A big day!

It was our first snowy morning of the season. We woke up to just a dusting, but then had about 4 inches by the end of church. It is so pretty - we are so lucky to live here. Just when you might think snow would be inconvenient, it will be 70-75 the rest of the week. Nowhere else can you wear shorts Saturday and Monday, and it snows on Sunday!

The seemingly bigger news today is that JJ lost his first tooth (naturally!). What a big boy he is. He is so excited to get to sign the Tooth Book at kindergarten tomorrow. Just a few pictures to show the proud Jack-O-Lantern smile...

One more thing.....

Really do not seem to be smug, but for the naysayers who read this



GO ROCKIES!!!!

When we finish celebrating, and staying up until midnight watching playoff games, we will be back to normal, and talk about the kids, and actually have pictures. Hopefully we only have 4 more games left!

One more thing to say....

Go Rockies!!

Goodbye Grandma!

We have had a work-filled week with Grandma here. We finished putting things up in the room for Kate. We painted and decorated the button room so now it is the vehicles room. Then there were a few moments left for fun, like our Candy Land Tournament - in which Blake was the big winner! Also, Grandma got to be at the Cougar Chase at Jakes school, where Jake finished with a fantastic 9 laps! It has been a great week. So, when are you coming back Grandma?

One thing to say...

GO ROCKIES!!!!


We, being a dual loyalty family (we still love the Diamondbacks too!), are a little torn on who to cheer for in the upcoming series. But what it breaks down to is that we cheered for the Diamondbacks in their amazing 2001 year series, and now the Rockies are having that same kind of magic to even be this far, so GO Rockies! I guess either way we are really a winner going into the World Series, and will have a great team to cheer for all the way. But since this is the Rockies first time this far, wouldnt it be great.....

So we made it!

Yesterday was our last day of taping for Sweat Equity. We know now that we will air sometime in February or early March. I think we are episode #210. The bedroom/bathroom/bedroom met the deadline of yesterday morning cosmetically, but we are really only 90% finished. We still have to tile the shower walls, finish tiling the countertop and fireplace (like grouting), and finish the baseboards and crown mouldings with paint and wood filler. Oh, and also hook up all the bathroom fixtures so we (Kate) can really use them. Probably no rush for that! So, all in all, 1 sleepless night, a pretty sleepless week, but an almost finished job, a learning process, and some fun thrown in too. Would we do it again? Asking that now we would say YES!




The whole finish crew in our backyard- Adam (marketing/photos), Tyler(Executive Producer), Amy (host), Donna (our realtor) holding Kate, me, Carl(sound guy), Tony (cameraman), Erik



The vanity countertop





The closet