HOLY SNOW, BATMAN!!!!

Last week we got a ton of snow!!!  It was awesome because it was wet snow, so we were able to build snowmen, snow forts, and throw some snowballs (just an FYI for those that don't know, CO has very dry powdery snow that you can't make anything with).  The snow was so plentiful that the boys even had a snow day and that never happens ( I only remember 2, maybe 3 snow days in my entire school years here)!!!  It was such a blast and we were outside for over 3 hours!  Plus the weather has stayed cold and it has even snowed another 1/2 inch or so yesterday, majority of the snow is still sticking around 5 days later which also rarely happens here!!! 

This amount of snow fell in about 3 hours!!!

The cat thinking she might want to go see what the snow is all about, but she decided she didn't want to venture out!

working on the snow fort..we eventually made 3 of them and had a snowball fight!

The dog being crazy and running around...she loves snow!

Having fun with my boys!!

A hike at Red Rocks

We took advantage of the mild weather and went for a hike at one of my favorite places.  It is beautiful and not very crowded. 

Ty reading the signs for us

Trying out the bikes Santa left

Despite us finally having some cold winter weather, it warmed up enough for us to venture out to the local park and try out the new bikes and scooter.  It was a beautiful day and felt nice to be outside again!

Riding his scooter he got on his birthday.

Excited for his new bike!

Tucker just wanted to ride!!!

Riding the scooter didn't last long, he decided to walk and have me take his picture a bunch of times!

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!

Backyard Fun

This summer has been hotter than average, so we haven't been outside as much as we usually are,but we still found some fun ways to enjoy the back!

My biker baby!

With the nice Spring weather we have been having the big boys have been riding their bikes a lot lately and Ty keeps trying to ride their bikes, which he is never successful at, so I searched for a new bike for my littlest guy.  He was so excited about it, but had a hard time peddling it.  He looks so grown up on that bike!

My snow boys!

The boys were in snow heaven! This was the first time in years the big boys have gotten to play in more than a dusting of snow. Ty just walked around looking for good snow to eat. Trey and Tucker were busy making snow balls. I am happy I did get them to sit and take one good picture for me.



By the end of the day we ended up with a good amount of snow! Grampa went outside with the boys and he did a little bit of shoveling and of course the boys wanted to help shovel too, so Grampa went and found each of the boys a little shovel for them to use.

My water baby!

A couple of weeks ago my friend asked us to come with her to the pool in our neighborhood (I'm behind again, but this time it's really not my fault). I was a little nervous about taking all 3 boys myself..she also has 3 kids of her own to keep an eye on. But to my surprise it actually went really well. Ty really enjoyed himself playing in water and Tuck and Trey were so excited to finally go to the pool. After playing in the little pool for a while, we braved the big pool. The big boys had on life jackets so they can "swim" by themselves and my friend had a floaty thing for Ty to use. It went so well, we have even been back a couple more times! (There aren't any pictures of Tucker and Trey at the pool...they were being little stinkers and not wanting me to take any of them).

Summer Time!

Now that the boys are getting bigger, those little kiddie pools are just too small for the two of them and getting any bigger blow up pools will have us going broke paying for the water filling it up and dumping it out. So we decided to give one of these easy set pools a try. We got it for a good price and it comes with a filter so *hopefully* the water will stay clean all summer long.

Filling it up!

Flying kites with Vinny's parents

Last weekend we decided to head over to Vinny's parents house to spend a little time with them. They have a nice big open yard and Vinny's dad bought the boys kites! Tucker really loved it and Trey did at first, but then accidentally let go of the string and had to chase after it before it flew away..after that he was done...

Vinny's mom, all 3 of the boys, and I went on a walk down their street. The wildflowers were blooming and it was so pretty..I used my mother's day present (more about that later) to snap a few pictures of the boys.

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

Car Wash!

Springtime here always means yellow pollen on EVERYTHING. It is especially bad on our black vehicles! So we had a family car wash day. I didn't get any good pictures of Tucker and Trey because they were actually the ones who were taking the pictures this time. I was surprised they got these 3 good ones!