Blast From the Past: Happy Birthday to Me!

I was treated to my favorite dinner that Doug makes, spaghetti and meatballs, on my birthday again this year - yum!  As Hannah said, "Mom, you even get sides." So it was a pretty fancy affair.  A delicious Whole Foods chocolate cake topped off the meal.  What a lucky gal I am.

Tooth Fairy!

Hannah lost her first tooth on Jan. 20th on the way home from the grocery store. The tooth fairy visited her that night and left her a gold dollar. Since, she lost (and swallowed) a second tooth. We wrote the tooth fairy a note explaining what happened and she left another gold dollar! This is quite a money-making scheme we've got going here.

Winter Wonderland

In January we took our second annual trip to Copper Mountain to visit uncle Greg and do a little skiing and tubing.  We were so glad to see Greg's girlfriend Sarah too.  She arranged for us to go on a nighttime sleigh ride and she braved frigid temperatures to come tubing with us.  It was a cold, but very fun trip.  On the way home we made a pit stop in Denver to visit the aquarium and then drove on to Fort Collins, CO (FoCo as the locals call it).  We were so lucky to be able to visit some wonderful friends there that we hadn't seen in awhile - the Circoras!  Hannah had a sleepover with her old friends Nico and Gianna (and baby Drew) while mom and dad laughed with Jenn and Ben about old times.  What a treat!

Turkey Day

We traveled to Southport to be with Doug's parents for Thanksgiving this year.  We had a lovely meal at their club and a fun weekend of golf, cocoa, shopping, swimming, and s'mores.  For this, and everything else that makes our lives so full, we are truly thankful.

Tweetsie, What a Tweet!

Our kids LOVE going to Tweetsie Railroad! I don't know if it's the trains, the rides, or what, but we always have a great time taking them. This year my parents came too and we all had a really fun day there.