December/January Recap!

It's been ages since I updated - I don't really have an excuse. I suppose for the most part, our lives are pretty routine and there's not a ton to share!  But, the more I think about it? December was a bit crazy! So, here's a photo recap of our last two months!!

DECEMBER 2012

My sister was the Queen of her Madrigal Dinners at Wayne State! I got to ride up with my parents to watch the dinner, and it was a lot of fun! (I even got in a few of the photos!!)

Three days later? I drove up with my parents again to see her Senior Honors Colloquium. (See, I know big words!! More importantly? People in Wayne Nebraska know big words!)

 

Then? A few more days later? My dad, Skyler and I drove up to help her move out of her dorm. (Yep - are you keeping track of our time on the road? There will be a tally! I promise.) 

Then we drove back to Wayne (2 days later) for her Graduation! (CONGRATS KID SISTER!!)

 

Total driving time (from Lincoln to Wayne in December) approx 30 hours! 

Total driving time total in December (up until now?) 35 hours! 

But, we're not done! See, Skyler and I drove back to Colorado! Where we got home just in time for a big snow storm, where a tree fell on our house! 

And then, Ryan got home and we turned around to head BACK to Nebraska for Christmas!

Total Drive time now? (December 21?) 55 hours! BUT WAIT!! We have a trip to Iowa, a trip back to Lincoln and a trip back to Colorado still to come!! (Are you tired of my car yet? I am!!)

So, I mentioned Iowa? We spent 2 days with Ryan's sister and her kids! (Which was an absolute blast, and now I understand how horrible it was for my parents to drag Kate and I away from our family on trips to Chicago!)

Then back to Lincoln where we did the whole Christmas thing - which included this awesome cake ball tree!! (Drive time now? 62 hours.)

Then, we had Katie's birthday! (Geez, she's 23... that's like... old!)

Then back to Colorado - Drive time total? 73 hours. Yep - more than 3 full days in the car. THREE FULL DAYS!! (Ok, that's not a huge deal - I did drive a truck. So, it was actually enjoyable. But wow... just now totalling that up? EEEK!)

JANUARY 2013

After a quiet NYE at home (where I was asleep before Midnight - thank you very much!) Ryan hit the road and life returned to normal in Colorado!!

There were trips to the Children's Museum

And the Nature Center

And the Children's Museum Again

And some bike riding and picnics at the park

And of course we stayed busy at home...
We baked

And made silly Finger Puppets

We crocheted - Ok, I crocheted... while Skyler slept.

We played Dress Up

A lot of dress up...

We went for walks (when it snowed again!)

And we colored. A lot. (Because it's our favorite thing to do!)

I think you're caught up on our life now!! (Hopefully my next few entries aren't as photo heavy!!)

August Recap

We had a really great (BUSY) month of August!

It started out with Ryan being home, and included a Campaign Rally with President Obama, A trip to Nebraska, Lots of time at the Splash Park, Football Practice  and the State Fair!

I've put together a quick collage of some of our favorite photos from the month to share with you guys! (Grandparents - if you want the full size image of any of them - or more - just let me know! I've got them all on my computer!)

 

Click the collage to see it bigger!

A much overdue update!

I've been meaning to update for awhile, but I just keep forgetting!! I do have a 101 in 1001 project blog that was recently updated as well!

We had Aunt Katie out here for two weeks, and Daddy for six days! So we've kept pretty busy! (And now Skyler and I are spending Saturday in our jammies,as we both have colds!! )

With Katie and Ryan, we visited Pikes Peak, the State Capitol and a few other small adventures! (Ryan got a ride in a Lamborghini!)  So here are a few of the photos. You can find the rest of them here !

Four Generations! (And a teaser!)

I'm in the process of sifting through the 1000+ photos I took over Thanksgiving Weekend! But I wanted to give you a teaser shot! (I'm sort of going backwards through my memory card, so it's one of the last shots I took!)

We were lucky enough to have both Great Grandma and Daddy in town all at the same time! So I snapped a Four Generations Shot!!

Stay tuned for more fun stories and photos over the next few days as I get going!!

Daddy is Home!

Daddy has been home for 3 days now, and Skyler is about as happy as any little girl could be!

We've had a lot of fun playing outside (the weather here in Southern Colorado has been beautiful! Mid to upper 60's!)

But so far, her favorite activity has been playing Candy Land! (Her first ever attempt at a board game!!) While she was definitely too young to actually play, she did have a ton of fun trying to learn her colors and move the little men around the board.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We just said goodbye to Ryan, he headed back out on the road today after 5 1/2 days at home. We had a great time while he was here!

We celebrated his 30th Birthday!

We did some yard work!

We fed (and took pictures of) the ducks!

Dinner!!

We made the yummiest dinner tonight, and I really wanted to share it with you! We made Beer-Can Chicken with homemade BBQ sauce!!

It was delicious! And so I really wanted to share the recipe with you all! HERE it is, in case you're interested! (There are still a few great BBQing weekends coming up, after all!!)

Hello! (From Skyler)

Hi Everyone!! It's ME!!! Skyler! I wanted to take a quick minute to write and tell you that my Daddy is home! And that he and me played lots yesterday. We got these cool window stickers so Mommy can teach me my letters. I love the ABC song, so these are a lot of fun.

After we put the letters up, my Daddy started helping me jump! It was really fun! (And Mommy was there with her camera!)

I hope you are having as much fun as I am! (And if you're not, I would suggest you get a "Melmo" (Elmo) coloring book and a package of crayons. It will really make you have lots and lots of fun. )

Ok. Bye-Bye. See Ooo Later!

A Day in Denver!

We had to run Ryan back up to Denver to deliver his last load before he officially has his days off, so we decided to go up early and enjoy the day! We went to the Children's Museum and the 16th Street Mall! It was a great day, and we were all worn out at the end! (Unfortunately that didn't mean that Skyler slept in the next day *sigh* ) But I thought we'd share some of our favorite photos from the day!!

Playing with Bubbles (who doesn't just LOVE her expression? LOL! ) 

Skyler takes her shopping seriously

Dr Skyler is on the job!

More Bubble Fun!

Reading to a Bunny

Gone Fishin!

She found the Doll House, And quickly started playing Mommy to all the animals

Little Miss Hollywood Loves her Sunglasses!

16th Street Mall

Movie Time!!

We had "Movie Night" on Ryan's first night at home! Skyler got a bowl of popcorn, a bottle of juice and relaxed in her favorite chair to watch "Monsters Inc"!

She actually watched most of the movie, although towards the end she was starting to get tired and wasn't watching as much anymore. Either way? This was our first "Family Movie Night" and we all really loved it!