Year in Review - September 2014

The month began while we were still on our road trip

While traveling I only like to eat at places that I can't eat at at home.  

The trip home took us to chowhound!

It wasn't spectacular but it was a fun mom and pop burger joint.

I think this trip was my first time to cross the continental divide by land (as opposed to air).  

It was a neat experience to me.

These pics are actually from August but didn't make the last post.  We had to say goodbye to some lovely friends who were some of our very first friends here in Colorado Springs!  :(  

Boo.  But we will look forward to visits somewhere somehow in the future.  

A good friend and I began diving into the scriptures together in the mornings and it has been really good to me and for me.  God is Good!  He knows what we need.  

I built a chair/blanket/tablecloth tunnel for the kids.

It was a hit.  

Fall decorating, this little squirrel has quite the supply of nuts!  

We had a BIG trip coming up and I was prepping for weeks!  

These two love each other so much!  

Looking online for accommodations.  Do you see one of the places we were headed???

Pushing the cart on a shopping day with Nana and Mama while Brother was in preschool.  

So excited to be surprised by Nana joining me to pick him up from school!  

We took the kids to chickfila for lunch.  I had JUST commented that we were at such as sweet spot because David was big enough to go into the play area by himself and Cora didn't realize it existed yet and so was happy to sit and hang out with us at the table.  When we went in to get David so we could leave, she walked right in, started climbing up to the top of the play structure before I even knew what was happening and was going down the big slide!  She is one brave and adventurous girl!!!

Playing with the nativity in September

When we visited my friend Jenny in May we tie dyed shirts.  David calls his his "tie day" shirt.  He likes it a lot!

Splashing around in the water in our footie Christmas jammies!!

Sweet boy, we let him stay up a little later to read in his bed and he fell asleep! 

My sweet nephew Caleb captured this fun photo!

Getting our taste buds ready for Italian food.  

Another library book we really enjoyed!

Narrowing down clothing choices, matching outfits and packing!!!

Next up, our trip!  

ten on ten (or so) - February 2015

We are on day 7 of a pesky virus with cough and fever and we found out today, a nasty double ear infection for Cora so we have been trying a lot of distractions including balloons in the bath! 

infant tylenol at the ready

For Valentine's week I stuck hearts on everyone's door frames in the night with little notes of love on them.  Disclosure: the only way this actually happened was that I had seen the idea a long time ago, cut out the hearts and wrote them a couple months ago, kept them in a place where I knew where they were and made a note on my calendar to simply stick them on the doors!  If I had had the whole project to do, it wouldn't have happened this week.

I love the days they sleep later than me!

Breakfast before preschool!

Free breakfast for Mama after preschool drop off.  Thank you chickfila for free breakfast Tuesdays in February!  Also got a yogurt parfait for the sweet pathetic girlie.  Trying to tempt her with anything to eat while she's not feeling well.  It is still so crazy after only having a child we couldn't feed dairy to because of his allergy that we can now feed dairy to a child.  And she does love yogurt we've discovered!

poor sick girlie :( 

Thankful for God's grace getting me through the day

another bath . . . thankful to see this smile again for a little while!

David decided that we should have an early Valentine's party after dinner.  Gathering supplies for him to make some decorations after preschool.  (This didn't ever actually happen by the way - keeping things real.)

washi tape adventures during naptime

hand washing after preschool - I can't believe he can reach the sink on his own these days!

poor sweetie only wants to be held by Mama

curled up with her head in my lap on the couch while the three of us read

crazy boy!

sleeping beauty

first time using the kinetic sand!  It was a hit!  Have any of you made your own?

I thought this was pretty creative.  He was making it look like the Colorado flag he said.  Of course it sort of grieves me that he was doing the Colorado flag and not the Lone Star but we do live here . . . 

I hope she is well enough to wear this!  

My mom, Cora and I went to Monument for a girls shopping day last Thursday and I got to check out a new children's consignment shop I'd been wanting to visit.  If you're local, check it out.  SUPER cute, very nice proprietor and great prices!  

getting ready for the new music class I'm starting

seeing green in the kitchen feels good!  Cilantro can be decorative and delicious, right?  

Are you a cilantro lover or hater?  There seems to be no middle ground.  We are lovers including David who requested soup with cilantro on top for dinner tonight.  

red beans and rice for dinner last night (when I took these pics, writing the post a day later, hence soup tonight!  Confusing?)

sooo thankful she is feeling well enough to play!  

And this smile was SUCH a welcome sight!  It has been hiding most of the time lately. 

kids are in bed!  starting a new library book

tired parents sharing the couch 

Thankful for this man and the good husband and daddy he is.

Reading until late!  Super tired but once I got in bed, felt full of adrenaline and couldn't sleep.