Momma and Paige getting ready for the first ride of the day.

Sam and his big buddy John heading down the hill.

Daddy and Alice making snow spray!

Paigey looking oh so cute!

Mason really enjoyed eating the snow, all day long.

Sam taking a rest at the bottom of the hill.

I hope you all have a great weekend. We are heading to Breckenridge tomorrow for a day in the mountains. Looking forward to that awesome mountain air and some more beautiful scenery!

Love, Jennifer

After many stops and starts (and I do mean many) we are oh so close to completing our master bedroom and bathroom mini-remodels. Okay, so the bedroom is done. New paint, new bedding, pillow, drapery, chair, mirrors and picture. The bathroom is close. Close counts, right? After months of pondering colors, we bought paint, in October. And that is where the remodel began….and stopped. In January, while we were having a door put on our office we had the construction guys take down those pesky mirrors in the bathroom. Those giant ceiling to counter to wall mirrors that were liquid nailed on. Those came down in January…and the remodel stopped. Finally, we decided that there just wasn’t enough time in the day for the kids, homework, jobs, laundry and all the other day to day activities that fill up our time. We had someone else do it (hang head here). New paint, faucets, lighting, hooks and blinds. Ironically we are still waiting on the mirrors. Oh yeah, I still need to add the girly touches to my very masculine bathroom. I didn’t take before pictures. Just picture beige walls and gold everything and that pretty much sums it up.

Here are the after pics.

I know, I know.

You were all waiting on the edge of your seats for these pics.

All ten of you 🙂

If you do read, thanks! Let me know you are out there. I love comments. Hint, hint. Hint, hint.

Have a nice evening. I am going to sit in my new chair and enjoy my bedroom’s new do.

It is the little things.

The kids were all off school yesterday and Scott had a day that he needed to take before Friday so we got around bright and early and headed to Denver to the Downtown Aquarium. We threw out a few suggestions for the day beforehand but Sam requested the aquarium and everyone else agreed that it was a great idea. It was Mason’s first trip to the underwater adventure and he was completely in awe. After the aquarium we had lunch a couple blocks away and then hit the big REI flagship store. We made it home just in time for Alice to make gymnastics. We ended the day with a little Olympics and stories. Scott is rounding out his last week at his current j.o.b. and starts the new one Monday morning. Please keep him in your prayers as he starts this new adventure.

Life at the Wescott house continues to be busy. Sam and Scott are enjoying their karate classes, I am thoroughly loving my photography classes, Paige and Alice are still in gymnastics and Mason continues to grow and be a sweet and crazy 2 year old. We are all so excited for our trip to California for spring break. Can’t wait to wear my flip flops and feel the sand between the toes. We are also looking forward to seeing some awesome family and friends! Disneyland, Legoland and Sea World are also, of course, on our list as planned activities. Going to be busy but tons of fun!!!! What’s new, right?!?!?

Have a great day!

Jennifer

It is so hard to believe that we are one month from our year anniversary of arriving home from China with our sweet Mason. I have had fun looking back at the monthly posts and seeing the changes in our boy. He has surely gone from a baby to a toddler in this fast year he has been home. He has gone from a bottle to a regular cup, unable to walk to running, a crib to a big boy bed, being fed to using silverware, diapers to potty trained, getting up throughout the night to sleeping through, signing to speaking. And those are just the obvious changes. There are so many more emotional and inner changes that have happened in his short time with us.

and 1 day

Home.

Forever.