oUr fUn tRip tO deNver

Maeley, Carson and I just returned from Denver and we had such a B-last!!!!!! Denver is not a location that we would usually pick as a "vacation" but it did feel like one, at least to Maeley, Carson and I. Jace has an audit job out there and was going to be gone for a few weeks, so instead of staying home by myself every night for what would seem like for-ev-a, we flew out there for 10 days. It was a prefect location, because Steve lives out there too...BONUS. We had a grrrrrrrrrrreat time and we were definitely sad to come home. But here are a few picts of our trip. Some of the days I forgot my camera in the hotel room or at Steve's so not everything (like the zoo) is on here. However, the zoo was awesome. I've never stayed at a zoo that long....the kids were soooooo entertained. So lemme tell you about it...FYI kinda long...lots of pictures, coulda done a slide show, but didn't want to...

The Morning Of: I had been on top of my game and had pretty much everything done, but while I finished up a thing or two Maeley ran around already to go asking "Is it time to go, Mom, Can we go now?"

She had her "airplane" backpack (equipt with snacks, activities and books) on all morning.

We arrived at the airport early enough just in case we ran into any problems. So with a little time on our hands we had lunch...

...played at the arcade (yuck, I let her, but in my mind all I could think of was germs/swine flu)

And finally got on board. Maeley was so excited. We have gone to pick up Jace from the airport SOOO many times and now she finally got to be on an airplain too. Even though she has flown several times before, this was the first time she actually knew what she was doing. FYI the rest of the flight sucked. Carson screamed, I was soaked from his bottle and all I wanted to do was get off. The next few days were lots of playing inside, outside....morning 'til night



One of our favorite nights was the first night at the hotel. All of Steve and Julie's kids came and we had a pool and pizza night. All of the kids were lauighing and screaming so LOUD that Julie (my sister in-law) thought she was going deaf. It was actually really funny.

I couldn't resist taking this picture. I think it's the worlds biggest wedgie and it on MY daughter. Such a proud moment....
We stayed at the hotel for a few nights and Maeley LOVED it!!! We all did.
This just made me laugh. I didn't know Carson cared so much about current affairs. Look at him read, he's not even 1.
JK

It was such a fun trip. It was like a family vacation, except for the fact Jace went to work during the day. Kinda weird. But I hope you got through all of this and are still alive. Lots of photos, I know, but I didn't include (because I didn't take the photos) the Giants game, our zoo day, the look on Steve’s face when he thought his wallet was stolen, the fun shopping and shopping bags, Julie's birthday party or any photos of the crazy Denver area drivers.

Family Night

Monday we went with some friends to Monkey Bizness. I was pretty impressed with the place. They have big blow up toys and a few play houses. Maeley ran back and forth between each toy and never got bored. To be 100% honest, none of us got bored. Even though the place is for kids, adults can get on the slides or go through the obstacle course. First Jace and Jonathan were taking the girls but then Carely and I wanted to try too.

This is Jace and Maeley and Jonathon and Abigale on the big slide. You FLY Down this slide. We thought that the little kids would get whip lash if they went by themselves because you hit a wall at the bottom.

This supa attractive pic is Carley and I at the bottom of the slide. We went down and she totally took me out...we were laughing so hard I could barley stand up.

Maeley loved this obstacle course. Jace and I would take her through it over and over. It's the best workout Jace has had all year. :)

And as always our little Carson was there too.

And there was even a little area for him and little ones like him.

So this was awhile ago....

Here are a few Easter pictures. Our battery died soon after we started taking pictures so I don't have any other Easter pictures We went to the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. It was pretty breezy, but fun. We had some cousins at our house for the weekend and everyone enjoyed the Easter Hunt, cupcakes, seeing the Easter Bunny and getting balloons.
They had a three-legged race, so Jace took Katie AND Maeley.

Look at little Landon. He's sooooo cute and proud of his cupcake.

But this was my favorite part...Landon and Maeley were two of the last kids to get any eggs. Everyone else got there first. But Maeley had 2 eggs and Landon had 1 and she reached in her bucket and gave one of her eggs to him. I love it when they do those things naturally...also notice that Landon is still holding his cupcake. He held it the whole time.
The twinners were there too.

Mostly for Ashley

So many friends have commented on this toy...lets not say why...

but I thought you should know....it happened

Now really, is it that big of a deal?

Photo Tagged

I was looking at bogs today..didn't get far... in fact I've only seen one. But I was thinking "what has Jeni been doing?" So I went to her blog and saw she had tagged me almost 2 weeks ago. EEEESH! Sorry Jeni that it took me so long to see that. She decided to photo tag me. Here are the rules...you probably already know them.

The RULES are to go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture...then tag someone else...

This is a photo I took at one of my favorite places...the Oregon Coast. Jace and I go there each summer. I LOVE the ocean!!!! I prefer warm water beaches, BUT the Oregon Coast has a lot of other advantages besides warm water... and my favorite is the pounding, thunderous waves. The waves are amazing. Devils Churn and Shores Acres are the very best places to see them.

***Disclaimer: This picture is NOT one of those amazing waves. *** (It was the sixth picture in my sixth folder)

Now I tag: NATALIE

Jace's 30th

To make a long story short...he thought we were having a get away for the night...I had much more in mind...He was excited as we checked into the hotel and went to our room...I burst his bubble when I told him we had a massage appointment in 5 minutes...He was not as excited about that...But I had a plan...Little did he know, some friends were waiting for him just down the hall...once we opened the doors he realized what was going on...Surprise!!! It was pretty groovy.

It was a great party and thanks for the help and fun.

Dave Letterman at Taco Time

Too funny!!! Have you seen this? Unfortunately the file size it too big to play it all, but It's SO Funny. My Brother Mark emailed this to me and I was dying. If you want the rest (it's like 6 minutes long) let me know and I'll email it to you. Make sure your volume is turned up. Press stop or pause on my music playing so you can hear what Dave is saying (right hand side, scroll down, press pause.) Remember this next time you order your food.

Enjoy!