Let it Snow!!!!

As natives of Colorado say, "if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes and it will change" This couldn't have been more true the last couple days in October. The weather reports said to plan on lots of snow for the metro area - up to 24 inches in some areas. Being skeptical that almost two feet would fall, we carried on with our days. Well, as the day progressed, Wednesday October 28th, more and more snow fell. Working for Adams County I knew that there is no way I would ever get a snow day, but one could hope. The day progressed, more and more snow fell. We got word that the office would close early to let everyone get home safely....I was so excited. I hoped for a snow day the next day, Thursday, October 29th, but in checking the office line, we only got to start late. I figured that since we left early the day before, and were getting a late start the second day, being released early again was not going to happen...it did. On Thursday afternoon, the snow finally began to slow down, so I got home with the kids early, and we decided to take Haylee out to play. Enjoy the pictures of the family playing in the snow!

Haylee dressed up to head outside!

Haylee and Daddy measuring the snow

16 inches of snow fell at our house in two days.

Daddy with the kids outside.....brrrr!

Happy Birthday Haylee

Haylee turned three on Tuesday, November 3rd. She was so excited to have a birthday party with all of her friends! The past two years Haylee has had some pretty exciting birthdays. With an "Under the Sea" theme and Octopus cake, to Bubbles and Balloons with a bouquet of balloons cake. This year, I was not on my game and not that organized to have a theme. Haylee is getting big enough and likes to express her opinion, so we decided to let Haylee pick what colors she wanted to use to decorate her cake. Yellow and Purple it was. So, Byron and I baked a three layer cake that when you cut into it, it looked like a checkerboard, and decorated it with yellow frosting and purple accents. I think it turned out pretty well!

We had friends and family over to celebrate and Haylee had a great time. I can't believe that Haylee is 3.....

Happy 3rd Birthday Haylee!

Happy Halloween

This is Haylee's third Halloween. By now, she is a seasoned veteran on costume shopping, pumpkin hunting and trick or treating. This is Carter's first Halloween. Haylee was almost a year old for her first Halloween, so it was fun having a newborn to dress up! Haylee was completely comfortable trick or treating - she would go up to the door, say trick or treat and hold up her bucket for people to drop candy in. It was so funny. There was one person who let her pick the candy she wanted out of the candy bowl, so every time after that, Haylee would get incredibly close to the bowl and try to grab the candy out, even though the people were putting it in her bucket for her....it was funny. Carter did go with us, although he slept the entire time. Enjoy the pictures!

Haylee as an angel -

or devil (depending upon which picture you are looking at!)

Carter our little pumpkin

Pumpkin Hunting

There is a pretty good sized pumpkin patch near our house, and we had really good luck finding pumpkins there last year, we decided to try there again this year. We had a pretty early freeze down in Denver a couple of weeks prior to Halloween, and we were late in getting to the pumpkin patch (we went four days before Halloween) so when we made it to the pumpkin patch, we were disappointed in the amount of pumpkins that they had left for sale. When we started looking for pumpkins, we noticed a LOT of them had already begun to rot (our guess was from the freeze) Haylee seemed more interested in playing on the playground than looking for pumpkins, so we decided not to get pumpkins there, but to let Haylee play on the playground and in the corn box. Carter did not like the pumpkin patch all that much. It could be because it was almost time to eat, we woke him up, or it was pretty windy and chilly...either way, he wasn't a happy camper.

A picture of the two kids - gotta love the "looking into the sun" pictures!