Tuesday

march

march went by so quickly.  here are some highlights...
 
fun with friends (and daddy)

someone is really starting to talk!










 
we put our house on the market at the beginning of the month.  in the picture on the left, the kids are saying bye to mike, our friend/carpenter/handyman, who made the house look great!

we got to go skiing again with the blands and the kellstroms 
 
LOVE seeing our kiddos play together

 
a house full!

 
we had some great snow

 
love these friends.   thanks for coming chuck, caroline, mcuen and yates!



 

 
my fave

meanwhile, in preschool...






























mommy date at the lifetime pool

 
st patrick's day my friend dina and i ran the 5K downtown

 
we celebrated emi's baptism.  that afternoon we had a very odd sunny snow
 
more scenes from march

pops and abbi came to visit!  pat and i took a mini-vacation
lunch in salida


tasting @ elevation beer company



crested butte!
the view from the window during lunch on the first day




the only other pictures we took.  i'm sensing a theme here...

thanks to facebook, we got to see my friend julie trapp (and pat's new friend will)!

 meanwhile in the springs...



thank you abbi and pops!  we needed that!

easter sunday.  because HE lives!
 
thank you for the easter baskets, B!

 
the best we could do at church
 
an easter afternoon hike at Garden of the Gods

 
gorgeous day with my favorite people in the world

 
love this one

 

 
man, i'm gonna miss that mountain :-(

 
lovely night visiting and playing games on the back deck after an amazing easter dinner.
BLESSED!


one more video...


Monday

february, part 2

on february 7th the kids and i flew to texas


unfortunately, the movie still doesn't last very long for the fredster


we made it!  happy birthday kissy!!


buddy and kissy opened their birthday/valentines gifts.  freddy thanked B for some clothes she sent to texas with buddy and kissy

 
celebrating our kissy at pappa deaux.  a great meal after a long day - thanks buddy!

the next day i left my babies in incredibly capable hands and flew back to denver.  pat picked me up and we drove to vail to meet up with these two...
 
we had such a fun weekend with jay and emily hassell. 

 
food photos.  best quinoa salad in the world.  mmmm.  now i'm craving it.

 
jay's face is the only visible skin.  snow HURTS when you're flying (ha!) down the mountain

 
love this shot

 
p and i stayed and skied on sunday after the hassells left.  the conditions were PERFECT.  look at that powder!   probably best ski day of the 3 1/2 seasons we've been out here.  

meanwhile...
 

 

 

 
this is valentine's day.  i was getting a TON of work done around the house, but i was missing my little valentines!

 
one major thing i did that week - freddy's big boy room

 
coming back to colorado!

 
we spent the weekend in dillon



 
love that view!  buddy and daddy and the kids played simon says on the porch.  kissy and i opted for hot chocolate INSIDE.

 
surprise face.  ski day

 
we love keystone

 
thank you buddy and kissy!  what a blessing you are to us!!

back home




i think he likes it!




precious thing

meanwhile in lala's room...







pat and i celebrated our 8th anniversary.  i found our wedding video while cleaning out drawers and closets the previous week.  laurel loves watching it.  that photo on the right melts me.


we had a fun night out with our friends todd and dina

snow day.  once again, mommy opted to stay inside.


lots of inside time during these snowy months.  thank you for the mini ipad buddy and kissy!