Take A Look At This!

This is the house my parents are building!

I know, WOW! It's even more incredible when you see it in person! I just thought that I would post this to show everyone all the hard work my parents are doing. We can't wait until it is finished so that we can spend every spare minute we have over there enjoying it !

Our "Snow" Family

Last Sunday was a beautiful winter day here in Colorado. Ethan has been asking to make a snowman with all the snow that won't melt in our front yard. So after church we found coats and hats and set out to make a snowman. He turned out so cute, and Ethan named him Frosty.

Well over Christmas we watched the Frosty cartoon where he makes a snow wife named Crystal. Well, Ethan thinks that is so funny and wanted to make a snow Crystal, too. Well this lead to making a whole snow family.

Poor Seth was stuck making four snow people with very little snow while we were inside eating lunch. When the whole family was made the kids thought it was so cool. We decorated them to look like each of us. They were so cute.

But it has been so warm around here and the kids have found it so funny that they have slowly melted away.

Being a Mom is Hard!

This week I went in and registered Ethan for kindergarten for next year. Even though he won't be going to school for months I have been a total WRECK. I never thought that I would be a mom that would get this emotional and yet I am. And YES! I know that this is much harder on me than Ethan and that he is so ready, excited, and self-confident to go to school for a half a day every day but, he is still my BABY and I guess he always will be. I just look at him and am shocked that I will have a five year old that goes to school.

I went to the elementary school and had to fill out a ton of papers and just now hope that he gets a great teacher in a class with great kids! But regardless I know that he will do great!

We have just stayed at home lately getting back into the routine of preschool and work but we have done a few fun things. We went and climbed the Castle Rock rock. The kids always love to do this and hike all the way up and down themselves. We also went to the zoo on free day. We went later in the afternoon and so it had cleared out and all the animals were out on the cool day. We really had a good time!

Our 2008 Christmas Memories

Our Christmas was wonderful! It was so much fun to spend Christmas with two very excited children! On Christmas Eve we went over to my parents for dinner and our Christmas program. Ethan and Ciara opened their Christmas pajamas. It was a nice evening to remember the birth of our Savior, and teach the importance of the season to our children.

Christmas morning was welcomed with complete excitement even though we had to wake up Ciara!!! Santa Claus did really well in picking his gifts to the kids, they could not have been more thrilled. Within a short amount of time my front room looked like a tornado had passed through it. There was wrapping paper all over. Ciara had to rip very little pieces off when she unwrapped and throw them down, and had to do it all by herself.

It was a fun day with great memories. Ethan is still singing Christmas carols and talking about Christmas next year!