at this moment...

Stars softball has started

Spring chickens have arrived

And Nema and Papa are here...enjoying it all!

taking advantage

We had a warm spell and took full advantage...Spring is on our minds!

pure joy

This was the reaction of Ryan recieving her birthday gift...Justin Bieber concert tickets~

Yes...the Bustos family will have Bieber fever in June for the conert here in Denver. Happy happy birthday my sweet sweet girl!

she is 10...

almost! (the big double digit day is tomorrow) We celebrated our sweet girl this weekend by having a gaggle of girls over for a sleepover filled with singing, dancing and a fashion show. We are all a bit tired this morning...but it was well worth it to see the smiles and feel the love from all of Ryan's friends.

 Here's to you my little girl. Your daddy and I are so proud of who you and who are becoming. "I love you even more!"

snow bunnies

(Cole has the orange helmet and Ryan is in white.)

It was a gorgeous day on the mountain...there was some new snow and the kids tried out poles for the first time. Ryan tackled (part of ) her first back diamond yesterday and Cole learned to hockey stop. They are both now officially better than me! 

Love that they love it!

he is 8...

Cole had his birthday this weekend , on the 23rd. It's hard to believe our boy is 8. 

The night before I was putting  him to bed and with a bit of sadness in my voice I told him how I was saying goodnight to him as a seven year old and he would wake up an eight year old. With his sweet loving voice he took my face in his hands and said, "Don't worry mama, I will be be the same boy...I'll  be a little stronger, taller and smarter, but I'll be the same boy!" Oh how I love this child of mine...

 

this silly, fun, loving child of mine. I have a feeling we are in for treat with 8! Happy Birthday sweet boy.

eat my bubbles

There were a few pre-swim meet jitters this time around but those quickly went away after her first race. Ryan had 3 events on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. She did amazing! She improved her own times on every race...her daddy and I are so proud of our little girl. 

 Back stroke is still her favorite...getting 3rd in her heat and she even beat her "dreaded" butterfly time by 10 seconds.

Not being  a swimmer myself, it's really fun to part of the swimming community. Super fun to watch and cheer on our little Jeffco Hurricane.