science projects and baseball

Ryan participated in her first science fair project at school. As we were driving down the mountain from our hut trip we ended up stopped on I70 due to rock blasting. The questions starting coming in...hense the beginning of a science project! It was so fun to see her so excited about her project and yet she didn't "win" at school she says she will try again...love my little scientist.



And tis the baseball season...or should I say COLD spring ball. Cole had his first machine pitch game this weekend which ended up being called after an inning and a half due to snow flurries. We lovingly called the game ~cheers and then tears. It was so cold but the kids were troopers.

more spring break

My parents came for a long awaited visit in March. The kids had endless amounts of fun...having someone to play uno, kurplunk, dinosaurs or just having their backs scratched at all times! As always we packed our visit with fun things to do...

a walk around red rocks


Garden of the Gods

going out for pizza at a favorite spot

or just laying in a sunny spot with a book

You filled me up and reminded me to smile...love you and thank you. thank you for coming.

walter...

thank you once again.

We snow shooed into Walter's cabin in the 10th Division Mountain System again this spring break. The kids once again plowed through the 2.7 mile hike in with about 1000 feet in elevation gain. This year however we had the added bonus of snow...a lot of snow! The hike in was in a complete blizzard (hence the no photos) and when we arrived we were greeted with 10 foot snow drifts.

We spent many hours in front of the gas stove to warm us up (turned out to be the most popular place in the hut).

We stole moments of lighter snow outside to make snow caves.

We passed the time with mountain snow cones,icicle hunting and


many many games of uno and war.









A wonderful wonderful few nights in the wintery snow filled solitude of Walter's Cabin.

summer dress

Thank you Mirjam!

a girl

A few weekends ago my friend Emily, a mother of an almost 1 and 4 year old, came over for dinner and kept watching and listening to Ryan, pointing at me, saying, "You have an 8 year old!" I didn't get it until now...

Ryan and I had a day of fun yesterday spending her birthday money. We went to a few stores and picked out some accessories and ended at the mall to get feathers in her hair. As we were walking back to car I looked at my little girl with her distinct and confident style and said to myself, "I have an 8 year old."


I am starting to see glimpses of this new stage...she's not a baby, or a toddler. She's not little, she's not a preteen...She's a girl.





And what's a day of style without a little boy haircut!





So fun and exciting to see what is in store for this beautiful, kind hearted, strong, wonderful girl.

still recovering...

from a wonderfully busy, daylight savings birthday sleepover and swim day. It was so much fun celebrating my beautiful 8 year old girl this weekend. I still can't believe she is 8 and am sure I will continue to utter those words every year on her day.
She had 2 girlfriends spend the night on Saturday followed by a swim afternoon on Sunday and of course cake! The celebration was fun, not that crazy busy, but still exhausting!







We have all gone to bed just a bit earlier tonight and last but still have smiles on our faces remembering the joy on our little girl's face.

requested...

raspberry cheesecake brownies!




Happy Happy Birthday my dear girl. Can't wait to celebrate with you this weekend.