Joshie's Question of the Day

Josh is very interested in doing Taekwondo. So, we went to a place to check it out. We watched part of a class. As we were sitting there watching the kids do their moves, Josh asked "Mom, do they teach them to shoot fireballs from their hands?" LOL!!!!

Rolling Hills Sock Hop

Alex went to the Rolling Hills Sock Hop on Saturday night. He looked so handsome with his 50's look! There were girls there with poodle skirts and scarves around their necks and the boys mostly had white or black t-shirts on with jeans. Alex didn't dance at all, but he played games, ate pizza with his Mom, goofed around with his friends and generally had a pretty good time. There was a 50's car in the parking lot which I managed to get a picture of with Alex. He humored me with one shot... but it had to be on our way out. He wasn't going to let me take one on the way in!

Mother's Day 2008

Mother's Day was a wonderful day! Josh brought me breakfast in bed at about 6:30am... a little early, but still very sweet! I was showered with gifts and cards - some bought and some made. We went out for breakfast and then to a garden center to pick out a green plant (one I hopefully won't kill!) for our living room. We took some pictures on the porch and then got into our comfy clothes! The kids played all day, I did some house work and Jeff worked in the yard. We went out for dinner at an Irish pub... we can't wait to take Pete, Carol and Julie there when they come to visit Memorial Day weekend!!!

Special time with Aunt Julie

Aunt Julie was flying to Vegas on her birthday to meet up with Uncle Kevin. She somehow managed a 2-hour layover at the Denver International Airport. Hmmmm!!! What a coincidence! The 2-hours was plenty of time for hugs & kisses from the Dolan chitlins.

I got the kids out of school early, so we would be on time. We waited at the baggage claim area anxiously looking for a glimpse of Aunt Julie. Once she came into view, the kids went sprinting towards her. She dropped her suitcase, got down on her knees and braced herself for the impact!!! I don't think she would have cared if they knocked her over and she cracked her head on the floor! The kids each had a rose for her and they smothered her with hugs & kisses. As you can see from the picture, she was smiling so hard she about split her cheeks!!!


We found a place out of the way to sit down and have a nice chat. Since it was Aunt Julie's birthday, we brought cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to her. She was so surprised!!! Aunt Julie opened her present and was ecstatic to find out that she was getting a facial and paraffin hand dip at the spa at the hotel in Las Vegas! I found out later that her wonderful husband added to the relaxation and pampering by booking her for a massage as well. Sounds like the princess got the royal treatment!!!

We were sad when Aunt Julie had to leave to get on her plane, but we were happy to have gotten a chance for hugs & kisses & cupcakes!!!

Some recent pics

Mattea dressed up as Sheriff Woody.
I remember when Josh used to wear
that costume!

Here's the kids in the car with us running errands. Can you feel the love???

Here's the boys on their way to work with Dad. It was Take Your Child to Work Day and he was brave enough to take both of them with him! He proudly showed them off all day and put them to work. I saw pictures of Josh shredding papers and drawing on Dad's white board. Alex was chief photographer and videographer for the day. They attended meetings and were well-behaved all day. Both of them fell asleep on the way home! I guess it's not that easy being in Dad's shoes for a day!!!

Update

It's been awhile since I've posted. Things are going well. Even though we have only been here for 3 weeks, it seems like it's been longer. That's probably because we've been hard at work getting boxes unpacked, rooms organized, etc since we got here. Neither Jeff nor I took much time off work, so we have been taking care of those things at night and on the weekends. It will be nice when we're settled and have some time to explore the beautiful state of Colorado!!!

We had a visit last week from Uncle Kevin. He was in town for business and stopped by several times to see us. It was nice to have family in town. He even ditched his hotel Thursday night and stayed with us. What a treat! He brought trinkets from the expo for all of us and the kids thought it was Christmas! We are looking forward to our 2-hour visit with Aunt Julie at the Denver airport next week on her birthday!!!

My mom and dad came out for a visit this week. We are SOOOO excited to have them here! They had a visit previously scheduled for June, but I think they were sympathetic to our situation, so they came out here to help us get some boxes unpacked and put away, hang some pictures on the wall and get organized. It's not all work and no play, though. Today, they took a trip to Colorado Springs to have some fun on their own. I wish I was there with them!!! We are hoping to take them tomorrow night to Casa Bonita since the kids had such a great time there in December with Grandma Carol & Grandpa Pete.

Hopefully, I will get our "We've Moved" postcards in the mail soon! I'm sure most of you know our updated information, but I couldn't resist making some cute cards online!!! We're looking forward to lots of visitors and have already talked about when we'll head back to Iowa for a visit.

Please keep in touch. We miss you all!!!

Joshie's Question of the Day

"Mommy, how are license plates made?"