Life is good!

Ok, here's Alyssa's weekend:

Friday night:  Birthday party at Morgan's house-it was a bead party and they made necklaces.

Satruday morning:  Cheerleading mini-camp.  I'm already tired of her practicing her cheers.  V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y.

Saturday afternoon:  Birthday party at Jessica' house.

Sunday Morning;  Tri the Rock

Must be nice being an 11 year old!

The birds and the bees

Ok, so I've been putting off giving my 11 year old daughter "the talk".  Today I finally decided to dive in.  I checked out a kid friendly picture book from the library, we found a private place to talk, and had the conversation.  I got the expected look of horror and ewwws.  We had an open, honest discussion as we laughed about the humorous pictures in the book.  I felt really good as a mother until she said, "Why did you do that to daddy?!?!"  Ummmmm......maybe I need to try again.   

On Top of the World! ...or Castle Rock.

 In my quest to be healthy and to teach my kids healthy habits, I've been trying to do more active things with my kids.  This weekend that included hiking (climbing) to the TOP of the rock,  We've always hiked to the bottom on the rock, but never knew how to get to the top.  After a tip from a coworker and watching other hikers, we made it to the top.  Here's a picture of Alyssa, Aaron, and Cole (our neighbor) next to the star.  It was a great feeling of accomplishment.  Van (the husband, not car) was stuck at the bottom with Gracie.  He did make it up on a 2nd trip with me.  I wish he was with me with the two boys though.  Boys are so reckless and fearless!  Aaron and Cole were running all over the top of the rock and making me extremely nervous! Good thing Cole had a hooded sweatshirt on.  I felt like I pulled him back from the edge too many times to count.  Needless to say, we all made it safely to the bottom.

Legos! Legos! Legos!

Aaron is obsessed with Legos.  Here is a picture of him with all his Legos and a picture of the finished product that he built tonight: a robot.  

A few weeks ago we went to a special Lego event at the Lego Store at Colorado Mills Mall.  They had Professional Brickmasters who were building an 8 foot tall R2D2.  

Don't believe he really loves Legos yet?  Check out the pictures from his 8th birthday party on Valentine's Day.  

A Lego Cake

Building Lego cars to race later

Our gallery of Lego Cars

Finally racing the Lego cars!

My first and last attempt at a homemade Lego pinata

After repeated beatings with a stick, the Pinata still would not break, so we had to beat it with a baseball bat.  

Pin the Smile on the Lego Man (Aaron's is over in the corner!)

My First Post

OK, I finally did it.  I have been toying with blogging for months now.  Please bear with me as I figure out how to do this.  Feel free to leave me comments or help me as I navigate though blogger land.