Girls day...

I am so lucky to have married into such a wonderful family, I adore them all! One of my favorite things to do, however we don't do it as often as I would like is to be with Bev and Jamie. Yesterday we headed over to Boulder for a lovely lunch at Laudisio's on 29Th street mall, and then walked around for a bit before grabbing a Starbucks and heading to our pedicure appointments. It was such a perfect day, with two of my favorite people! Hopefully 2011 will bring more of the girl days I love so much!

Jamie and Bev we clearly need a picture of just the 3 of us! Next time we are together we need to make that happen :)

Snow day!

Finally, we have some snow to play in!! Although when it snows it's cold and not fun to drive in. It is so pretty outside, a winter wonderland! This morning the kids put on their snow gear and headed out to help Joe snow. They didn't last all that long out there, as it's freezing 7 degrees with a wind chill of -14 but they at least got to go out and enjoy it! For now, I am enjoying the snowy weather, next week when I have to get Emma to school and get back to reality probably not so much!

Hot tubbing and Wii playing with the cousins...

As Joe said it, "this has been my favorite day of break other than Christmas!" It was such a great day/night. Joe and Uncle Chad headed out to golf at the Vista Ridge golf course, both got year memberships there for Christmas! Jamie and the boys and me and the kids headed up to the club to meet the guys for dinner. We enjoyed a great dinner and some drinks and then headed back to our house for some hot tubbing and wii action. It was so fun, the adults as well as the kids all got into it! I loved that toot was dressed up like buzz light year pretty much the whole evening! The little boys also did a sword fighting game, and you would have thought they were really competing for some sort of title. It was so fun to watch! So great to sit and have a glass of wine with Jamie and catch up, one of my favorite things to do! Thanks Green's for a wonderful evening, looking forward to many more out at the golf course!

Happy Birthday Elmo!

My mom's birthday is two days after Christmas, so every year we try and make it extra special for her since it has gotten lost in the Christmas shuffle in the past. Not to mention, 3 years ago my grandma Theresa my mom's mom passed away on her birthday. Needless to say this is a hard time of year for her. This year we took her to dinner at a new place in Lafayette called Tutti's. It was wonderful food! The added bonus was it has a very cool play area for the kids, movies, wii, train set and you can even color on the walls. It was hands down the best dining experience we have had with our children. My mom laughed and had such a good night, she deserves a birthday like this every year! Happy Birthday Mom!

Glee!

We got Emma the Glee Wii karaoke game for Christmas, however once I tried it I wanted it more for me than for her! It is so fun! We had a family singing night last night, and Joe, Emma and I all got really into it. Jack is still kinda little for it, so he waited patiently and got to play Wii sword fighting!

Christmas

WOW!! Every year seems to get better and better! The morning started about 6:30am with Joe's parents heading over to watch the kids open their gifts. (I love that Randy & Bev do this) such wonderful grandparents! Then we had a nice breakfast and played with our new toys. We talked to my dad in Glenwood and something I have never done before but was really cool, we skyped with our good friend Dan in England. It was fun to see him and hear about his families traditions. We headed over to Mimi & Poppa's mid afternoon to open gifts with them. Auntie Jamie, Uncle Chad, Clayton & Taylor met us there too. It was so fun!! Watching the kids all get so excited and then play together was so fun! Randy & Bev always do such an amazing job and extremely generous! Joe and I got a gift certificate for new fans, something I have wanted since we moved into this house 6 years ago. I was so excited!!!

After a wonderful Ravioli dinner we sat around chatted and enjoyed some wine and each others company. I think it was my favorite Christmas!! Such a wonderful family I married into!

Christmas Eve....

It's hard to believe it is Christmas Eve 2010. Emma is almost 6, and Jack almost 3 1/2. Time goes so fast.... we did our traditional Christmas Eve (minus moose milk, since we did it on the 23rd) Christmas service at 3pm, followed by dinner at Kate & John's and then gifts with my side of the family. It was nothing short of wonderful. Good food, family, laughter, good wine, and of course watching our kids eyes light up as they tear open their packages. We are all so blessed, not just for the gifts that we open, but the gifts of family and friends. The things you can't put on a shelf, but something that I cherish so much more! Merry Christmas Eve!