Happy Halloween 2008

I know it has been awhile since we posted last. Life, of course has been very busy. Ayden is busy with preschool and loving it. Jackson, now 1 1/2 years old keeps us on our toes. He has to do everything that Ayden does, which makes things more difficult. We weren't too sure how Jackson would do on Halloween this year, but he had a Great Time. He was a Monkey. For anyone that knows us, yes, this is the same costume that Ayden wore 2 years ago. Halloween, here in Denver Colorado is usually very cold, hence the reason for the WARM Monkey costume. However, we had a very warm night!! It was great. Enjoy the pics.

Fall Festival at School. Jackson was able to participate too!!

Jackson, Ayden, Zack (best friend at school)

Saturday trip to May Farms in Byers, Colorado with our Neighbors, The Martin Family. Kylee, Ayden, Marty riding a hay ride at May Farms. We went through a corn maze and got to pick out the BIGGEST pumpkins we could find. Kylee and Ayden climbed to the top of Hay Stacks. We had a great time. We also made S'Mores. YUMMY.........

We hope you all had a great Halloween too!!!

PreSchool Field Trip October 16, 2008

Ayden's preschool had a Field Trip with all the families of the kiddos to May Farms for pumpkin picking and other activities. All 4 of us had the opportunity to go. We had a really great time. The weather was still nice and sunny. I love this time of the year...the start of the Holiday season. The start of Fall with the leaves changing colors, the cool, crisp air...before we know it, Winter will be here with all the snow. We will enjoy this time while it lasts. Look at all these pumpkins....

The rules for Pumpkin Picking were that the kids were able to choose a small pumpkin. Once they found the pumpkin they wanted, they had to stand by the pumpkin with their hand raised (Daddy helped with this part) and wait for assistance to cut the Pumkin off the vine. Did you all know that pumpkins DO NOT grow on their bottoms, but actually on their sides while on the vine. This was our first time picking out pumkins still attached to the vine. It was a great experience.

All Smiles once Ayden had his proud Pumkin in his hands. Boo also found 2 pumpkins that he wanted too.

After collecting our pumpkins, we had to place them on a truck to take them back to the front of the farm for us. We tried to get some posed pics of the boys on this truck with hay and pumpkins but Jackson did not want to cooperate. This is what we got. The next shot was of him crying and leaning forward, having to be caught before falling off of the truck.....lucky catch. :)


Ayden and his classmate, Zack rode in the last barrel on the barrel train. They had so much FUN!

While Ayden rode the train, all the parents and family members got to ride on a hay ride back to the front of the farm. Here is Daddy and Jackson on the hay ride.

Mommy and Jackson. Look at that beautiful blue sky behind us. What a great day!!

While waiting for the train ride to end, Jackson played with everything he could get his hands on.

Gotta love this time of the year.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Sept. 2008

A Trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.......... (Disregard the date on the pictures, I forgot to reset the date after charging the battery.)

Cousin Lauren and Aunt Teresa came to visit from Pheonix to Colorado in September. We drove down to Colorado Springs to hang out with Grandma Ann and Teresa and Lauren at the Zoo.

Ayden loves the Giraffes.

Ayden feeding the Giraffes the cookies and Jackson being helped to feed the giraffes.

Look at how longgggg that Tongue is!!!!

Ayden and Jackson ready for the train ride.

Jackson is still OK as the train starts to move.


By the end of the FIRST trip around the track, BOO WANTED OFF the train!!!!! lol


Cousin Lauren
All 3 Cousins sititng together in a really BIG Chair!!

Close up of my beautiful BOYS!!! Two precious gifts in our life!!!

Grandma Ann and Ayden on the Merry-Go-Round. It kept going and going and going. Thanks Grandma Ann for taking Ayden on this ride.



We had a great time and can't wait to see Cousin Lauren again.

Last Day in Neighborhood Pool

Our neighborhood has a community pool but we avoided it most of the summer. The real reason for the avoidance was because we lost the card key to get in and did not want to pay for another. But there were many other obstacles keeping us from the pool. WORK!!!!! Also that it is hard for 1 parent to go alone with 2 little boys who cannot swim...yet!!! On Labor Day weekend, Kerry and I decided to go with the new neighbors, who also have kids Ayden's age.

The last time Ayden swam was at Aunt Teresa house around Father's Day, so it had been awhile. I was so impressed with Ayden today. He decided to only wear the arm floaties instead of the yellow swim device that you will see Jackson wearing. Ayden was SO BRAVE!!! He started jumping off the edge of the pool into my arms. Jackson just floated next to me in his safety device. Not only was Ayden jumping in but soon enough he did not need mom to catch him anymore. He was jumping in with his friends and going under the water, then popping up and swimming. It was awesome.

Hope your summer was just as FUN!!!

Butterfly Pavillion

What a great place to visit if you live in Denver or you just happen to be visiting.

Such Beautiful Creatures. I am just wondering what the Yellow ones are doing? Yep, did you catch that there are 2 of them there? Maybe they are just catching up.......

Ok, so I am attempting to catch up on some posts. We had a family outing to the Butterfly Pavillion. The boys were enthralled with all the butterflies, spiders, insects, and play area, etc. I think the pictures tell the story. Enjoy!!

Ayden holding "Rosie the Trantula". He would not hold her the first time we went here with Grammie Karen, who bought us a pass to the Butterfly Pavillion and Ayden would not stop talking about the next time we went (today), that he was going to be brave and hold "Rosie". He did so well.

Jackson loved the HoneyComb Beehive that he could crawl in and out of as well as on top of.

Ayden crawled up the spider web. Can you see how proud of himself that he was?

Ayden's 1st Day of Pre-School

For those of you reading this blog that have children older than 3 1/2 years old, you know exactly how I felt today. For those of you with children younger, call me when this day comes, I will help to comfort you. The FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!!!

My first thought today was, "Where did the past 3 1/2 years go?" I knew in my mind that this day was coming, heck we have been registered at our Church since March, but it just seemed like it couldn't be possible. Ayden started Pre-School today at Lord of the Hills Christian Preschool.

When Ayden woke up this morning, he was feeling a little nervous, even though we have been talking about Pre-school for the last few weeks. Ayden definitely wanted to stay home and "play" instead of going to school. (As you can tell from the pictures, he started to come around before we left for school.) I tried to help Ayden understand that he would get to play with his friends, especially Zack (see pic) and learn about new things and that he would end up loving school, but he still wasn't too sure, UNTIL we arrived...

Since the day has arrived, we must carry this out and go with the flow and I must say, Ayden did GREAT!! Mom on the other hand was a little sad and somewhat emotional, however, Ayden made it so easy. All he kept saying once we got to the classroom was, "Mom, can I go play now?" And I was like, "Not until you give mommy and daddy a kiss and hug. We love you. Bye" And he was off without another thought or word to mom and dad.

Picking him up was the best. We all missed him, but Jackson missed him the most (see pic). I was waiting in line to sign him out and all the kids had to wait next to their cubbies. He was just standing there SMILING SO BIG and when he saw me, he waved and got so excited. It made all those sad feelings of sending your oldest off to school just disappear.

His teacher, Ms. Sheri said that he did really good today.

After school was over for the day, we decided to celebrate by going Out to Lunch at his favorite restaurant, Chili's. Grandpa Randy was here for this BIG day too. Here are some more pics to show off the day.......