Our First Set of Wheels

Val and the boys gave Bryant and Lucy Kate a push buggy for there birthday, yes it is early but well worth it. She called to tell me about it this morning so I ran out and bought another one. It is an early Valentine's present (have to justify it to make myself feel better). They are too cute in them and Bryant gets so excited when he is riding beside Lucy Kate. Anna Sims came over to see us and we look forward to playing with her this summer. I see many fun summer days in the neighborhood riding in our little red cars.

Just Hanging Out

I realized I have not been taking as many pictures of the babies lately so I wanted to share a few. The days become so routine that you forget the fun stuff sometimes. Going from nap to meal to cleanup to playtime and so on the camera gets forgotten about. Anyways, I took a few pics and wanted to share these bundles of joy with you. We are about to be a year old and it seems as though we were just in that NICU wondering when we would get to take them home.

My Sweet Lucy Kate!

Look at those cute lips!

Bailey wanted to join in on the fun.

Enjoying breakfast with there favorite blueberry pancakes

He loves his bath and loves to play in the water when it is running.

Neighborhood Fun

We have such great neighbors and such a wonderful neighborhood. John and Val and there three sons live behind us and we have become very close over the past few years. Every once in awhile we get together and cook. Patsy and Donald come over and it is just fun to visit and enjoy all the kids. I got the babies all ready for bed before going over to John and Vals tonight and we had such a great time. It is so great to enjoy the simply things in life, great neighbors and friends!

Lucy Kate was providing the nights entertainment!

Sweet Rutledge playing with Bryant

Not to sure about his dad's hat.

Bryant and Patsy

The Life

I just had to share some things that my dear husband has said to me lately. He is near and dear to me and such a wonderful father but the life he lives is unbelievable. He farms so they have about 3 1/2 to 4 months off and he loves to hunt, so this is exactly what he does. I love that he has this interest and it is a great hobby that I soon hope our children enjoy, but to love that life again is unbelievable. Never does he have to think about who is going to keep the children while he hunts from sun up to sun down, does he have to plan what to cook for supper, or even go to the store (unless I specifically ask, make out the list, and talk him through the store, it would have been quicker to do it myself). Never the less he says to me last night "do you have any help tomorrow" I nicely responded with "do you have any help tomorrow". He looked at me with this puzzled look and I told him just once I would like to live the life of no worries. He also managed to tell me that I would not feel so overwhelmed if I did not come up with so much to do each day. Again I responded so nicely with "Oh yes I make up all the laundry, swiffering, mopping, dish washing, highchair cleaning, post office running, grocery store trips, bill paying, bank running, dog dealings, and last but not least the things for the children, yes I should check my list and see what all I can mark off and not worry about. I know all of you feel this way but I just had to vent about it briefly!

Our Little London Bridge

This is what Lucy Kate does when she is trying to crawl.

Peas Again..............

Bryant does the cutest things in his highchair. This was his reaction to more peas on his tray.

The Perfect Vacation

We arrived home from Colorado yesterday after a wonderful vacation. It was mine and Charles' first time to ski and of course he caught right on, but I had a little trouble. I attempted to go up with everyone the first day without lessons and it was a disaster. Lets just say some man skied by as I was laying flat on my face and said "first day". I wanted to cry and as a matter of fact I did cry about the 8th time I fell. I made it to the bottom of that peak and I signed up for ski school. After an afternoon of that I was ready for the slopes and the rest of the trip went much smoother. We ate great food at some local places, shopped downtown, enjoyed the spa and made great memories. We all want to come back as soon as we can and would love to bring the kids. Everyday we watched all the kids and they were so cute in those little ski outfits. I had many that were passing me and making me look like a fool. I would recommend that if you have never been skiing Breckenridge is a great place to go and it is absolutely beautiful! A much needed vacation and now we are back to reality, but it was so great to come home and see how excited Bryant and Lucy Kate were to see us.

Our Beautiful View!

Ginger and I on our way to Breckenridge

We had the greatest time with Chris and Ginger

What the guys were most excited about, the hot tub

We found this crazy store with all these hats and sunglasses

All suited up and ready for the hot tub

So warm................

Standing by the fire trying to warm up!

First day on the slopes before I busted it!

Resting and waiting on Chris and Ginger

We are so ready to go back and take the kiddos!

We enjoyed the super bowl and the guys played a little pool during the game

An afternoon at the spa and much needed after hitting the slopes

Ginger enjoying her pedicure.

Our last night we enjoyed s'mores at The Motherloaded