Baited!

Since leaving Michigan a month ago, Mack has been looking every where she can think for worm friends. After seeing how excited she gets to hunt for them and then the little bit of disappointment when she doesn't find them in the northern Colorado sand and clay , Grams had a brilliant idea. She stopped by the local bait shop and picked up a container of worms. Mack played to her hearts content and then we made a worm house for them, complete with newspaper bedding and coffee grounds to "munch" on.

Mackenzie loves worms so much that she memorized the words to the worm book we found at the library. More pics to come once our worm house is complete!

Girls night out

Jennifer, Samantha and I fooled Cass into believing that she and I were having a quiet cup of coffee after she got off work. In reality, we had other plans. Samantha and Jennifer showed up at our coffee spot where we all set off to see Bridesmaids ( in honor of Cass's upcoming wedding) and have a bite to eat. To our dismay, the internet moving listings were wrong and Bridesmaids wasn't showing. We made up for it but having a margarita on the patio at a local restaurant. It's so fun to get together for non-stop laughter and silliness.

Cam and Uncle Clay

Clay and Cameron were in the area today so we ( Mx3) met them at our mutual favorite restaurant " Santiago's" for lunch. Cam is such a goof ball, he makes the perfect buddy for Mack. She giggled nonstop at his antics and was so bummed when she learned Uncle Clay and Cam weren't coming home with us:

The perfect park!

Even though I spent my first 23 years of life in Colorado, I have never lived here as a mom so it's taken a while for me to find the best kid friendly hang outs. Little by little, I am learning them and last week my friend Jennifer introduced us to the perfect park! It has everything from the usual playground equipment to a lake with paddle boats ( and ducks!) , sand boxes and a sprinkler park! We didn't know about the sprinkler park until we got there so we didn't have our suits but do you think that stopped us?

Jennifer's two year old sweetie, Jude, is wondering when the water will come out of this sprinkler:

Samantha and the boys were there, too! This picture is a perfect example of how things go with Brock and Mackenzie- one of them ALWAYS talking!

A picture worth a thousand words

Teaming up with the Torres family

We spent last Saturday with the Torres family. Samantha is one of my oldest and dearest friends. It's a dream come true for us both to be able to watch our kids play together.

Mackenzie and Malachi are just two weeks apart ( Samantha and I hate the same due date but she went first and I went over my due date) Brock will be five in a few days!

James ruined any credibility he may have had by telling Mack he wouldn't squirt her but doing it anyway. It does look like she minded a bit. In fact, she spent the rest of the afternoon playing with him!


Samantha and I have met in 7th grade and her friendship is invaluable to me since then!

Who's that lady?

I took these pics of Mack before church yesterday and, looking back at them, I am shocked by how grown up she looks!