Rocket Day at School

One of the parents from Daniel's class hosted a Rocket Day at school this year. They had to build rockets to protect eggs and then launched them with water. Of course, Daniel loved it. He got to build a rocket. 

Patrick got to tag along and Daniel was really sweet making sure he was participating. 

Here's the group before the launch.....

...and the egg after. Oops! The egg didn't make it. 

I think Daniel still enjoyed the day.

A Decade with the Big Boy

Josh is 10!!! I can't believe I have a 10 year old. A friend of mine told me I have now been a mom for a decade. I'm not sure why that sounds so much longer than 10 years, but it does. 

Grandma and Grandpa Weldon were in town so he had special attention all day. 

For dinner, he picked Outback Steakhouse, where he ordered the mac and cheese (I guess they have his favorite). We were joined by the Weldons, including Abby from Germany. 

For dessert, he chose cheesecake. Yum! Lucky us, he shared with the table. 

For his birthday, we gifted him a basketball hoop and has spent the entire next day shooting hoops in the driveway. I think he likes it. 

Happy 10th Birthday, Josh!!!

February 5k

While Joe's cousin, Abby was in town, she wanted to run a race with Daniel and I. She had heard he was quite the runner and wanted to see for herself. So, she found a 5k in our area and we all signed up. It was a little cold so we didn't get much training in, but we were able to finish it. And in our fastest time yet. 30:32. 

This is pre-race

Daniel again placed 2nd in his age division (19yrs and under)

Abby and I even placed in our age division. (I'll let you guess what that was).

Thanks for pushing us, Abby!

Valentine's Day

For their Valentine's parties at school, the boys each picked out their own Valentine's to hand out. 

Daniel's had to be Star Wars.

Patrick didn't pick this out but how cute is this? I found this online. 

Josh didn't want anything too "mushy". I guess he's at that age. 

They all had parties at school. (I guess I didn't take any pictures at Josh's class). 

Then for my Valentine's day, they surprised me with homemade cards and breakfast in bed (s'mores pancakes. Yum).

I'm one lucky lady. 

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Colorado Springs Fun Day

The boys had the day off of school and Dad had the day off of work, so we decided to take a quick trip to Colorado Springs for some fun for the day. We visited the Space Foundation Discovery Center. It's a very hands on place. They had a lot of activities for the boys to experience. 

They were a lot more excited about it than they look for the picture. I think they were just hungry. 

We found a restaurant that is inside an old Boeing KC-97 tanker from the 50's. The boys really enjoyed sitting in the cockpit. 

All the boys.

It was a fun morning for the family. Eating in a plane is definitely a new experience. 

Super Bowl Parade

Joe and I decided that if the Broncos won the Super Bowl, we would take the kids to the parade downtown. Well, they did it! So Tuesday, we excused the kids from school (along with about 25,000 other kids from the area) and trekked downtown to witness the festivities. We headed down a few hours before the parade started to make sure we beat some of the crowd. It worked. We got a great spot right behind the temporary fencing that was set up. The parade was amazing. It was fun to see all the players who appeared just as excited as everyone else. They were taking pictures and videos from the firetrucks as they went through the city. People were yelling and cheering. It was a fun atmosphere. Here are a few of the pictures I took (of course I took many more). 

The team's owner's wife with the trophy sitting next to Von Miller

Then, Payton Manning (the side of him at least) and DeMarcus Ware

Demaryius Thomas (Josh's favorite player)

The parade was a bunch of firetrucks with different people on them

Miles had a pretty sweet ride for the parade

Just us and a million of our closest friends

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We stopped for lunch at Sam's #3 diner instead of heading down to the pep rally. We had heard there were people camped out there since 5am so we didn't want to take the kids through that crowd. It was a good idea. The pictures from the news showed it was very crowded and we probably would not have been able to get close enough to see anything. Luckily, the place we stopped to eat had TVs turned on with the sound so we got to watch the whole thing while we waited to be seated.

It was a fun family outing that I'm sure the kids (and I) won't forget for a long time. I'm so glad we braved the crowds and made it work.

Super Bowl

Josh's driveway art

For most of the Broncos games this year, we watched them at the Weldon's house. So, we didn't want to break tradition for the biggest game of the season. I found some fun recipes online to celebrate the "big game". 

Orange flavored krispie treat jerseys. Made with orange jello flavoring.

Orange and Blue jello with whipped cream for the kids.

Orange and Blue jello shots for the adults. (They were a "tad" strong).

And it all worked. Broncos win the Super Bowl!