October Snow

7 inches of snow on October 26 - right on track for Colorado. It seems like we are always trick-or-treating in the snow and cancelling soccer games because of blizzards. Cam and I went out to shovel snow this morning and decided to play for a little bit afterwards. (ps. I hate playing in the snow. So does that give me extra awesome mom points?) We tried to make a snowman, but the snow wasn't packing that well so we made a snowboy and a snow pumpkin.

Thanks for the craft!

Dear Grandma and Grandpa Marshall,
Thank you for the Halloween craft you sent us. We had a great time coloring them and are excited to see them decorating our dining room.
Love,
Your 5 far away grand kids








ps. our parents are taking us to Target this weekend to buy something sweet with the money you sent us.

Halloween 5k

I have been pretty motivated to lose baby weight since Rex was born. Something about knowing that I'm not getting pregnant again makes me feel like working hard to shed those pounds and inches that have accumulated over the past 11 years. One of the things I'm focusing on is trying to run faster. So for the past couple of months I've been training for a 5k and I ran it over the weekend.

Matt was so supportive as I was training, and I loved how he and the kids came to cheer me on during the race.





And for my own record, the official time was 25:15.

Cameron + desitin =

a big mess

No Bakes

Just because there is no baking doesn't mean there is no mess!





and as a side note - Cameron regularly wanders around with only one shoe on. I don't know how it doesn't bother him.

Out of practice

I am not so hot at blogging these days. Maybe I can attribute that to the fact that I really haven't been so hot at taking pictures. And maybe I can attribute that to the fact that I haven't been so hot at remembering to bring my camera along with me. And maybe I can attribute that to the fact that I haven't been so hot at having a brain that works. And I'm pretty sure I can attribute that to the 5 little lovelies that I call my children. But at one point in time, I remembered to bring a camera along with us on a trip to the mountains where I remembered to take some pictures. And I am remembering to blog about it. I am awesome. And hot.

And so here is a recap of that blessed day.

The kids found some safe pockets of water along the river where they could play



Rex was cute and sat on a blanket in the shade



I learned that Matt is fully capable of taking Rex along with him on all future fishing trips



The kids climbed up this little rock hill



And surrendered themselves to my every demand



Matt caught a fish

A long time ago

Actually I think it was only a month ago. But it was before summer was over and before school started and sucked the life out of me in 8 short days. We took the kids to a ghetto amusement park and they had the time of their short little lives. It's times like these that make me so happy we have little kids. And also make me wish they were all older. It was fun to watch them run from ride to ride. It wasn't fun holding a baby who wanted to be in his bed. It was fun seeing the huge smiles on the kids' faces as they spun, whipped, floated, bumped etc. It wasn't fun telling a 3 year old he was too short for some rides. It was fun watching the kids try to maneuver through a glass maze. It wasn't fun helping 2 kids use the bathroom while holding a baby. Gross. I'm pretty sure we'll trek out there again next year and have another night of fun!