Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas photo overload

I probably didn't need to post all these pictures, but I just couldn't help it. Everyone is just so cute! We had a great time in Montrose, and then back at our house for more presents. We are blessed! And seriously, I know I've said it before, but Hannah is the CUTEST EVER!

Hannah enjoying some dessert.



out of order, of course, a bunny in our back yard that Cade snapped a photo of.


Cade picked out a huge puppy for Hannah since she loved his giant penguin so much. She loved "doggie!"



Hannah loves Cade :) (and vice versa. "she's nice" Cade kept saying. Must be different than little brothers ;)


Cade built Jeff an awesome demolition tool and hid it in the garage with a treasure map to find it.




Cade taught Hannah how to touch his new ipod touch. I'm sure Jenn and Jake are thrilled to have her learning video games at an early age ;)


Hannah helped Cade open his gifts.


Some of the pictures I had to include just because the candid facial expressions are hilarious.


Jenn and Jakes dog Lucy enjoyed the presents, too.



Cade, Jake and Jenn


Grandpa, Hannah and Cade




Cades cousin Conner brought over his awesome drums and everyone gave them a try. (even Hannah and Grandma!)


Hello, how cute is Conner???!!! And that boy had rhythm!



Patsy and Jim


Grandpa and Hannah



Hannah literally knew almost all the words to the entire Frosty the Snowman song.


Jenn and Jake




Rockstar!


Kylie the rockstar


Hannah telling Jeff all about "baby."





Helping Jeff load the dart gun. Another thing I'm sure Jenn and Jake are thrilled she learned ;)


The tradition of snow shoeing after Christmas-gorgeous


Jeff and Cade


Cade, Kylie and Conner


Back at our house doing one of his favorite things-drinking egg nog. Not just any egg nog-the BEST egg nog in the history of the world. Royal Crest. 12%. Yep.


More presents at our house!


Oops, a stray picture from Montrose. Jared, Conner, Cade, Jeff and Kylie.


Not sure what Jeff got, but clearly it's awesome





Parallel clamps? OH YEAH.




A cool remote jet from Aunt Ann.



Checking out the multi tool that he was so excited to finally get!

And I think that's all for now folks. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmastime is Here!

Well, Christmastime WAS here. I've been trying to post some pictures FOREVER but the computer just would not cooperate. We have faster Internet now, though, so it's working. YAY! We've had a great week with Cade here and we have another week to go! :) I've had two fun Christmas parties with friends and we celebrated with Jeff's family in Montrose. We've also played in the snow with my parents. We still haven't even opened all of our presents yet. "That's one good thing about having so many parents-there are lots of presents." Cade. ;) I'll check in again soon. I hope you've all been enjoying a season of peace, love, joy and rest. Merry Christmastime!

Liz and Kevin's adorable place downtown. They did a gorgeous job decorating-as soon as you walk in you feel at home.



Staci, Grace and Liz. We celebrated with cini-mini's and apple cider.


Me and Liz


Grace and Stace were cracking up! We had to take about 5 pictures before they could pull it together :)





Jeff and I had a Christmas date last year and I made all green and red food. I decided it should be a tradition (the date night, not the green and red food) so this year we had an italian theme. Pizza bread and spaghetti with meatballs. YUM!



I went to Tiff and Brian's beautiful home in Denver for another party with the college gals. Tiff has done an amazing job with their place. You feel like you are walking into a catalog. It was so fun celebrating with a Raclette meal.

Me, Tiff, Steph, Grace and Sar


Here we are getting ready to sled at my parents place. It was so cool trying out the sled Cade built. It worked GREAT and was super fast!


There goes Mom!


Dad trying out Cades sled.


What is he doing? Maybe the tube is too slow for him!


Cade even said the sled was easy to push up the hill.


Mom and Dad thought they'd go down the hill together. Mom looks like a raggedy ann doll!

We roasted hot dogs after the sledding trip. A really fun day!



More pictures to come!

An open letter to the school district

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