On Sunday afternoon, Alice had her first piano recital. She started taking piano in January and just started learning music on the staff.  I am not sure who was more nervous, Alice or me?!?!?!  She wasn’t sure she wanted to go through with it but in good tough love parenting fashion I continued to reminder her that she would indeed play and feel good about it.  There were a few tears on the drive to the recital but we held strong that she was just nervous and would be great!  And she was great! Here is the video.  I took a few pictures but the lighting in the auditorium didn’t get along with my camera so my shots are pretty bad. 
This video is of Alice practicing with her piano teacher before the recital started.  The one of her playing alone won’t load.  I think that it is too big for blogger. 

I mean it.  I know that I have said it before.  There truly are not enough hours in the day for all the things these crazy kids are involved in.  Seriously.  I mean it this time.
Our weekend included a school carnival, a couple long runs, a museum tour, multiple trips to Walgreen’s, two birthday parties, the post office, church and a piano recital. Let’s just say, my head is still spinning and probably won’t stop for quite some time.
Anyway, in all the mayhem of yesterday, Paige had a soccer game. Of course, she is the cutest little player.  Enjoy the pics.

Alice had her piano recital today and we took some photos so I will (hopefully) post those tomorrow.
Have a nice weekend.
Jennifer

This weekend we headed up into the mountains for some time away and some skiing.  A couple months ago, I bought a Groupon for 2 nights at the Monarch Mountain Lodge.  We had a free weekend and took the opportunity to get in one last ski day.  Our friends, The Youngs, and a couple other families also spent the weekend at Monarch.  We headed up Friday night and then skied all day Saturday.  Today we headed down into Salida, ate breakfast, hiked around a bit and then met our friends for lunch before heading for home.  It was a very relaxing weekend.  The kids had fun being with friends, watching movies, swimming, skiing and just hanging out.  The weather on Saturday was beautiful with temps in the 50’s and 60’s.  We were all way too warm in our ski gear.  The kids thought it was hilarious when we saw guys skiing without shirts and girls in bikini tops.  It was tempting to strip down to near nothing but I spared everyone and kept on my fleece 🙂  Today the weather was cooler and a bit rainy.  We even hit some snow on the drive home.  Good thing because we really need all the moisture we can get!  It has been an extremely dry winter here in Colorado.  Soooo, here are the pics from the weekend. Another fun and exhausting ski day under our belts.

Yeah, yeah.  We know 🙂  We moved so far away from our family and we wish that they could all move closer to us!  When they do, we love it!  Scott’s cousin John and his family live in south Denver and we love it when we get to spend some quality time with them.  They came down this weekend and we got to spend some awesome time together.  I even got some baby snuggle time, which Scott monitors very carefully!  I just may get an itch for another baby 🙂  We got up Saturday and made the trek down to the zoo.  It was a perfect zoo day!

Indoor climbing, anyway.  Scott took Friday off and we took the kids to the indoor climbing gym.  They all had a great time practicing their climbing skills.  All three big kids made it to the top.  Paige was definitely the super climber of the day.  She took every route possible to the top and was asking for more.  She earned the title Spiderwoman.  Mason was a bit unsure of the wall and only went up a few feet.  He preferred to stay in the rock cave with his feet close to the ground.  A great way to spend a day together!

There’s rarely a Saturday that disappoints.  I mean, really, what’s not to love?  Scott is home, I get to spend a whole day at home with my favorite kids and the weather is awesome!  Today, at least.

Scott and Paige are still feeling under the weather but we still got out for a bit today.  We started the day with a Cinderella Saturday cleaning blitz on the house.  This house really needed it.  At least now, if someone came to the door and had a quick look around, they wouldn’t make an emergency call to Extreme Hoarders. 

After our quick clean-up, Alice and I headed out to a Girl Scout event at our local soda shop.  They had a blast learning the science of soda.  The owner of the shop gave them a brief lesson in carbonation and mixology.  They got to measure out flavoring, sugar water, coloring and seltzer water to make their own yummy (and interesting) concoctions.  After their lesson, they ate lunch and had ice-cream.  A perfect way to earn a brownie badge, if you ask me. 

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Scott played some games with the kids after lunch and then we headed south to a bike show.  We checked out some cool bikes and then took the kids to the park.  We had fun running around racing and playing tag. After the park we went down the road to a new BBQ place.  Good eats and lots of fun. Now we are hangin’ out in jammies and watching TV. 

Love days like these.  I hope you all had a nice Saturday.  Looking forward to a quiet day tomorrow. 
Jennifer

Well, I made it through the week. I very seldom ever wish a week away but Friday could not have gotten here any quicker. It is so hard for me to see my kids sick. They don’t get really sick very often and when they do, they make it count 🙂 Sam is still hanging in there. Alice went back to school on Thursday but came home very lethargic and slept the afternoon away. Paige came home early from school today with a low grade temp and very weepy. Scott is currently curled up under a blanket with a fever, sore throat and cough. Uh oh.

The kids are on spring break next week. Paige will be in swim lessons every day. She has progressed so far in her previous lessons and I think the week full of lessons will really help her out. We are hoping to fit in some field trips. Here’s to hoping that everyone is feeling better next week!

In all the craziness around here this week I totally forgot to post about Sam’s pinewood derby. Or maybe I did? Oh well…
Anyway, we all went and watched his car race. He did really great and finished second in his den. Here he is at the derby and his car prepped and ready to go down the track. 

Have a great Friday and enjoy the weekend.  Alice has a Girl Scout event tomorrow and then a quiet couple of days after that…
I am off to spray more Lysol.  On everything.

Jennifer

Back in February, Alice was chosen to have one of her art class pieces put on display in an art show here in town.  She was very excited and we were so proud of her.  A couple of weekends ago, we went over to the Imagination Celebration and checked out her art work.  Congrats Alice!