3 weeks and nothing to show

because I'm not ready to show pictures of what we've been doing for the last 3 weeks. We've been hosting Costa Ricans, tearing out bathroom and kitchen floors, replacing said floors with new flooring, replacing sinks and countertops, painting, replacing light fixtures, decluttering, packing most of the stuff that was cluttering, cleaning and going crazy. We are attempting to sell our house! Well, actually our friend Seth Jenson is attempting to sell our house. We'll let you know how it goes. We have a few projects we need to finish up before I post any pictures of our "new" house. At least we know that if no one wants to buy our house, we'll be happy with all the new improvements. I think I have a pretty good excuse as to why I only have a handful of pictures from the past few weeks - and sadly, none of Donovan. Oh well, we'll all get over it.



It's good to know that Nina hasn't changed during all the chaos. She still loves a good mess. Above - Nina learning to apply mascara. Below - Nina eating beans and rice. Not pictured - Nina after she took a paint roller (loaded with paint) and painted herself, the wall and the carpet in her room. Serves me right for leaving paint down while I took care of Cameron.



Cameron is still a pretty happy guy.



Matt got to escape the madness quite a bit. The Nuggets game was just one of the nights of fun he had with the 20 kids + 3 teachers who visited Littleton from Costa Rica. Yeah, they didn't all stay at our house.





I was so happy when Pam got this shirt for Cameron. For some reason, Howie hates this shirt and the only way I can get him to wear it is to put Cameron in it first. All of the sudden Howie thinks it's a good enough shirt to wear, but only when Cam is wearing it.

Skate City

When we would daily catch Donovan rollerblading through the house using Matt's rollerblades, we thought a pair his own size might be safer. But even still, Donovan doesn't just roll in those beauties, he walks up and down the stairs, climbs up the bunk bed and stands on a chair to wash dishes - all in his rollerblades. Matt decided Donovan needed to try the skating rink, as he felt it was a more appropriate skating venue than our house. Crazy Matt. So here are some pictures from our night.



These two just watched and cheered whenever Matt and Donovan passes by. Howie said he needed to practice at home first. Nina loved dancing to all the fun music. Surprised?





The skating rink is still the same from when I used to go. They play limbo, red light/green light and the super fun speed skate. Donovan wasn't too impressed with Skate City. He still prefers our house.

All night long

I give all the credit to Matt. He says he didn't do anything special (which might be true), but all I know is that before I took my trip Cameron woke up 2-4 times a night. Since I've been back - NOTHING! He is sleeping all night long. Matt, you are amazing!

Happy Birthday Matt!!

I gave Matt perhaps the best birthday present anyone could ask for. I don't mean to toot my own horn here, but I think I did a great job. I provided him with the opportunity to watch the kids all week long while I took a trip to Reno. How many other people would have given such a thoughtful gift? So on the blessed day when Matt turned 34, he started out by not sleeping in and making his own breakfast, then proceeded to take care of any and all kid issues, feed them lunch (provided by Jen and Ben - thanks a bunch guys!) take the kids to the park and make his own meatballs for dinner. He got a little break with a man-date with our friend Aaron. Rachelle watched all the kids and those two went to see the new James Bond movie. What a day! So happy birthday Matt, you are the best! I really owe you :)

Christmas 2008

Family picture overload

So even though Kim was getting ready to close on their new house and even though she was getting ready to go out of town, she was so nice to take our pictures for us. I know there are a ton here, but all I can say is deal with it.

Christmas clothes

For some reason (me) we all wore "Christmas clothes" to church yesterday. Nina got a fancy new dress from Pam, the boys have their same outfits from last year(thank you to my friend for supplying them), Matt inherited his grandpa's pants and tie, and Cameron and I rummaged through our closets and drawers.

Nina has only opened 3 presents so far. Not too bad.


Howie was an obliging camera man.



We're in the process of replacing our family picture which normally sits under that little thing of berries. We're leaning towards the first shot, Matt's backside pretty much sealed the deal.