The Monster Died

Crazy Ella

Trying to eat lunch but falling asleep

Brooklyn copying Ella getting her hair brushed...

When I brush Ella's hair I have to use a lot of detangler spray and she always yells OW a million times when I do it. Here is Brooklyn copying her...she obviously doesn't even have enough hair to tangle, what a little faker:)

Reunion at the Clement House!

I just love this group of girls (we missed you Becky)! Many of these girls were my very first friends when we moved to Colorado 20 years ago! We grew up together through elementary school, middle school, high school, college and now to where we are now. They are so great! We spent so much time at the Clement's house which is where we were at here. So many GREAT memories:) It was fun having our girls added to the mix this time!

Stephanie, Cassie, Me, Kiana, Kelin and C (Christine)

The Wildlife Experience

My friend Cassie was in town from Arizona with her son Aidan. We met up at the Wildlife Experience with the kids and her parents. It was so great to see them!!

Brushing Teeth

What a big girl...brushing her own teeth:) She climbs on the toilet, reaches for the water and brushes her teeth! Ella thinks it's hilarious:)

More Snow!!

Bev bought the girls a snowball kit...it's awesome! They love it! It truly does make the perfect snowball:) We tested it out while Josh was shoveling the other night.

Happy 5th Birthday!

Ella wanted to have a birthday party with her preschool friends. We met at Bliss for cupcakes and then went to the Sweet and Sassy Salon for manicures. The girls were adorable and had so much fun! They are such a cute little group:)

Jenna, Sydney and Nadia eating cupcakes
Brooklyn loving her cupcake!!
Barbies, Barbies and more Barbies!

Squinkies!
Picking out rings
Nina and Brooklyn

The whole group getting manicures
Ella and Sydney
Tori, Jenna, Ella and Sydney
Luciana, Nadia and Genevieve
Jenna and Ella
Tori, Nadia, Sydney, Jenna, Luciana, Genevieve and Ella:)
The girls noticing they are on a big screen TV above them!
Topping it off with a little Red Robin:)

Baking Blueberry Muffins

In the picture, they look like they're being so sweet and sharing. In reality, just before this...they were fighting for a position! Elbowing each other, pushing and crying. It was so funny! I let them have it out until they figured it out and then they were good:)

Show and Share

Ella's class has show and share when it is their day to bring snack. The kids look forward to this day SO much! They get a brown paper bag and they can bring anything they want to share as long as it fits in the bag. The possibilities are endless...and THIS is what Ella decided to bring! An old chewed up bath toy that I didn't even know we still had! I wonder what her teachers thought when she pulled that out:)

Happy New Year!

We spent New Year's Eve this year at a cabin with friends in Estes Park. The place was awesome! The night we met everyone up there, the temperature was -1! The wind chill was -26 degrees, was blowing like crazy AND the power went out! The cabin had 3 fireplaces but they were all electric so they did no good! It was FREEZING!!! After a couple hours of being bundled up, frozen and catching up with friends in the dark, the adventure was over and the power and heat came back on! Thank God! It was such a fun weekend playing games, watching movies and most of all relaxing.





Craig, Jeff, Tom and Josh
Playing Xbox Kinect...which has a camera/sensor that video tapes your body as you run through obstacle courses and other active type games. It was crazy! We loved it!!


Playing dominoes with Melissa
Ella loves Craig...she nicknamed him Tiger Tiger this trip!