For Elise's 8th birthday she invited four friends to go roller skating. After roller skating we came back to the house and had pizza, opened presents, played freeze dance, and had cupcakes. They were so cute and had so much fun!
Yesterday we were so excited to get outside and enjoy the 70 degree weather at the Annual Remax Community Appreciation Breakfast! We enjoyed free pancakes flipped by "The Uncle" and yummy sausage. The kids loved bouncing in the bounce house, getting their faces painted, their pictures taken, watching the magician, riding in the hot air balloon, choosing balloon animals, and picking out the perfect pumpkins. It was the PERFECT day and we had so much fun!
We were lucky enough to be invited on The Boat for some Labor Day Fun this year and it was the perfect day to be out on the water! We woke up early, enjoyed some breakfast by the Allen's, and soaked up the sun! The kids LOVED tubing, even our little ones that weren't so sure at first, and the rest of us just loved hanging out and watching the wake boarders/surfers! What a fun day it was!
Okay so 4 out of the 5 of us in our family have never actually been to Romania, but it still holds a special place in our hearts. For the last two years that we have lived in Denver we have traveled to Boulder to attend the annual Romanian Festival at the Pearl Street Mall. We love being able to enjoy a little insight into what Corbin may have experienced for the two years that he lived there while serving a mission. We love to watch the Folk dancers and then brush up on our dancing, we love to eat the food, well the bread more than the fermented cabbage that Corbin enjoys, and we love to run through the fountains...that have nothing to do with Romania, just something fun to do on a hot day. Corbin loved living in Romania. He learned to love the people he was serving and he left loving the culture as well and through him we as a family have come to love a country that we have never been to, but hope to visit one day!
Wow it's hard to believe that Elise is now is 2nd grade. It seems just like yesterday that I was taking her to Kindergarten in Vegas. This year Elise is going to yet another school. In case you are counting at home this is Elise's 5th school with all of our moves and then choosing to move her yet again to hopefully her final school for a long time! Elise loves school. Her teachers always tell me that she is such a joy to have in class, that she is kind to everyone, and that she is always demonstrating good behavior. We are so proud of her and so excited for yet another year of watching her learn and grow right before our eyes! Our little Ella Bella also started school this year, pre-school! She goes to an at home pre-school taught by two mom's in a neighboring ward. Not only do they focus on the usual pre-school lesson like letters, numbers, shapes etc., but they also incorporate Book of Mormon/Bible stories! I love the cute little things they bring home like "I can be one of God's servANTS" I'm so excited that she is learning all these neat things. She is so happy to finally be going to school like her big sister and everyday when she wakes up the first thing she asks me is "do I go to school today Mommy"? She is only going on Tuesdays and Thursday, but she loves being able to take her lunch and the best part is that she goes with 4 other girls from church, one being her best friend Kaiya! Good luck girls!!!
I hope you haven't given up on me since it has been 5 months since I updated our blog! We have been having just too much fun with trips to Vegas & Utah, visits from Grandma's, and lots of other fun things in between! So I have decided to just start from the last couple of fun things that we have done starting with Easton turning 3! This was such a bitter sweet day for me. Easton is our baby and short of a miracle will most likely be our last child, so when this day arrived I was a little sad. We took Easton out for dinner to Red Robin on his actual Birthday, just the family and gave him a couple of little gifts from the girls: pez dispensers, a slinky, and silly puddy, these are his favorite little toys. On Saturday my Mom came. Corbin took the kids to a movie so that we could get his "new" car bed all set up in his room, then surprise him when they got home. We found the bed on Craig's list and he was SO excited! He loves it and hasn't fallen out once, which was the whole reason for getting him a toddler bed. On Sunday we had some family and friends over for a BBQ, presents, and a cars cake! It was so fun to celebrate Easton! Most days he drives me a little crazy, especially since he has been potty training, knock on wood, no accidents for 2 days! But I am so in love with him. He is such a sweet little boy and many times during the day he is giving me kisses and telling me that he loves me. So Happy Birthday to my little Man!!!
Welcome to "Spring" in Colorado. The weather report said rain this morning with no mention of snow, but this is what we woke up to. This is what Elise looked like as we were leaving for school. This girl doesn't mess around. It was really pretty this morning as I was driving her to school. I just love how the snow makes everything all white. Elise even said that it looked like a Christmas card. We really needed the moisture too. We've been lucky this winter, it's been very mild. The good thing is that it's almost all melted and it will leave everything nice and green. And this is certainly a fair trade off for the great summer weather we will be enjoying soon.
I just had to share this. I thought it was so cute. This is a writing assignment that Elise had at school. 1. I wish my home was so clen. What? Do we live in the same house? Do you not know your own mother? I can assure you that our house is clean. So of course I asked her about it. "What do you mean you wish our house was so clean?" And she responded with, "well you know there are stains on the couch." and I responded with, "yea from you". Too funny. 2. I wish I had a big screen tv in my room. She must be her father's daughter. Not only does she want a tv she wants a "big screen". 3. I wish my Grandma livd with me. This was the only one that didn't surprise me. Elise is a Grandma's girl at heart.
Since Uncle Alan and family were out of town for the weekend we were the very lucky recipients of their season tickets to the Rockies game last night. Free tickets are pretty much the only way we get to a Rockies game these days. After purchasing tickets for four, paying for parking, and buying anything to eat, you are looking at close to $75 bucks. A pretty steep night out for a little family. But with free tickets, dinner eaten before hand and buying our own goodies at Target, all we had to pay for was parking, $10 a way better deal! We got there early, a first, and were able to sit and enjoy the pre-game fun and were even able to enjoy the National Anthem this time. It was a little chilly, but we had a great time. After the 2nd inning we took the kids over to the play area to let them run around and warm up. I think we made it about 2 hours leaving around 9 and they were only in the 4th inning. Thanks Uncle Alan we had a blast!
