Bowling

Grandparents think up the coolest days!!

We went bowling for the first time in a long while; it was so much fun!!!

Skiing

Another fantastic day on the mountain.

The Burrow

Yet another amazing cool thing about the property?
A built in clubhouse.


The kids have named it 'The Burrow,' a reference to a place from the Harry Potter books.

We spent a very enjoyable day sweeping, clearing, hauling and arranging. Some proud occupants!

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, they are all I have now but I'll get some better ones soon!

Thanksgiving

Our first Thanksgiving in the new house was fantastic. My Dad took most of the pictures which I still have to get from him but we did get this little cutie.

The kids were sent out to work up an appetite by hooping on the deck and our nephew Theory was right in the thick of it. Talk about baby love. We do love that baby!! (Who also, by they way, refuses to stop growing at a ridiculous rate!) Thank goodness his mommy is busy growing another little one for us to love and cuddle!

Icy roads = no school

I didn't get snow days growing up in California maybe that is why I get just as excited as the kids when one comes along. Or maybe I love the treat of an unexpected cozy day at home with the family.

Halloween

Bear with me, I'm catching up here.

And really, it's these older pictures or the ones Jillian is currently taking as she entertains her self with the camera.
Think stuffed animals, floors, books, her jammies laid out on the floor.... actually looking over them they're pretty cute.
Well to me, I won't torture anyone else with them.

So Halloween; we were The Incredibles (the superheros we were a couple years ago again) on Friday: we went to a party at new friends' house where we had a whole new audience to embarrass ourselves in front of :)
Actually, we ended up wining a prize so the kids were thrilled.

Then Saturday we were at the Levy's annual bash. Surprisingly, we didn't get pictures but Robb and I dressed up as cheerleaders. I wore my uniform from high school and Robb ordered an actual CU mens' uniform which matched my colors perfectly. Now if we could get some routines down we might have something there....

The kids had a great time dressing up both Saturday for two parties and Sunday for trick or treating downtown like this:

Jamie was Bat Girl in a costume she purchased with her own money.

Bobby was The Phantom of the Opera (a current obsession with all of us at the time; we had the soundtrack on repeat in the condo and watched the movie more than once...) He bought the mask with his own money and borrowed Grandpa's bow tie. The boy does like to be dapper. I think he would wear a tie everyday if he could.

Jillian was a Halloween butterfly, one who was made to wear a sweater in the chilly October air. It was a costume from Jamie when she was in kindergarten; little sister was quite proud to be carrying on a tradition.

We even had a couple of trick or treaters at the condo which made for a fun night!

Jillian at the office