It wouldn't be Colorado if we didn't have a major snow storm just when you think spring has arrived. This year was no different. We all had a blast sledding in our yard, snow ball fights, building snow forts and warming up with a little hot chocolate.
Our baby girl turned 2 on April 4th. We love having this fun loving and silly girl in our family. Some of my favorite things about Kennedy are:
* She loves to dance while her Daddy plays the piano
* She loves dogs and will run after any dog she sees no matter how far away they might be
* She loves to tease
* Any chance she gets she will take off any or all clothing, thankfully most of the time it is just her socks and shoes.
* When her daddy gets home from work she loves to tell him what she is wearing. "look! a shirt!!"
* She has to do everything herself. "mommy, I do it" or "my turn!"
* She loves to smear her meals all over her face and then say "mommy, a mess!"
* She adores Taylor and wants to be just like her
*As she leaves a room she never fails to tell me "I be back" and then "b-bye"
*She loves to learn her colors. Every thing she sees she asks "Mommy, this blue?" Some times she's right but if not I'll tell her what color it is and then she repeats what I say "Oh, yellow"
*If she is having a good time she'll come up to me and say "mommy, is this fun?"
Happy Birthday Kennedy! We love you so much!!
To celebrate the big day we went and played at Little Monkey Bizness
Ice cream at Cold Stone With Crew
Playing with her new toy from Grandma Ricks and Aunt Christine
The whole crew
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surprise visit from Daddy.JPG)
Heidi, Kelly, Laura, Ashley, and Tristen
We were so excited to have my mom and sister come for a visit! It was so fun to be together. When Nate was away at work, we took advantage of some much needed girl time. We got pedicures together, went to lunch a few times, and spent an entire day shopping. Taylor and Kennedy we troopers and didn't complain too much about being taken along for the ride. With all that extra attention they got they would have done anything! On Nate's day off, we drove down to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs and spent the day with the animals. With everything we did together, our time at the zoo are the only pictures we got. Even then we didn't get very many with everyone :( We had a great time at the zoo and loved the unique set up. The giraffe exhibit was a favorite. There were so many of them and so close. They even sold giraffe crackers to feed them. Another cool exhibit was the grizzly bear. There was a "natural" river with fish in it for the bears to fish. One bear was right by the glass swimming and giving us all a show. It was very cool. I have been wanting to take the girls to this zoo for a while but we never got around to going. It's good to have company come and help us to see fun new things. Thanks Mom and Christine for the fun weekend!
We have been hard at work to improve some areas of our house that we have been wanting to improve for years. If you know us then you are aware that Nate and I are not the DIY kind. We definitely lack the know how and patience. Most of the time I would rather pay someone to get it done faster and lets be honest probably better! Nate came home one night after helping a friend with some home improvements and had grand plans for our master bath. We have had carpet in all of our bathrooms since moving into the house which has been such an eye sore. After discussing it we decided that not only would we tile the master bath, but we would tile our two other bathrooms and our utility room. As we started planning out what to do with the floors, we thought that if we tile the floors we should get new counter tops as well. By Changing the counter tops we entered a whole new dimension to our project. New counter tops led to new sinks, faucets, hardware, paint, and mirrors. I think it is referred to as the "we might as well" factor when it comes to home improvements. And as all home improvements go, things took a lot longer than originally anticipated. There were a lot of things that we didn't consider, or better yet we didn't realize we needed to do. So with those delays and the normal construction set backs, including one broken sink that needed to be reordered, our week long project turned into a good 2 1/2 weeks. Alas, we are done and everything looks so good!! Midway through the project we realized that we didn't have any pictures of the before so just imagine really ugly Formica counter tops and carpet and then look at these after pictures...
Utility room
