Easter!

Look who came to visit S,M, and J...

Gram and Pops stopped by to say 'Hey'!
We immediately exercised their legs
By taking them to Rover Park to hunt for Easter eggs...

 

With fading light

We headed in for the night.

We sat with some stinky dye at the dining room table

And colored eggs with SM's favorite color being the eye color of Clark Gable.

The next morning we awoke and found our gifts from the Easter bunny.
When I ate too much of the chocolate bunny he left, everything became funny...

except for Pops according to SM's vote
A joke?  Then why has SM's face hit a sour note?

Off to Church to celebrate the Savior's resurrection
Here we are, trying our best to sing with inflection.

Happy Easter.

Haphazard Assortment of Things

No rhyme nor reason-
A post for the windy spring season.
Why this picture of J on a stair?
Why it's his epic morning hair!

Here SM is running to the store
Wearing sunglasses like her mother wore!

Bubbles, bubbles in our hair
Three kids in a tub?  Yes, we dare!

No more sugar please,
Unless it is a trunk load of girl scout cookies!

Making a mess that blocks the bathroom is what we do,
We sure hope our parents don't have to....

Our house was move-in ready...

...until my beautiful momma said it wasn't! With my dad suffering from the February stomach flu that ravaged all of the C Clan in the LOE, the massive room stringing together our house was painted a new color.  Can you guess the name of the shade?  Put your guesses in the comments section!

Lucky for the Colorado C Clan, they chose that weekend for a visit.  Look at Uncle B - his clothes were spotless until he started this project!

Using every available wall-mount in the whole state of New Mexico, several pictures/plates were hung.  Don't look now, but we have made a house a home!

Yep!  Eagle-eyed readers will acknowledge the new curtains put in place.  For a better view look at this...

What is missing?  Yes the built-in china cabinets.  Elmo is so proud of you!  Turning our gaze a little further reveals...

For those of you who enjoying watching my dad hot-tub it while eating - you will be sorely disappointed.  Disappointed that is until you realize that it's a roman shade capable of being up or down.  This image above shows the down position.  So many changes.  Big thanks to Uncle B, Aunt K, and Heavy D for their help in making my beautiful momma's vision a reality.  Also, thanks for taking the stomach flu to Colorado with you!

SM Turns Two - The Presents

Ahoy!  Look at my booty!  Let's make like Marc Summers and Unwrap!

When it comes to presents, I become super strong...

Whoops!  Something for my dad got mixed up in my stuff!

I made out like a bandit!  Or is it a smokey?  Whatever - I made out like Burt Reynolds before he shaved his mustache!

Here's a couple videos as evidence of my language capabilities.  Two weeks with Rosetta stone and I have this English thing down pat...

Good!

Happy Birthday SM (Foodie Edition)

Happy Birthday SM!  You turned two and you are too cute.  Her morning started with the always famous "2"-shaped pancakes...

Lunch was eggplant parmigiana at her behest.  Only fresh mozzarella please!

Dinner was pizza with her friend C.  We asked the kids to smile for this picture and this is what we got...Thanks M.

Dessert was cupcakes.  Chocolate cupcakes.  Flowery chocolate cupcakes!

Second birthdays are great because you know how to talk.  Or at least SM does!

Next time is the presents!

MLK Weekend in Denver

Often times when we look at our January picture folder it looks quite empty.  After our annual holiday travel, we often say - let's never travel again!  Well, this year we decided to hit the road in the first month of the year.  It was downhill to Denver - oh boy!

Heavy D and SM spent some quality time together...

Uncle B and my dad spent a good deal of time lighting a fire...

Aunt K took us to an indoor water park pool!

SM was not afraid of H20 this time...

On our way back we visited Garden of the Gods.  Look it's White Rock!

Thanks for hosting us Aunt K and Uncle B!

Other Holiday Adventures...

Before we move on to January (blog-time is really quite a bit slower than real-time), here are some other fun pictures from our holiday travels.  SM opening her beloved dream-light (sleep-tight)!

JC helping Heavy D open a gift...

Annual visit to Charles Edward Cheese's Fine Pizza Establishment...

Roller boards in the gymnasium...

A visit to dad's old MSE department...

A chance to sit in the same desks dad sat in for a predominant majority of his classes...

This picture sums up our holiday trip.  Why?  Because there is just so much going on in this picture...

Hand check!