Happy Birthday Boyd!!!

I cannot believe my little buddy is already 4!!! He is such an amazing little man it blows my mind how athletic he is. For his birthday he wanted to go bowling so we took everyone to Brunswick Zone and bowled and ate pizza and soda. He had a great time. He scored some great loot too. Funny thing is that he saw a present before he knew it was his and was upset cause he thought it was for another little boy and it was a bat full of baseball gum and was so sad and when I told him it was his he was so excited he couldn't even stand it. So this spring in March he learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels in all of about 5 minutes. It snowed later that day so I thought he'd need to relearn how to do it and after the snow melted he asked if he could ride is bike and I told him I'd be out in just a minute to help him so I go outside to get him started and he rides by me. I asked him how he did that and he told me "I watched Aubrey kick with her foot to go and so I did" Crazy! It doesn't help that his dad told him that as soon as he learned to ride his bike with no training wheels he would get him a dirt bike. So he learned and asks for his bike every week. My sister and brother in law are giving him their little Honda 50 so he can't wait!! He has a best buddy Mal our little neighbor girl and we nick named them Forrest and Jenny cause they are always together. They have the best conversations. The other day at our house they were coloring at the table and this was the conversation
Mal: Boyd I love you!
Boyd: Mal you're crazy! But I know:)
Those two are crazy! There is rarely drama and if there is they just take a break from each other for a few minutes and then resume playing. I love that we have such great neighbors.
We signed him up for T-ball and he cannot wait for his first practice next Monday. He is amazing with a baseball. He can hit anything his dad throws at him and I'm not kidding he is crazy good. He can pitch the ball to himself and he can throw. Some of his little quirks kill me.
Some things about Boyd at 4
1. He can ride his bike without training wheels
2. He can play baseball amazingly well
3. He always says "What the...?" usually ends with crazy but sometimes just leaves ya hangin'
4. He has discovered Bakugan and loves them
5. He is still a mama's boy which I LOVE!!
6. He loves his big sister but can whoop her trash!
7. He hates wearing church clothes and we fight every Sunday about it.
8. He loves to pray and is usually the first one to call that its his turn
9. He can spell his name
10. He knows his alphabet and 1-10

Tonsils out and septoplasty at the same time

So the Tuesday after graduation I had my tonsils out and my deviated septum in my nose fixed. It was an ok recovery well still recovering actually but I'm looking forward to being able to drink again without it feeling like it all went up my nose and eating food that I like!! I would probably recover faster if I wasn't doing too much but with kiddos that isn't all that possible. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I didn't get black eyes or anything. But wow talk abput a sore throat and nose. Anyway recovering best I can for now and going back to work soon. Too soon probably!!

I'm finally done with undergrad!!!

So I am finally done with by Bachelors degree!! Yippee:) I never thought the day would come but it did. I got my BS in Psychology so in case I don't get into PA school I hope to have a degree that I can do something with. It was great, my mom and dad and my older sister and her husband flew out to be with us for my graduation. Dave's parents came as well of course and it was a great time. I feel like a weight has been lifted for the time at least. I am in the process now of applying to go to PA (Physicians Assistant) school but if I get in this round I wouldn't start until August of 2011 so  I have a year off to just work and relax. I plan on spending a lot of time at the pool this summer. I couldn't have done it without the support of my family though. Dave is a great husband and put up with a very very tired and grouchy me for the past two years while I worked nights and went to school during the day, sometimes not sleeping for 2 to 3 days at a time. And that's no exaggeration. Also all the support he gave me encouraging me to hang in there. My family was awesome and put up with calls asking questions and why things are the way they are. I am grateful for having such a strong support system and am glad I was able to accomplish my goal.

Finally found him after the ceremony

The family

Me and my Mom and Dad

Kyle and Michelle.

Everyone who was able to come to the ceremony.

Skiing at Sol Vista

This weekend for Dave's birthday we took the kids up skiing on Saturday at So Vista Basin for the first time. It was such a great day. We had so much fun teaching the kids. I think Dave underestimated how hard it would be to teach Boyd how to ski. So for the first few runs he taught Aubrey and I literally ran with no board down the hill with Boyd. I taught hom to stand up with his hands on his knees and once he got that he was good. He doesn't have any concept of stopping and doesn't want to either. He just goes straight down no fear I tell ya. He crashe really good twice and jumped back up and kept on going. Aubrey picked it up quick and I was so proud of her for listening and doing so well. She and I skied the rest of the day together so I could actually get an my board and go down with her. She's going to be an awesome skier, both of them are. I couldn't have asked for a better day with our little family together. The weather was perfect and not to cold. I look forward to these times when we can go do more fun stuff as a family and really enjoy each others company. The older the kids get the easier it gets to not have so much fussing over stuff. 

Dave and the kids on the shuttle bus

Aubrey and Boyd ready to ski

Me and Boyd on the chairlift

Me and Aubrey on the chairlift

Aubrey trying to turn

Boyd skiing all by himself

All of us at the end of the day. What a great day

Christmas

Christmas this year was a little crazy but it was worth it. We went to Utah for Dave's younger brothers wedding on the 19th and then went out to California to spend a few days with my family. As always it was great to be with them for some family time. We drove back to Colorado on Christmas eve so that the kids could have Christmas in our own house. This has never happened before so we decided it was time. While on our trip I called a friend of Dave's who was selling his dirt bike and surprised Dave with it for Christmas. It was a great surprise. He has been wanting a dirk bike for a while and I had been trying to figure out how to make it happen and I got it worked out perfectly. He was shocked to say the least. I love when things like that work out so well. The kids had a great Christmas and I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Os at Steve's open house

We have a tradition of cutting down our tree. Its so fun to go look for a tree that is just right for our family. The kids loved doing it this year.

Boyd concentrating on his game

Aubrey loves Littlest Pet Shop

The aftermath

Castlewood Canyon

While my family was here we decided to go for a little hike at Castlewood Canyon after church on Sunday. This place is great and its literally only 5 minutes from our house. There are a ton of trails and its an easy hike so my dad could do it with no problem. It had just snowed about 2 feet the week before so it was really really muddy that was the only down fall. We let the kids just run down the trail and took some fun pictures along the way. It was a great day and was fun to all be together outside and enjoy the beauty of Colorado. I really do love living here I just wish I could have my family a little closer.

Aubrey and Boyd looking down into the canyon

My beautiful sister Michelle and niece Olivia

My mom and dad

Olivia and Aubrey

Us

Sunset of Pikes Peak as we were leaving

This is why I love living in Caslte Rock. We get to see this every day

Aubrey's Baptism

Aubrey was baptized today by her dad and it was a great day. My mom and dad and my sister Michelle and niece Olivia came out to be with her on her special day. Dave's parents and sister holly and Lynsay and her family were there as well. Dave's mom talked to Aubrey about baptism and my mom talked to her about The Holy Ghost. It was very special to have both sets of our parents be here with her. Aubrey is a very special girl and I am so lucky to be her mom. She is a great sister and friend to everyone. After her baptism we all had a big ham dinner at our house and it was delicious. We are so lucky to have such a great family and friends to share her speacial day with.

Aubrey and Boyd with my mom and dad (meme and pepe)

Aubrey

She's so excited

Aubrey and Dad

Our family

Boyd and his Pepe

Boyd loves his pepe! While they were visiting for Aubrey's baptism he got Boyd this helicopter that he's been wanting for a few months. I didn't buy it for him because my dad really wanted to get it for him. So the day after they flew in they took him to "the red store" aka Target and he walked right over to the helicopter and showed my dad. So they spent pretty much the next couple hours playing with it. Figuring out all the tricks to pick up the toys with the chopper and teaching Boyd how to fly it. It didn;t take long for him to figure it out and now he's hooked. Boyd loves it and boy does he love his best friend, his Pepe!

Boyd and his best friend

Try and get this one

That's awesome pepe