Weekly Update

We closed out last week with a fantastic weekend! JR is still settling in to his new routine at RMCA, and I decided to volunteer in their lunch room last Wednesday. It was...dare I say...fun? I got to meet a couple "characters" and got to visit with JR while he was eating lunch. My assistance was definitely appreciated and needed. And since we have 24 hours of volunteer time to get in...I figured this might be a nice way to do it! JR didn't have school on Friday, so he got to hang with his old buddies at Hope all day. Last Thursday was National Dog Day? According to Facebook, anyway...so I posted these two obligatory pictures of Molly and Moses. Molly continues to lose weight, and she is due for another weigh-in during the month of September. I have a feeling she might be at her goal weight.
Moses in his favorite spot on the couch (he will be 7 in November)

Molly hiding her face...ready for bed...annoyed with the lights:

On Saturday we didn't do a whole lot. Well...at least the kids didn't.  I ran around like a crazy person.  I took Molly and Moses over to a new dog sitter's house to check everything out.  I think they will be fine during our Fort Collins/Denver trip this weekend.  Saturday night Jeff and I got to go out with Ami and Rusty.  We had a good time at Cleats!
Sunday morning we were up and out of the house headed for The Pantry in Green Mountain Falls.  We got to sit outside and it was just perfect!


Give this kid a knife...LOL

The Pantry has this amazing cinnamon raisin bread and the best country potatoes!  And JR decided that he likes bacon on this morning.  HA.

Coffee thief. Think it is safe to say I might have two coffee drinkers on my hands...

After breakfast we met Cathy, Connor, Shawn, Larissa, Gavin, and Gwyn at the North Pole.  We hadn't been at all this year...and our trip was excellent!  We manged to show up at opening, and leave at closing!  7 fun-filled hours.  Although the Dad's were ready to go after about 4 hours.  Ha!


Alex and Gwyn waiting for the train:

Jeff and Shawn...part of the Oakley club:

Cathy and the girls:

Connor's hair is a work of art:

Chattin it up with Santa.  Alex (of course) wanted nothing to do with visiting Santa, so JR was kind enough to put a couple of requests in for her.  "My little sister Alex would like a butterfly, a shopping cart, and some more babies."  Too cute.

JR asked for  a metal detector so that he can find money.  No...he doesn't have Williams blood in him...at all.



There were definitely a few rides that Gwyn would ride...that Alex wanted NOTHING to do with.  So she would sit and happily watch.  She did enjoy quite a few rides though!


These 3 guys...


Ice cream break!

Group photo!


And here are a bunch of pictures from Larissa and Cathy's cameras:
We all 3 went on the spinny-spinny ride with the boys...so we decided to do a "Before" picture.

Getting ready to get on...

Here I am!

And the "After" picture.  HAHAHAH.



Cool magic show.  The dude managed to make 3 living birds sort of appear out of nowhere. I'm going to need to youtube that trick!






I decided to go with Connor at the last minute on the Tilt-o-Hurl.  And I decided to give the kid a run for his money. Oh boy did I ever.  Blah!  I didn't puke...but it messed me up the rest of the afternoon.  It was funny to watch Connor beg me to go with him again...and I of course refused. So he hopped in with Larissa and the boys for another ride and let's just say they weren't as "active" as we were.  He looked pretty bored. Ha!

This one promptly conked out in the car.  And when we had to wake her up after arriving at home...she was NOT happy.  She was almost acting sick!  Super fussy and wouldn't eat.  I'm happy to report that after a full 11.5 hours of sleep...she was doing much better this morning. Guess we drove her into the ground without realizing it.  She was acting just fine at the park!


This guy managed to stay awake for the first 20 mins of the ride home. Impressive!

We took it easy Sunday night and everybody except for Jeff went to bed early.

Tomorrow we are doing a food evaluation with JR at the CDC to see if he is just normal picky when it comes to food...or if there is something else going on that they could possibly help him with.  I will fall over backwards if they could get this child to eat a vegetable.

Jeff and I are taking Friday off together to enjoy some time exercising (Jeff is trying Orange Theory with me), eating, and shopping.  We are then headed to Fort Collins on Saturday with the kids!  We will stay the night in Fort Collins and visit the local scene.  The plan is to head back to Denver on Sunday afternoon for an Ikea trip!  And, stay the night so that we can visit the Denver Zoo on Monday (Labor Day).

Weekly Update

Phew! A busy week and weekend to report. Not stressful busy...but a good busy!

We got last-minute tickets to Sky Sox on Thursday evening from a friend. They were awesome seats, too! Probably the best we will ever get!  It was a beautiful evening and we were hoping to squeeze in ONE more game.  It was clear that the stars aligned and we were meant to be there.



We may have dropped $80 in snacks and food...but it was worth it! Ha!

Loves Popcorn.

This guy got hooked up...twice!  The gentleman in the seat in front of him caught the squishy baseball and turned around and gave it to JR.  Then, another little boy gave him a game ball that he had caught!  How does he do it?

JR has a terrific full week at his new school. He was awarded "Student of the Day" on Friday and got to do a few special things, including leading the line!  Every day he has brought home the "good" colors filled in on his chart.  Every student starts at Green, and can move "up" to blue, pink, and purple (purple being the TOP).  They can also move down from green to yellow, orange, and red (red being a phone call home from the teacher--no bueno). JR had two pink days, a PURPLE day, and a blue day!  So Ms. Francione seems to be pleased with him so far (-:

I decided to pack our weekend full of stuff to do.  So we started Saturday off by visiting the NICU Reunion Picnic at St. Francis hospital.  Since Alex spent almost 3 days in the NICU...we always get the invite.  Usually we are busy or out of town, but the date and time worked this year...so we went!  They had tons of food, face-painting, a balloon artist, a magic show and bounce-houses.


Pre Sox the Fox sighting....


Oh. And they also had people dressed up like Tigger, Winnie the Pooh, and Sox the Fox.  So guess who decided it was a good idea to hide under the table when they were visible?  Needless to say...she was ready to go shortly after arriving and didn't partake in many of the fun activities.  And when I say "many" I mean NONE.

But this guy had a great time stuffing his face full of cotton candy and snow cones! And you can see he didn't waste any time getting his face painted...and gladly made me stand in line with him for 40 minutes so that we could get some balloon art!

After nap time...we visited Larissa and kids at the Cordera pool.  The pool was warm...but HOLY COW was it cold.  The wind had us freezing! The kids still had a blast...but it didn't feel like a typical August afternoon.

Mom and Dad came over to watch the kids Saturday evening so that Jeff and I could have dinner out! We went to Hacienda Colorado and sat on the patio and watched the sun set.  It was perfect! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Ahhhh. So pretty!

Sunday morning...thought this guy was going to land on the roof of my car!

We went over to Angela's house so that the kids could play, and I could look through used clothes.  We get together every 6 months to go through clothes and make trades.  It works out well!

Levi and Lyla had a dual birthday party on Sunday afternoon at Palmer Park.  They had some organized games, pizza, cake, and plenty of swing time.

Levi just LOVES JR.  He was pretty stoked that we came! They have been in the same classroom at Hope for a few months now and have become good buddies.



I dragged Jeff along this time.  (-;



Quick King Soopers trip means a ride (or 3) on the Pony!

No line? Can we ride again?

We have plans to visit the North Pole on Sunday with some friends.  Summer feels like it is leaving us quickly!