Colorado 2011!

Every year, getting to Colorado with the kids gets easier and easier! This year was really great. The car ride itself is always horrid, but the kids were really great and didn't fuss very much at all. It was a far cry from the previous years where our ear drums were bleeding before we even got out of our neighborhood!

While we were there, we did exactly what we wanted and needed to do.. a whole lot of relaxing and just sitting around the house enjoying family and letting the kids play and spend time together.

Of course it was colder than a witch's -you know what- but at least it was sunny and a couple of days weren't too windy so we got to play outside, which the kids LOVE to do (notice the Texas kids are the only ones in coats- LOL!)! 

Grandpa reading a story!  These babies were read to A LOT!! 

They got a special treat when we got to go see a bunch of pretty Christmas trees decorated by differnt companies.  Grandpa's company was one of the hosts..

The LOVED it!

More playing outside!

Uncle Danny (Nate's new BFF) brought over Cars 2 movie for us to watch (we STILL had not seen it)!

Brian and I even got away up to the mountains one day!  Thanks for babysitting, Grandma! :)  Brian wanted to see some animals up close and he got his wish!

Aunt Pam reading to a full house!

One morning we woke up to several inches of snow.. They were so excited.. I just love this picture of LIlly looking out the window.. I think she is so pretty even with crumbs on her face!

Aunt Stephie is so much fun to play with!!  See Lilly eating the snow?!

Baking cookies with Grandma!! YUUUUMMM

Anna is getting so good at reading! 

All the cousins with Grandma and Grandpa!

Fun with Uncle Danny!!

Thanks to Pam for this DELICIOUS cake to celebrate the December birthdays!  IT.WAS.GOOD!

This was such a great trip, partly because I got to sleep with Lilly and she slept in until 9:30 every day, but mostly because the kids are at such a good age to enjoy spending time with family and really know what is going on and who they are spending time with.  We all enjoyed it- can't wait to be back in May for Aunt Stephie's graduation!!

MORE family pictures!

I'm a little befind on posts.. but for now.. more family pictures (in the same outfits!)!  It really pays to have photographer buddies!! 

Look what we made!!

The kids have been having so much fun at their new school. Last week they made little turkey hats with feathers made out of their handprints (didn't we all do some version of this craft when we were little??), and they couldn't wait to show Daddy the next morning!

My babies are getting so big so fast, how is this happening?!  They have full on conversations, they talk on the phone, they play by themselves, they sing songs and act goofy, they make me laugh so much!!!  How do I get them to stop growing so fast?!?

Trick or TREAT! Super-babies save the day!!!

Sorry about the late post!  Halloween was fun for all of us this year!!  I love that Nate and Lilly are old enough to understand what is going on, and what Halloween is all about (dressing up and getting CANDY for doing nothing)!! HA

We tried out a little carnival at their preschool where we went from room to room, and they played little games to get candy and prizes.  Nate was really loving it, but Miss Lilly was a little more shy.  That trend continued when we came back to our neighborhood and knocked on a few of our neighbors' doors.  Nate was running up to the doors by himself and ringing the doorbells, and Lilly hung back with me and grandma until it was ready to get candy.. then she would run up there, hold out her bucket, and run back!  (Brian missed out on the fun because he had to work :(  )

Ready to get some CANDY!

 Enjoying the loot!!!

 That weekend before Halloween we carved our first pumpkin!!