Just hanging with the princess tonight.

naptime snd touching my face so she knows if i leave.

when she gets bored with Boos BB game we run the halls. Tonight she discovered the water fountains.

More Shelby Cuteness.

Babysitting night~Shane and Chels went on a dinner date and we got the pleasure of watching this little one. When she gets tired she likes to touch your face and snuggle. She was jabbering so much tonight. i kept taking her binkie out so she'd talk to us.

Boo's Basketball Team went into overtime and won. And I think Miss Shelby missed her Mimi. I know I missed her!

Moving Week end from Thornton to Firestone, CO.

Threenanger.

Great Grandma brought lunch and homemade turtles. 

the new bathtub was a huge success

cutest cleaning person ever....

Showing what a mermaid looks like.

Selfie Time

Lunch Break. 

Sunday 1-3-2016 Boo was so excited to come ice skating again. Papa worked more on the ice skating rink we started on Fri. to make it super large.

Connecting the two rinks

Jazz Game. they won 92-87 in overtime. Boo got 2 autographs, got one of the 5 basketballs they tossed in the stands, and when they tried to pay for parking they told them no charge for them. As they hit their 4th green light getting out of downtown Boo said " Papa today is our lucky day! "

New Years Day 2016~We went to the Polar Bear Plunge then came home and dug out our old ice skates, dusted them off, and the boys had a great time skating all afternoon.

ThE LaSt DaY oF 2015 ~

2015 was a good year. We had some nice trips and lots of fun times.
The last day of 2015 summed up a lot of it.
1. Went to work 1/2 a day~ thankful for a good job.
2. Went shopping to Kohl and NPS~thankful for fun shopping days and bargains and money to do it.
3. Nap~yes needed this to make it up until midnight~thankful for my comfy, warm bed and house and who I share it with.
4. Dinner with friends~so thankful for friends who call and remember us and want us to hang out with them.
4. Stop and see Boo, Shelby & Chels and talked to Clay, Tara, Killian, Kinzi & Liam~thankful for kids and grandkids and family.
5. Party at neighbors~thankful for good neighbors who help us anytime we ask and who made us laugh so hard playing Cards for Humanity that my stomach hurt.
May 2016 be as good.

christmas week end

Boo has been asking if we could go see the movie Daddy's Home so we thought it was a good day after Christmas thing to do.  He and his step brother Carson got new phones for Christmas so now they can communicate and they decided they wanted to go to a Kendama Store to spend their Christmas money & Mimi & Papa could take them when we went to the movies. So we agreed and drove 40 extra miles to get Carson at his Dad's and 80 miles round trip to go to the Kendama Store. They spent their money, we went to the movies, I even got a little shopping in. We went to dinner and they decided they wanted to spend the night together. They text and called their moms and their dads, multiple times (like over and over and over) . They whined, they got rejected, they text. All I can say is a really wonderful day turned into a very frustrating ride home listening to them trying to get their way and failing, feeling bad for them and what they have to go through and appreciating dropping them off and going home alone. One more reason it may not be a great idea for nine year olds to have cell phones. And one more reason I appreciate being the Mimi, not the Momma.

and one more reason I'm happy we have one years olds.

christmas day pictures

 Miss Shelby got a new car seat. I think she liked it. She was really impressed that it had a cup holder.

She even liked the box that it came in. 

Santa and his helper showed up. 

Shelby wasn't to sure about them at first. 

But warmed up pretty fast. 

She really liked his bell. 

and his helper. 

Shelby looking at Chels like Do you know Santa mom?

Then Santa took off his wig. 

and Mimi put on the hat. 

and she thought it was so funny. 

All done. 

Loved gmas turtles. 

We made Boo work for this present: 

He had a wrapped present under the tree with clue #1. Then wrapped presents at all the other clues.

1. Don't you worry, don't you fear. This is not your gift this year.

Santa's white beard shows us he's pretty old. 

Your next clue can be found where we keep the food cold.

2.  Diddley Doo,  Diddle Dee,  The next clue is , where you go ____ 

(boys always love bathroom humor) 

3. This hunt I hope you're lovin...now find your next clue. It's right in the ________________.

4. You're halfway there, I'm not telling a lie.  Go to the place where your clothes become dry.

5. Shampoo and soap make you squeaky clean, look inside here for your next clue to be seen.

6. Your patience may be starting to lag. Now go look where you'd find a trash bag.

Tom and I had to work really hard to do this. Which present goes where that says where the next clue is....I know it doesn't sound that hard. But it took some concentration/organization and we pulled it off. Except the last clue. Boo had no idea where we keep our trash bags. But now he does!

Story time before going home to bed. A good day was had by all.