Happy Birthday Grandpa Paul

We were so thrilled to be able to celebrate my Grandpa's 85th Birthday with him this past weekend. He is an amazing man so full of life and positivity. He is fun and loves a good party. The highlight of the day was his most recent acquisition, a golf cart. Everyone got to ride around and the kids especially loved it. We enjoyed our time with you Grandpa!!! Happy 85th!


Grandpa and June out for a spin.


Opening gifts and cards.


Connor had some cake... can you tell?

Connor and his cousins, Angelina and Santiago

My Mom and the kids looking at the chickens

Me and Cora Grace:)

The Aquarium

While in Denver, Chris was Super Dad and took the kids to the Downtown Aquarium so I could get a hair cut and go look at wedding dresses with Laura (yay!) He did great with them and they had a blast looking at all the sea life. I was sad to miss it!

This is actually at the end of their visit:)

Out front

See Connor in the helmet??

What's in there?!

Connor and the fishes!

In the underwater tunnel

The sharks were Connor's favorite. Happy Day!!

My Newest Project

A lot of you have seen this on Facebook already, but if not, check out my other blog that I recently started!

www.grandvalleykids.blogspot.com

River Walk

We walked down part of the Colorado River Walk Trail after dinner the other night. Connor has been watching a recording of the X Games with the guys doing tricks on skateboards and dirtbikes. He loves it and out of the blue we caught him trying a trick on his own bike. Yikes!!



Tricky Connor!


Our fam with the Colorado River behind us

Connor's First Day of Preschool (Twice)

Connor has been so excited about finally getting to go to school. We pass his school all the time and he always asks me if he can go to school yet. The day was finally right around the corner, and what do you know, Sunday night, he starts with the runny nose. We could not believe it. And he DID miss his very first day of school. So sad:(

Needless to say, he is feeling better and got to go today. When Chris and I dropped him off, he did not care about anything we had to say, or that we were telling him we'd miss him and be back soon, he just wanted to go play. When I picked him up, his teacher said he did great and Connor told me he wanted to stay there all day. I am so happy he loves it and I know he will get to do so many fun things there. I did miss him though, and it is hard for us to realize that our little guy is really growing up.


Here is Connor on his "real" first day of school, trying to rest and get better.


Here he is today before school.


And Connor and Mom at his school, Little Sprout.

What IS That???

I just had to add this to my "You know you're a Mom when..." file. Connor fell asleep in the car today and I carried him into bed when we got home. A little while later I felt something touching the back of my arm and realized his sucker was stuck to the back of my shirt! It had been there for a good 3o minutes too! At least we weren't in public:)

Silly Faces

For your enjoyment:)