From a kid's perspective

Sometimes when I look through pictures on my point & shoot camera, I am surprised at what I see. The kids like to take pictures and it's always interesting to see their perspective. I was looking through pictures the other day and was wondering who had taken them. I laughed hysterically when I found out. Let's take a look.

The TV... gotta get a picture of what cartoons we are watching today! Looks like a show any of the kids might watch.

The fireplace... I tried to zoom in on the picture to see if I could figure out who took the picture, but didn't have any luck!

Cody... I'm thinkin' Alex is the photographer. That makes sense. Moving on.

The fireplace mantle... well, Alex is a bit tall to have an angle like this. Maybe it was Josh or Mattea. Hmmmmmmm...

My Taylor Swift piano music book. Okay, I'm thinking I might have figured out the culprit of these fascinating photos. (Although, I do make the boys listen to Taylor Swift and they do know many of the songs!)

A little pink jacket hanging on a hook. Although, there are quite a few coats hanging there. I can't be too sure Mattea is my phantom photographer. Let's keep investigating.

AHA! Busted... a self portrait at an amazingly close zoom! A little cross-eyed, but that is definitely the divine

Miss Mattea!!! Apparently, when the camera is RIGHT in your face, it makes your eyes look a little crazy!

But, it also made me laugh. Hysterically. She just cracks me up!

Picture of the Day -- Week 12

March 20th – Mattea & Aunt Julie LOVE to get their toes painted together. Today, they went to get purple toes with Easter bunnies on their big toes. Unfortunately, the girls at the nail shop weren’t able to do bunnies, but the yellow flowers look very beautiful!


March 21st – Today was the last day of Aunt Julie’s visit. Joshie really wanted us to fondue for dinner. So, Jeff & Josh went to the store and brought back enough food for an army – steak, pork, crab, salmon, chicken, bread, potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower. We cooked the meat in the oil and dipped the bread & veggies in the cheese. Afterwards, we had some “sherbert” and enjoyed marvelous stories about the kids when they were babies.


March 22nd – It’s the little things that make me happy… like a sweet new pair of sunglasses! The fact that I got TWO pair of sunglasses for less than $5 by hitting a Buy 1, Get 1 Free sale plus using two coupons makes me even HAPPIER!!!


March 23rd – Uncle Terry came to visit today! Well, actually, he is not only visiting, but will be LIVING in Colorado for good. Terry starts his new job next week as an Electrician at Keystone Ski Resort. We are so proud of him and very happy that he’ll be living so close to us.


March 24th – Today is a wonderful day to celebrate our sweet, loving, sensitive, adorable, super, awesome middle child – JOSHIE! He turns nine today. He was anxious to open his cards and presents and was very grateful for everything he received. He’s one lucky boy! We love him to the moon and back!


March 25th - I was working on my Project Life scrapbook and I left the room to get something. When I got back, Cody was resting his head on my scrapbook. I guess he was looking for some attention!


March 26th - Josh had his eyes examined today. He was fascinated with all of the technology that is used for an eye exam. They had this cool machine that takes a picture of your eye instead of having it dilated. It was really neat to see the image of Josh’s eyeball.

Happy 9th Birthday, Joshie!!!

the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book

some new baseball pants!

Happy Birthday, little bro!

a new equipment bag for baseball

birthday cards & cash/checks/gift cards -- always a good gift!

Happy Birthday, big brother!!!

We love you, Joshie!

Joshie-Joshie-Bo-Boshie-Banana-Fana-Fo-Foshie-Me-My-Mo-Moshie... JOSHIE!

Our sweet, cute, funny, sensitive, energetic, awesome, adorable, super middle child is NINE years old today! Happy Birthday, Joshie... we love you to the moon and back!!!

Picture of the Day -- Week 11

March 13th – Alex & Mattea were watching TV and snuggling. She loves sitting on her brother’s back. They looked too cute!


March 14th – This is my view for much of the day today as I organized vacation pictures on the computer, edited pictures in Photoshop, updated the blog, loaded pictures to Snapfish and started creating a digital photo book of our Florida vacation.


March 15th – Josh and I were just getting ready to do our duathlon training. We hope to be ready by this July! We are following the Couch to 5k training program for the running portion. It consists of a warm-up, a combination of walking and jogging and then a cool-down.


March 16th – After not seeing Hanna for a week while we were on vacation and then even longer since Hanna was sick, Mattea was DELIGHTED to hang out with her BFF again!!!


March 17th – Aunt Julie came to visit!!! Apparently, she wore the kids out because Alex & Mattea fell asleep all snuggled up with her. (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)


March 18th – Aunt Julie took Joshie on his “birthday date”. They went to lunch at P.F. Chang’s and did some shopping at Southlands. Josh got a pair of sliding shorts for baseball. Apparently, that was only Part 1 of the date... there will be more shopping and a movie another day while she is in Colorado.


March 19th – After a week of 60-degree weather, the forecast for today was a high of 29 and a prediction of 7 – 14 inches of snow. Josh & Mattea decided to take advantage of the snow day and played outside. They had so much fun!

And here's the aftermath...

They are back in now and have kicked off all of their gear. I love the rosy cheeks! I don't like the wet, sloppy clothes!

Snow Day

After many 60 degree days, we are seeing some white stuff today and it has turned chilly again. We'll see what happens by the first day of Spring... you never know. Josh & Mattea decided to bundle up and play in the snow.

Happy Friday!!!

Too funny not to share...

I was just IM'ing with Julie when something she said reminded me of a funny story from our Florida vacation. I just have to share because I thought it was hilarious!

We were getting ready to go somewhere and Carol said something like "Let's take off like a dirty pair of underwear." Mattea quickly replied "That's inappropriate, Grandma." That 5-syllable word coming from a 5-year old in the correct context??? It was just too funny!!!

Picture of the Day -- Week 10

March 6th – On our first day in Orlando, the kids goofed around in the pool for a bit, we had breakfast on the patio and then headed to Sea World. It was bittersweet to attend the Shamu show after one of the trainers, Dawn Brancheau, had been tragically killed a couple weeks before. Alex’s favorite ride was The Manta and Josh loved The Journey To Atlantis. Mattea had a great time on the Shamu roller coaster.


March 7th – On our second day in Orlando, we went to Animal Kingdom. We headed straight to the Kilimanjaro Safari ride to get a look at the animals. It was a bumpy ride, but we all enjoyed it. Among our favorites at Animal Kingdom were the Mt. Everest and Dinosaur roller coaster rides, the River Rapids water ride and the Lion King show. When we got back to the house, the kids and Jeff had such fun playing in the pool… even though it was VERY chilly.


March 8th – On our third day in Orlando, we went to Magic Kingdom. Grandma was delighted to take Josh & Mattea on the It’s A Small World ride. Josh got the high score (848,000) on the Buzz Lightyear ride and all of the kids enjoyed the Tomorrowland Speedway. Mattea was very brave when she met Mickey & Minnie.


March 9th – On our fourth day in Orlando, we took a break from the parks and had a leisurely day. The kids swam and played in the pool all morning after breakfast. We headed to International Drive to scope out the souvenir stores. After shopping, Jeff found an amusement park where we played all afternoon. We raced on the go-kart track, did bumper cars and the kids did the bungee trampoline and the Space Blast.


March 10th – On our fifth day in Orlando, we went to Hollywood Studios. We had a great time! The boys and I really enjoyed the Rockin’ Roller Coaster and the Hollywood Tower of Terror. We all had fun at the Lights Motor Action stunt show and the Indiana Jones show. Mattea, Grandma Carol and I had some girl time at the Little Mermaid and Beauty & The Beast shows.


March 11th – On our sixth day in Orlando, it was a drizzly rainy day. We had a lazy morning and then went to Epcot for our final day at Disney. The kids met Stitch and Daisy Duck right when we got into the park. We checked out a couple rides and then made our way to Germany in search of some lunch. Jeff found the Biergarten which had the most amazing buffet, liters of beer and a band playing polka while we dined. Everyone’s favorite ride at Epcot was Soarin’ where we took a virtual hang glider ride through California.


March 12th - We had a smooth flight back to Colorado and were glad to be home and see the mountains again. It’s much more fun to pack FOR a trip than to unpack when you get back from one, but I guess it’s inevitable.

Picture of the Day -- Week 9

February 27th - Jeff & I received this orchid from Yvette Martinez at our holiday party in December 2008. I’m proud to say that I have kept it alive since then and it keeps on blooming!!!


February 28th - Mattea was having pictures taken at school so I curled her hair and she put on one of her favorite dresses. She looked so beautiful that I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of my own.


March 1st - The boys got haircuts in preparation for our vacation to Florida. Josh styled his hair into a mohawk just for fun. Jeff hates it… I think it’s adorable!


March 2nd - Josh had to design and create a city for a 3rd grade project. It was due right before the boys tracked off for spring break which kinda stunk as far as timing goes, but Josh did a great job on it!


March 3rd – Josh had Carder over for a play date and the boys had a great time playing baseball with Justin.


March 4th – Here are our tickets to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. They are worth about $1100. I can’t believe how expensive it is to take a family of five to Disney. We are all really excited for this vacation, so I’m sure it will be worth every penny for the memories we will make.


March 5th – We finally left for our vacation to Florida. We have all been looking forward to this for a long time. We met Grandpa Pete & Grandma Carol at the airport in Orlando to begin our fun trip!

Happy Birthday!

Today is a very special day. It is the day that both of my parents were born... 8 years apart. We are thinking of you today and wishing you the best birthday ever! Glad we were able to chat this morning! Love you both! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!