School's Out!

The boys finished up a great year of Kindergarten and Second grade last week.  We're officially on summer break even though you'd never know it with our rainy, cold weather!

Morgan had a great time in soccer this spring.

Great coach and great team mates!

 I went to Alaska for work earlier this month and visited a wildlife conservation center.

 Also saw glaciers from afar.

The bikes were abandoned in order to check out a bunch of lady bugs...

Jacoby had a great year in Second grade.  He's looking forward to Lego engineering camp and basketball camp this summer.

 Practicing shooting their sling shots

Morgan is also doing a few camps this summer.  Both boys are enjoying listening to the Harry Potter series in the car.

 They had a blast at a pirate birthday party last weekend.

 Jacoby and his BFF.  Of course we will be having lots of play dates this summer so these two don't go into withdrawal from not seeing each other!

 Morgan graduated from Kindergarten.

 We really enjoyed Miss T. this year.  Morgan has really become a good reader and learned so much!

 Another great milestone for this little boy!

 The boys are thrilled to be out of school.  Jacoby has a massive pile of books he plans to read through this summer.

 Here's the Big Summer List with more of their plans

 I ran the BolderBoulder 10K today with friends from work today.  It's my very favorite race!

The boys and I head to Montana in just a few weeks.  Justin defends his dissertation defense on June 1.  And then who knows what awaits after that! 

Spring and Things

Gracious, I can't believe how long its been since my last post!  We have been busy!

Here are a few headlines:

Grandpa Michael and Grandmanette visited us in March and we enjoyed our time with them very much.

 The boys love trips to the bookstore with Grandpa Michael.

 We also inherited this lovely buggy from them, which we are truly grateful for.

 We got in a lot of skiing this spring and the boys have really progressed well.

 Jacoby even rides the chair lift by himself!

Introducing Team Fire, Morgan's soccer team.

 He's had a great time with his team and coach.

 Aunt Kenzie visited us!

 And Aunt Kenzie is getting married on June 14th!  She and I went wedding dress shopping while she was here...so fun and we're so excited for their special day!

 We had a quiet Easter at home with a Lego egg hunt, church service, and simple feast.

 The boys enjoyed a couple of fun play dates with their BFFs during spring break.  They only have five weeks of school left!

 Grandpa Bill joined us for our last day of skiing and it was a blast.

 It was the best way to end the season.

 And then we got to work on a special project I've had in my sights for awhile.

 It was all hands on deck for this one!

 My main job was keeping the builders fed and watered properly. (:

 And supervising, of course. (:

 The pergola turned out great and we were so thankful for Grandpa Bill's time and expertise.

 Can't wait to get some lights and hanging planters set up!

And I had to get spectacles for reading and computer time, which seems like all the time.  But I'm embracing my inner nerd and hopefully the art of gracefully getting older, wiser, and more mature. (:

Morgan is 6!

We had a blast celebrating Morgan's sixth birthday last week!

 Morgan loves Frozen, so our theme was Frozen/winter/snow.

 Waking up to a serenade and first gift of the day

 Morgan brought warm hugs to all his Kinder classmates in the form of snow dough.

 We had to have some winter decor, of course.

 Olaf makes us smile whenever we see him.

 Our sweet six year old!

 Opening some presents.  I gotta say, the indoor snowballs were the best $15 purchase on Amazon I have ever made.  They have been loads of fun for the boys and the adults!

 And he received item #1 from his wish list...the ice castle from Frozen.

And then our special people arrived for more birthday fun.

 We invited friends to join us for an afternoon of sledding at Hidden Valley up in Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was such a fun afternoon!  Here are both the birthday boys!

 

 Morgan and his friend N. 

 Jacoby and his BFF L.

 Morgan is a sledding expert and went up and down the hill non-stop for about 2 hours.

 Me and my mama

 Barely caught Grandpa Bill and Morgan zipping by!

 Jacoby loves to go fast and furious!

 And then we paused for hot chocolate and popcorn balls.  Yummy!

These were delicious and so easy!

 The birthday boy again...can't believe the little one is six!

Remember when he was this big?!  (:

 We spent time outside, enjoying the beautiful weather.  Morgan tried out his awesome stomp rocket.

Grandma Pam and Jacoby practiced shooting arrows.

And this picture sort of just sums it all up...lots of fun, mess, presents, and snowballs.  It was a great time!