lots of fun pictures and stories to share from the past couple of months. Thank you for your dedication and interest in me and my family. I look forward to sharing more with you soon!

Talk about imagination

Jonathan has grown to love football these past couple of months. You can frequently catch him running around the house "tackling" himself and practicing his drop-kick. The other day he walked into the kitchen with a diaper box on his head... as his helmet!! Gotta love this kids' imagination.

Happy Belated Halloween!

For Halloween my parents decided to make the trip up to Denver to see their grandkids dressed up! We all met up at my brother's new house for lunch and hangout Saturday afternoon.

I tried to get some pictures of Padriac dressed up as a skelton... but they just didn't turn out. But, he was ADORABLE!Grammy holding Catherine the Tiger. She loved the costume and could have worn it all day!Jonathan was an elephant. He went back and forth as to whether he liked wearing the head part of the costume. Catherine and daddy

Me with the kids after their trick or treating experience. They both had a wonderful time! Catherine caught on quickly... and would run up to the doors to exclaim "Trick or Treat." Once she got her treat she said "thank you." It was adorable!

Cute winter hat

For the past several weeks, I have been searching for a winter hat for Catherine. The ones that I found were either, in my opinion, quite ugly or way over priced. I wasn't about to pay $10 for a hat that she is going to wear for a couple months. I, then, decided that I would take my 50% off coupon to Michael's and buy some yarn. So, for $2.50 in yarn and my Knifty Knitter (if you don't have one you should!) I made her a hat in about two hours- and I am slow! It was so easy and really fun. Now, I just have to convince her that hats are fun to wear!!

Snow Days!

As I mentioned in a previous post, we were snowed in for two days this past week. So, I am sure that you are asking yourself 'what does one do when snowed in?' Fear no more, I am hear to rest your weary, wondering mind.

We raced match box cars and trains down ramps:

I won that race, of course!

Jonathan and Chris found out which car could go the farthest once off the ramp... the red little fire truck.

We built a fort and read lots and lots and lots of books in it.

And Jonathan practiced his kicking skills!At the end of the two days, surprisingly, everyone was in good spirits! And, don't worry, Catherine was around having merriment admist the fun... she just didn't make any of the pictures for some odd reason.