May 1st = Snow Day

May 1st brought us a huge snow storm and a snow day for the kiddos!  And of course the boys enjoyed the snow and played outside for quite a while!  Gotta love the crazy Colorado weather!

SLEDDING!!!!!

We have had a very mild winter and it finally snowed enough for us to go sledding!  We went with all of our Colorado family and we had a blast!  It was freezing cold, but walking back up the hill kept us pretty warm.  Ty wasn't scared to go down as long as he rode with someone, but one Trey flipped them at the bottom he wasn't too happy anymore.  We can't wait for it to snow again so we can go again!

Reina and Ty going down!

Trey falling as he's coming back up the hill...It was hard work!

Tucker going down!

Most of the group at the top of the hill.

Trey and Ty going down...it was great until Trey flipped them over and Ty got a face full of snow!

Trey had a blast!!

Ty was not happy after his face full of snow...but I had to get the picture!

Colorado Fall

Colorado weather is CRAZY, you can't always count on winter in actual Winter, and whatnot, but you can at least always count on the leaves falling in Fall!  We had a super mild Fall (if you haven't been able to tell by the lack of jackets on Halloween and the fact all the kids are wearing shorts and t-shirts in the pics below).  Grampa worked hard to make this gigantic pile of leaves for his grand kids to play in!!!  Such a good Grampa!!  They seriously played for hours...jumping and playing and then making a leaf house!

Ty playing in the snow

While the big boys were in school Ty wanted to play outside in the snow again. This time we bundled up, he let me put on his gloves and his snow pants without a fight. He was so excited. He was cracking me up because he would play then stop walk over to the tree and stand there and just take in the sights...it was so cute. His favorite thing to do was eat the snow. A couple of times he had a leaf or two mixed in the snow, but he didn't care much. I had to force him to come inside to warm up. He is my snow baby!

Fall Leaf Fun

There are 2 huge trees in my parents front yard and my dad being the grampa he is raked up all the leaves for the boys to play in...the had an absolute blast!!! (oh and that huge pile is only about half the leaves, the trees were still pretty leafy at this point!)

Our adventure while looking at Fall leaves

Eating a picnic lunch before we go exploring the mountain side for a good picture spot

Trey didn't last to long at the table for 2 reason 1. because of the bees and 2. it was kind of chilly and I forgot their jeans
Me and my baby standing on a rockOver the streamUp the mountainOur picture spot destination

Down the mountain

Back over the stream (Tucker doesn't need help and hops over the river like a pro..which is why I don't have any pictures of him)

Ty actually took this picture of my parents and I really like it!

Fall is Here!!!

I love fall, especially a Colorado Fall. There is just something about it that is amazing, the sights and the smells (and yes fall really does have a smell!) The leaves started changing down here.
Up in the mountains the change was in full swing, so one Sunday we took a drive up there to show the boys what Fall is supposed to look like (because in Texas we didn't really have a Fall, the leaves would just slowly turn brown and then by like January the trees would be bare.)

It was beautiful and we had a great time.

SNOW DAY!!!!

Well, last Friday they cancelled school the night before because we were 'supposed' to get anywhere from 1-4 inches of snow!!!! We were all so excited and could not wait to to play in the snow!!! But we woke up Friday morning...NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!! NOT A SINGLE FLAKE!!! Just a thin sheet of ice covering everything! It was FREEZING and the ice was horrible, so it was a good thing they canceled...but it's not like the boys could go out and play in the ice!!! Needless to say it was pretty dissappointing!!! I busted out some arts and craft stuff we don't do on an everyday basis and the big boys got to paint while Ty was napping.


There was a lot of fighting and wrestling..even Ty got in on some of the action!

The sun came out a little bit around nood and the ice melted, but it was so cold, it just froze again...


Right after I went took these pictures Tucker asked if he could go outside and look at the ice cicles..so he bundled up and went outside and knocked every single one of them down. I was so sad...this could be the only time this year we have ice :( Oh well at least Tucker had fun!
This one is my favorite!

Happy Fall!

Everyone loves Fall in this house, so to celebrate the season change I bought the boys wooden pumpkins to paint. They love painting and are getting better at it everytime...meaning more paint on the project, less on the table, chairs, hands and well the rest of their bodies for that matter.

Spring time in Texas

Spring time in Texas means a lot of things...POLLEN...like I said before, but also the humidity and the heat starts creeping back..thankfully we have had a pretty pleasant spring so far...being cooler and less humid than usual. But these last couple of days have been pretty warm. Yesterday the boys were playing outside and were complaining it was too hot, so I put the sprinkler on the trampoline and they had a BLAST!! Then today the "Burb" was yet again covered in yellow pollen so we decided to wash it..so this time I got to take the pictures :D