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.

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!

7, 8, & 9

Day 7: I am thankful for the great man my father-in-law was. I can't believe he passed on a year ago already...He was a great dad and an awesome grandpa. I wish we had even more time with him, but I am so thankful for the time we did share. We will always love you grampa Tony and miss you so much.

Day 8: I'm thankful that Ty and I get to spend the weekdays with 2 of the cutest 4 year olds I know and 1 precious baby boy. I love them!

Day 9: I am thankful for my remote start on my 'burb...because man I am so not used to this cold weather and snow anymore.

Ty's 1st Snow

A couple of weeks ago we got our first snow of the season, this also happened to by Ty's first snow (well first snow he is able to play in). He and I walked the big boys to the bus stop as usual and then came back to the house to check out the snow. He was really excited about it and he really loved it! I had gloves for him to put on, but he wouldn't wear them....but he soon realised snow is cold and did not fight me any other time I tried to put on his gloves. We didn't stay out that long because he was only wearing windbreaker type pants, not his snow pants and he was not ready to come back inside. So he cried and threw his snow boots at me because he wanted to go back out!

Days 5 and 6

Day 5: I loved all our adventures in Texas, but I'm so very thankful to be back in Colorado...I love love LOVE it here!!!

Day 6: I am thankful for my job...I work 1 evening and 1 morning a week as a soccer coach/instructor for a toddler soccer program. It combines 3 of my passions: children, soccer, and teaching.

Caramel Apple Time

Every year around Halloween we make caramel apples. We all love to eat them and it is fun to make them. Ty didn't know to wait for the caramel...so he bit his apple a couple of times while the caramel was melting. We made a mess, but it was worth it...they were delicious!!!

Pumpkin Time

We, of course, carved pumpkins...It was a lot of fun. Tucker did a great job and scooped out those guts without a problem. Trey would only use a spoon. And Ty, he was cute. He loved looking into the pumpkins and he would take out the guts and squeeze them. Then once all the pumpkins were cleaned out and we were deciding what to carve on them, Ty started putting the seeds back into the pumpkins...he cracks me up.

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!)

Getting our moneys worth out of our costumes

Every Halloween I try to convince my big boys to let me create a costume for them, but they think it is cooler to pick one out from the store...so I for the past 3 years I have let them pick (they were Transformers one year, then last year (even though they were store bought it was really cute) they were Batman, Joker, and Robin. And this year they picked to be Ninjas. For some reason I have always saved the boys Halloween costumes, so Ty had a few to pick from. Although...that didn't really go as planned. I wanted to Dress him as Robin again, but I can not find it...so then I decided to go as the fisherman, but I couldn't find the boots..so he ended up as a Wisconsin Football Player for the Halloween Carnival at the big boys school. We also went to Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween party, this Golf place, and finally trick-or-treating. We had so much fun. When we went Trick-or-Treating, Tucker wasn't feeling the best, so didn't go to too many houses, but Trey was the first one up there ringing the door bell and saying trick-or-treat. Ty, once he realized they were giving him candy at the doors walked his short little legs up to each one of those houses holding out his bag. He never said anything, but he sure was cute. Towards the end of our night, his bag was getting pretty heavy, but he would not let that bag go..that was his candy!
We had a very fun and busy Halloween season and I'm looking forward to a little break before all of the rest of the holiday madness begins.

A Month of Thankfulness

I've seen a few other people doing this and I really like this idea...since ends with November and it is one of my favorite holidays, I want the whole month to have the warm thankful feeling. you are supposed to post each day something you are thankful for, but I know I'm not the best at posting stuff lately, so I might have multiple thanks on one day, but I will end up with the right amount.

Day 1: I am thankful for my family...they are beyond loving and supportive and I would be lost without them.

Day 2: I am thankful for my "family" I put that in quotes because these are people who I definitely consider part of my family, but they aren't actually related, but I love them just as much as my related family.

Day 3: I am thankful for my friends and even though I suck at keeping in touch, I think about you guys all the time and you really do mean so much to me.

Day 4: And I am most thankful for God who has giving me all these blessings and much much more.