christmas 2016 in albuquerque

posted by mommy and daddy

we went to albuquerque for christmas this year to spend time with grammie, gampa and greats. we were there for a week so we got to do a lot of fun things like having the kiddos bake cookies with grammie, playing games with gampa and spending quality time with greats. it's always enjoyable when we get to spend the holidays with family.

grammie made the boys fun aprons

learning from the expert

eloise loved the shakers

evie loved rolling out the gingerbread dough

hard at work decorating

it was messy but fun

the fruit of our labor

they tasted so yummy

stockings hung over the fireplace

yummy treats for santa

santa gifts for the kids

ready for christmas morning

owen loved wearing the santa hat

stockings were a hit

a very big hit

eloise got lots of fun things

her prize gift was her new baby doll from santa

a magic kit from santa

a leap pad from umma and uppa

owen loved his new legos

evie asked santa for orange headphones and he came through

i guess you can guess who this gift was from

evie showing his displeasure with something

fun with greats

car ride back to denver

backyard fun

posted by everett

daddy started up a fire and we all got to grill hot dogs and smores. it was a cold night so the fire kept us warm as we enjoyed our yummy food.

family fun in the backyward

cooking up yummy marshmellows

i definitely want s'more

mommy was great at lending us a hand

now this is the way to eat hot dogs

we all had a great time

yeah for birthdays!

posted by mommy

this past week we celebrated my birthday. james planned a wonderful birthday experience surprise last saturday and took us all downtown to eat and play. it was so fun to get out of the suburbs and be around so many people! there was a st. patrick's day event going on downtown so there really were a lot of people out and about.

we ate a casual but delicious lunch at uber eats, went for a walk and threw rocks in the river, and ate delicious ice cream at little man ice cream!

waiting for our delicious food

walking across a cool bridge over the highway, making our way to the park

i couldn't ask for a better birthday...or a better family!

throwing rocks in the platte river

love love love

ev trying to get his mouth around his "kid size" vanilla cone
owen taking another bite of his monster-sized peanut butter and
chocolate ice cream sandwich (made even more decadent
dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with salt!

a beautiful day perfect for a sweet treat!

no need to go across the street to the park,
there was a slide right there on the patio

evie never let his cone go...taking bites in-between slides

owen actually did a really good job with the hula hoop out on the upper patio

i also received a few other surprises on my actual birthday!

james came home with decadent chocolate oreo cupcakes from whole foods!

the boys brought me rainbow roses they picked out all by themselves

gorgeous flowers from my in-laws!

even eloise got in on a little oreo action!

thank you family for a wonderful, memory-making birthday!