Gingerbread House

Part of our annual Christmas traditions- decorating a gingerbread house. Delia is finally old enough to get into the action- mainly eating the candy.
Sticky hands!

Finished project...

Lots of the White Stuff

We finally got a bunch of snow in December. As soon as Matt went out to shovel Delia ran to get dressed to play in the snow. This is what she came up with... Matt and the kids playing in the snow...

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

This seems like old news now that Christmas is over and we are about to take it down, but here are pictures of the kids decorating the tree this year. Mostly I just see that they both need haircuts.

Turkey Day 09

Family pic from Thanksgiving this year... we are so thankful for these two wonderful children! Isaac at his Thanksgiving school program...

Isaac Turns 4!

Isaac turned 4 back in November. Yeah! He is so grown up now and is turning into quite the little man. He got to bring cupcakes to school (Bronco! cupcakes, of course), and we celebrated with a fun party with lots of family.
Opening presents...

Race track cake with Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, and The King...

Some favorites this year- CARS racetrack...
And a remote control car...

Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you so much!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas!

I know we have been absent from blogging lately... lots of blogging and updates coming soon!

I Was Feeling So Bad...

We have been fighting off a fair amount of illness in our house lately. Friday I finally took Isaac to the doctor's- he was diagnosed with H1N1... his oxygen level were very low and was coughing with every breath he took. The doctor sent us to the hospital to spend the night! Needless to say, it was super scary for a bit there. On the way to the hospital, however, he stopped coughing for the first time in 3 days. When we got to our room Isaac's oxygen levels had stabilized and he has been improving ever since. We are SO grateful he is going to be okay and signs of our normal, energetic, chatty kid are returning!

Happy Halloween!

After changing his mind six or seven times, Isaac finally decided to be "NASCAR Race Car Pit Crew Isaac" (yes, that was his official title) for Halloween. This is what he told me couple of nights ago-

Isaac: Mommy, let me tell you a little story.

Me: Okay, Buddy.

Isaac: This is a little NASCAR Race Car story. This is what NASCAR Race Car Pit Crews do. When the cars break, they fix them. And sometimes when the cars break, they... they just fix them. Mommy, that's a little NASCAR Race Car Pit Crew story, okay?

Delia was a kitty cat. The cutest kitty cat ever.

Here are the kids with their cousin Jackson- a VERY cute puppy.

Matt was, well, somebody scary ( I HATE this wig, btw), and I was a cowgirl. Fun, candy, and pumpkin pie were had by all!

Delia turns 2!

Delia turned two a couple of weeks ago... I can't believe our baby is not a baby anymore! We had a fun family birthday party with presents and cake and party hats as requested by the birthday girl. Isaac was a very helpful big brother and helped her open presents and stick fingers in her cake. She is LOVING playing with all her new fun things- art supplies, books, princess dress-up clothes and a castle.

Here she is in her new dress-up clothes...

Blowing out candles with Grandpa...
Using her new art supplies...

We are loving seeing her little personality develop as she grows. She is so much like Isaac and Matt- happy, outgoing, and energetic. She is turning out to be fairly stubborn, so maybe she is a little like her mommy after all. She loves kitty cats, her bunnies Lola & Old Lola, sports you play with a BALL, singing and dancing, playing with Isaac, ignoring us, reading, and snuggling. She is still not talking much, although she does manage to get her point across very well. We love her smiles, tackle hugs, and her funny dances.

Happy Birthday Little One! You are our sweet, Funny Bunny!

School Comes Along Just to End It..

Isaac went back to preschool this week. He was excited as he LOVES going to school. This is the conversation we had in the car on our way to his first day:

Isaac: Mommy are you going to stay at school today?

Me: Well, Buddy, I'll stay for a little bit, but then Delia and I have to go. But you'll have your teachers and all your friends to play with. And I'll be back before you know it.

Isaac: Mommy, I don't want you to stay. I want you to just leave me at school.

Me: Um, okay Buddy.

Isaac: Mommy, and don't cry, okay?

Well, no separation anxiety for this kid. Delia was pretty sad when she realized that she was going to have to spend the morning with just Mommy and no Isaac. She misses him a lot.

I'm glad that Isaac loves going to school so much and that Delia loves her brother so much, even if it makes me the odd guy out!

Here we are out in front of school...

Playing at the workbench...

At noon when I went to pick him up. I think he was a little worn out...

We Are Family...

A couple of weeks ago we drove up to Estes Park for a family reunion with Matt's family. It was so fun- it was great to catch up with aunts, uncles, and cousins and get out of town for a bit. Here are the kids playing at the playground near the lodge we stayed in...

Having fun with cousins!

You say tomato...

I did it! I actually grew something. I grew one tomato. We ate it tonight for dinner and it was delicious. Here it is right before I picked it...And this is right before we ate it- Caprese salad. One of my favorites.

To the ZOO!

Before we left ABQ last weekend we stopped by the zoo. It was a bit hot and most of the animals were... resting. The kids had a lot of fun anyway- we saw a lot of animals, but the kids especially loved the cats (Delia calls them the MEOWS!). Our camera stopped working halfway through our visit, so we didn't get a ton of great shots. Here's what we ended up with...

The rhinos were huge!

Go 'Topes!

This weekend we went to Albuquerque for a quick trip- the kids were great and we had a fun time. On Saturday night we went to the Isotopes game, and the kids loved it. Delia's favorite was Orbit (the mascot)- she was enthralled with him. When I asked Isaac what he liked he told me, "The popcorn and the ice cream." The kids didn't notice, but the Isotopes won. Here they are at the game with Grandpa and Pop...Here's a series of pics of the kids in their seats- I thought Isaac was being hilarious...