The Month of May

Wow! Where did the past two months go of no posting? Tabetha and I have been so busy with the girls, each other, and starting our new blogs that we've neglected this one horribly.

Tabetha's new sock knitting business has taken off quite well and she has been working on several of her own designs. Check out her new blog for all the latest and greatest in the sock world.
I've had many Mountain bike adventures and decided to start my own blog chronicling them.

Look close and you'll see me on the right




For Mother's day I gave Tabetha a treat that she has been wishing for....A night away from the girls. I put her up in the Table Mountain Inn, got a babysitter for the girls and met her for dinner and a stroll around Golden. Then I went back home to the girls and she got to a have a peaceful night on her own and sleep in on Sunday. Sunday the girls and I met her for Lunch and then we went to Hertitage Square.









Last weekend we took the girls to Georgetown, Colorado for Trains Day and a ride on the Historical narrow gauge railroad



Sophie and Momma in a moment of saying "Cheese".



from 100 ft above Clear Creek


My friend Kevin rides under the spot from where the photo above was taken..Georgetown just happens to have some great mountain biking as well.



On my birthday...Ayla and I went for a 10 mile spin at Bear Creek Lake Park. I believe this is her longest ride yet





Then the whole family along with Jennifer and Vincent took me to Beaujo's Pizza in Idaho Springs











Dodging storms during yesterday's ride



We'll try to be better about posting for the month of June.

Happy Birthday Ayla!!

Our eldest daughter is 4 years old TODAY! YEA!!! I still think the 29 hours of labor was well worth it. :) It's so hard to believe it has gone by so quickly.... she's become such an amazing girl: intelligent, witty, funny, sweet, generous, loving (stubborn, willful, sassy... Haha!).







One Year Old


Age Two


Age Three


And Today, Age Four!!

Crazy Busy!

It's been a crazy month with visits from Grama and Nana & Pops, illness, house hunting, birthdays galore... geez! But, overall, it has been fun.

Nana made Ayla a beautiful Puppet Theater and the kids are having a blast playing with it.


We celebrated Ayla's birthday a few days early with family and friends. Ayla had been looking forward to her birthday cake all year!


Nana being a wee crazy on a wee bike (at least Vincent likes to wear his helmet now! LOL)


Jeremy & Jennifer took Mark out skiing while they were here. HILARIOUS!




Finally a picture of me and Jeremy!


Sophie showing off her new diaper from Patti




And Ayla showing off!

It's Birthday Month!

This is the month of birthdays! This past weekend, Grama came to visit and we have a lovely time celebrating her special day with cake, cards, and listening to noisy, sugar-loaded kids. Here's hoping you make your 60th your best year yet, Grama!





Sadly, we didn't get to see Pops on his BD, but he knows we were thinking about him. We'll celebrate when they come visit later this month. In fact, we'll celebrate MY birthday, too!!

And, can you believe that Ayla will be turning 4 very very soon? It's so hard to comprehend, but she stuns me every day with examples of her growth. She is so sweet, so smart, (so high strung...), and has the most adorable laugh... my baby is growing up!!! WAHHHH!

So, other than birthday's and visits from family, the girls and I have spent time learning about fun new things like snakes and the seasons, going to the library, playing at the park (because it's been so warm here for the past month!!), some house hunting...

Oh, and I have been CRAZY busy with my budding sock business. Who would have thought that hand knit socks would be so popular! In fact, I was extended an invitation to join The Tiny Lady Cooperative which is a group of women (each who own their own business) who join together to have a group store website. The foot traffic is quite high and I am quite honored by the invite. We will "stock" our stores twice a month with custom slots on my wait list, some patterns that I am working on, etc. I am very excited and will post a link when I make my debut. LOL

I don't have a whole lot of pics, but here are some of my goofy husband who has had too much time on his hands lately (since he broke his bike!):

Ok, Ok...

I know! It's been a long while since I have updated the blog, so I thus offer my apologies. It's just been a little crazy around here. What's been going on?

1. Sort-of house hunting about once a week for half a day.
2. Delivering paperwork to Ayla's school that she will be starting in August (Free Horizon Montessori) - She got accepted! YEA!
3. Doing home "instruction" to Ayla and Sophie to keep their insatiable minds happy (see #4 for more explanation on why). We've been learning about snakes and shapes, numbers and letters, trees and countries!
4. Dealing with Ayla's show of independence, disobedience, or simply determination to make me crazy. Some examples of this would be cutting up my yarn with scissors or drawing on the kitchen cabinets with green sharpie marker, all of which are highly uncharacteristic of her.... :(
5. Knitting my fingers to the bone with my new budding sock knitting business. Suddenly, I am all the demand and currently have a wait list that books me until the end of March!
6. Spending time as a family - bike riding, visits to the zoo and Children's Museum, etc, etc

All of this goes on in addition to the typical daily chores, errands, activities... So, you can see how I get a little forgetful. :)

But, here are some pics to ease the pain. Haha!


Ayla regaling me with her music...






Jeremy and Jennifer skiing/snowboarding at Loveland






Jeremy's New Hot Rod


Thought you were supposed to go downhill ON the snowboard.


Both girls making faces together


Silly Ayla