Halloween Pics

Unfortunately our little monkey was sick on Halloween, so we didn't get to go trick-or-treating, but here are a few pictures of Ella in her costume and pumpkin shirt...

Potty Training

Oh the joys of motherhood! We have begun the POTTY TRAINING! Ella's been showing a lot of interest, so we firgued we might as well go with it. We switched from diapers to pull-ups and, to date, Ella has pee'd in the potty 3 times on her own. She gets a treat when she makes it in time. We'll see how this goes...

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!

Today Mark & I celebrate 4 years of marriage! We are so blessed and thankful for all we have, but we are especially thankful for eachother.

To celebrate, last weekend we took a trip to one of our favorite places- FLORIDA! We had a wonderful visit with my parents and Mark's grandfather. And we really enjoyed having free babysitters so we could go out to celebrate at one of our favorite resturants, The Turtle Club.

Here's to many more anniversaries!

Some of our favorite pictures from the trip...

SNOW DAY- October 28, 2009

Just another snow day in Colorado!

It's already snowed about 4 inches in our front yard and it's still coming down! There is no better reason to stay cozy and warm inside and make cookies and hot chocolate. Ella is certainly reaping all the benefits!!

I do have to mention that I made HOMEMADE hot chocolate on the stove all by myself!

I am very proud! :)

More Dance Class

As promised, here are some pics of Ella and her best pal Emery at dance class. Both of them love the class! Don't they look cute in their little outfits!?

GO ROCKIES!!

OK... so by now we all know that the Rockies are out of the playoffs. It wasn't quite the run they had in 2007, but we still enjoyed going to the games! We attended the last game of the series last Monday and had a blast. Ella was such a trooper, waving her towel and cheering "GO ROCKIES!!" We were plesantly surprised that Ella made it through the whole game without any fussing- and it got pretty cold at the end.

Here are a few of our pics from the game:

Havestival 2009

This year we attempted to try something new with our grocery shopping. We became a member of a CSA (community supported agriculture) and get a weekly basket of organic vegetables from a local farm called Grant Family Farm. As members of this farm, we were invited to their annual Harvest Festival or "Harvestival." Mark, Ella and I were so excited to check out the farm where our vegetables are grown and particpate in the hayrides, petting zoo and beer garden. We were also planning on getting a pumpkin from their pumpkin patch. Well, if you live in Colorado, you already know that the weather did not cooperate withus last weekend...

I'm proud to say that we braved the storm and got our pumpkin! Thanks to friends Michele, Benjamin and Kate Hanson who joined us for the festival. It ended up being a blast even though it was freezing.

October Snow

We have snow in Dever! This is actually the 2nd snow of the season... we had a very short-lived storm in September... but today it was actually enough for Ella to notice. She was scared to stand in in at first, but then eventually held her hands out to "catch" it. So cute!!!

Dance Class

Today Ella & I joined our friends Emery and her mom Jackie for Dance Class. It was way too much fun and we have decided to make it a regular thing... so of course we had to purchase the appropriate attire. Here is a picture of Ella in her new dance skirt. We have ballet slippers too, so more pics to come of her with the whole outfit!

More KC pics

A couple more pics from our visit to KC. Ella and I had so much fun at Kara's house for a Morning playdate....

But Mom had WAY more fun that night...