Tonka Treasure!

While I was at a baby shower this afternoon, Lloyd called to give Andrew a hot lead on a garage sale in his neighborhood. Andrew and the boys headed over to check it out and look at the Tonka treasures! Unbelievable and all in pristine condition!!

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Andrew!It's from the archives, but this picture always makes me laugh. This one's nice too: Right now he's probably at the Phoenix airport getting ready to head home. Tonight the boys have make-up soccer games, so we'll probably meet up there, and then head home for his favorite: blueberry pie.

Let's go!

The boys and I headed to the zoo yesterday (along with almost every school district in town taking their kids on end-of-the-year field trips, but oh well). As we got ready, I just chuckled that this is so Colorado...here we are walking around in shorts and t-shirts, tripping over snow boots that still hadn't been put away from our 2 feet of snow last week.

When I came downstairs from getting ready, Max said "Mom, I have something to show you." He proudly showed me that he had already laid out 3 wrap-n-mats, 6 pieces of bread, 3 lunch bags, and 3 water bottles on the counter for our picnic! Such a sweet helper's heart. :)

Where have you been all winter?

Winter finally decided to show up. It started raining Thursday, turned to snow overnight, and kept on going and going and going...the snow finally stopped for us late this afternoon (Saturday). We easily got 2 feet. We lost power for about 5 hours, but we had a birthday party to go to (in the neighborhood, thankfully) so that gave us something fun to do while we waited for the power to kick on again. Here are some pics: Now for the meltdown...supposed to be 75 by Wednesday!

Fancy Clothes

Last week the boys got some "fancy clothes" for Easter, and I tell you, Max has been anticipating the wearing of the fancy clothes breathlessly. A couple of nights last week, Andrew didn't get home until bedtime, and when he went upstairs to kiss the boys good-night, Max would say "Dad, the day after the day after the day after tomorrow, I get to wear my fancy clothes!"

It took a little convincing to get Ben to agree to the fancy clothes; Andrew's prediction was that on Sunday, Max would be neatly put together with his clothes all just so, and Ben would look like the drunk guy at a wedding...tie crooked, shirt-tails hanging out...you get the picture. :) Although you can see in the pictures, neither one would tuck in his shirt. We play "old man" too often around here...tuck in shirt, hike pants up to armpits and laugh yourself silly...the only reason you'd actually tuck in your shirt would be to play a silly game, not to dress up!

Anyways, Sunday rolled around, and Max didn't even wear his jammies downstairs to check out his Easter basket. He came downstairs, already fully dressed. Here are some pics from later in the day at my parents' house. (They wouldn't stop making goofy faces.) (The boys, not my parents. ;) ) Hope you all had a great Easter too!

The way to his heart...

Driving to church last night for our simple supper and Lenten study...

Max says, "Mama, we go to church to learn about God, right?"

I answered, "Yeah, it's one place we learn about God."

Ben pipes up "And eat dinner."