March 2016

March was a roller coaster of emotions. We had 3 birthdays which is always fun. We also found a great house but it didn't work out for us - that was sad. We are determined to find the house that is right for us though! We are taking each day at a time and trying to make the most of it. I was grateful I was surrounded by my favorite little peeps on my birthday. The Big 2-9! I hear this is the year I stop aging - sweet!! 

Dressed up and waiting for Daddy to get off work so we could eat at Cafe rio - yum!!

I asked to get a DQ cake for my birthday. Every year growing up my Mom would make us a homemade cake and then we could also get a Dairy Queen cake. This cake did not disappoint! I am thinking we should get another one soon.... 

Avery & Jaxson are doing better to share a bed without as much fighting, which is nice. I am looking forward to them being in their own beds and own rooms though. 

We took advantage of the snow fall recently and took the kids sledding. The loved it!! I can see many sledding trips in our future :)

Someone is ready for some sledding fun. He actually didn't love it as much as I thought he would, but maybe that's because he can't really move all bundled up like that. He did enjoy eating the snow though!

We had some visitors during the month of March. My sister, Karen, and her husband Alvin came to visit. We had a blast and really enjoyed spending time with them. Look at what a good sport Alvin was having the kids harass him like this. I am sure Ryan enjoyed the break for a few days from all of the kids climbing on him. 

We walked around Red Rocks just outside of Denver.

The kids had fun exploring and climbing everywhere.

Karen was a trooper walking around with us at 35 weeks pregnant.

Love this family of mine, even if Ryan and I had to carry the kids up the entire trail (which wasn't extremely long, but long enough to make our arms very tired!) 

On Saturday morning we went to the Nature & Science Museum and then to our favorite Texas taco spot for lunch. It was a great day! It was great visit, come back anytime!

Astronaut Jaxson.

Future NASA employees?

Griffin liked getting up close and personal with the display cases.

Just a cute picture I snapped one morning. Griffin has been doing this thing lately where he will come sit on your lap and snuggle you if you are on the ground. I just get so tickled to see him do it to his brother and sister - melt my heart!!

See, they are doing better to get a long during the night! haha

We drove down to Colorado Springs for Ryan's birthday. We enjoyed a delicious Tucano's lunch buffet. We loved that Jaxson appreciated the food as much as we did. 

Yummy Tucano's birthday lunch!

Since Ryan and Avery's birthdays are 3 days apart, I decided to make them a combined birthday cake. Vanilla bean cake, strawberry whipped cream frosting, and vanilla buttercream - yum! 

Happy Birthday to our sweet and adventurous 4 year old girl!

Griffin knew how to eat the cake. 2 hands straight to the mouth. He was happy about it for sure.

What is a birthday without a trip to chuck e cheese?! It's Avery's favorite place ever. 

Riding the virtual game and loving life!

A picture of the birthday girl on her actual birthday. We did most of her celebrations early this year.

Cookie & icecream with a pink candle to top the night off.

The day after Avery's birthday (which was like 60 degrees) we received 20" of snow. It was crazy!! This is just outside our back door. 

The kids made their first snowman and loved it. The snow wouldn't really pack very well to make three distinct balls ... good thing the kids didn't know any different. Thanks for the kit Rhonda! 

The next week was Easter. This is Jaxson's buddy, Boston, from church/school.

The kids had a lot of fun running around and grabbing eggs. Avery was the most successful because her age group had a bit of a head start.

Watching this little guy wobble around finding eggs was so cute! He knew what he needed to do and was on a mission to do it.

Trying to get a picture of all of the kids at the end. Griffin was too excited to look at the eggs to bother with the camera. (fyi, those are all of the empty eggs we were giving back to the store).

Me & my girl

We decided we needed to keep tradition and dye eggs at home. I never do them fancy or pretty, but the kids love it anyway.

The Easter bunny found us and like always, brought too much candy!

I mean, just look at that smile. Someone is excited about the surprises in his basket! hahaha

We are grateful for the Easter season and what is represents. We believe that our Savior, Jesus Christ, lives. He was resurrected, and because of him, we can be resurrected too! What a blessing that is! 

Feb 2016

I can't believe that it is almost April. I am behind on my blogging! Another thing (finding a house!) has been consuming my mind. Hopefully that happens soon because I am tired of looking. Here is the compilation of photos I snapped during the month of February. 

Too tired to eat lunch. Griffin is kind of in the transition of 2-1 naps. I think he still needs two, but one would be so much easier! 

 Jaxson had fun at his kindergartens valentines day party. They had 8 stations of games to play. He had fun playing with his classmates.

 We have a big strong Daddy who can carry all of the kids at once.

 Jaxson & Avery doing a valentine's day project at Lowes.

 This little munchkin has been sticking out his tongue a lot lately.

 Movie Star Griffin!

 We went to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (thanks for the passes Rhonda & Lee!). They currently have a chocolate exhibit which is pretty cool!

 Making herself a throne in the animal area.

 The kids loved the discovery area - it was like a miniature children's museum.

 I don't remember what he ate here, but I thought it was cute!

 I was brave and took the kids to the zoo by myself (on free day too!). It was busy and parking was a nightmare, but we had fun!!

 There is a park right behind our house. The kids love playing there, even this little one.

 The kids have been enjoying nature walks as of late, especially when they find cool plants like cattails.

 Daddy bought Jaxson his first basketball - he loves it. We just got to get him registered for sports now. He is starting a flag football league this weekend and is excited.

 Sometimes the only way to get Griffin to be quite in church is to let him see himself in the phone.

 Snuggling with my littles

 The main grocery store here in Denver is King Soopers. Our nearest store has an awesome double horse ride that only costs 1 cent and the kids love riding it!

 At the end of the month, we went back to San Antonio to pack up our belongings. Ryan and Jonny were excited to see each other...

 We went paint balling with a group of friends from the ward - so fun!!

 After it was finished.

 Making a stop at HEB - my favorite grocery store.

 Sitting at the houses while it is being packed up. It was hard trying to keep this make occupied - good thing he loves PB & J!

 A cool lizard I found the same day.

 My friends were so good about letting me crash at their place for the afternoon when I had no place to go. Avery loves playing with Scarlett!!

 We got to celebrate a friends 30th birthday at the cheesecake factory. Fun times with my friends!

 I took Jaxson to his old school to see his class. They started chanting his name and all gave him huge hugs. I was definitely letting the tears fall. I miss that school & teacher - he was adored!

 They gave him hugs before leaving - and I was crying again. I hope I can find a school/teacher here that I loved just as much as our SA school.

 Playing with friends at the church while Daddy played in the Elders Quorum basketball tournament. I am sure they were glad he was there because they won (and wouldn't have without him!).

 Saying bye to Avery's best friend Scarlett - boo!!

Back to Colorado now - this boy is happy to please as long as there is water involved!