Last snow of the year.... in MAY

Seriously... May. We were waiting on summer... even spring would've done.... but nope. Winter wasn't ready to say goodbye yet... :)
This was the size of all of these crazy snowflakes....

Always funny to watch Molly get confused by all of the snow....

This crazy weather is just that. C-R-A-Z-Y!! This was end of May... and we got over a foot that night. We had breakfast for dinner and the boys enjoyed winter's last hoorah!!

She's here... finally..

It has been over 5 months for me and 7 1/2 months for the boys. But my Mom finally got out here and we are having sooooo much fun with her. The boys are in heaven. They fight over who gets to sleep with her, who gets her attention.... Everything is, "Grandma.... watch this... Grandma... come here... Grandma... Grandma... Grandma" It truly is music to my ears. I wish I didn't have to work the majority of the time but when I am off, we do nothing but laugh and talk and share stories. We have been crafty together, have eaten some good food and have made lots of memories with the boys. I don't want her to leave.... so I am soaking up these last 4 days with her. And the boys are looking for homes to move her into. :)

It's Here....

The big book of scrapbook layouts... and I have a couple of layouts inside!! I was at Hobby Lobby and spotted it. I opened it up to see Landon's sweet little face inside and I showed him (I think he was confused).... anyways. I haven't submitted anything in ages.... and this makes me want to do it again. It is so nice to see your pages in print. I think that might be my goal this summer. Get a few pages done and submitted. We'll see how far I get with it.
For the time being, we were busy separating the boys into their "own" rooms this weekend. We had a huge community garage sale and I came across a desk for $10 for Mason's room. Took it home and painted it black and Mason's excitement got me going. Needless to say, Landon and Mason are officially split up.... save for the fact that Landon still slept in the bunk last night. Baby steps, right? We should be finishing up today or tomorrow so I will post pictures to show you their rooms soon.

Weekend Update

Memorial weekend was....F.U.N. We spent some time out of town but just did one fun thing after another. I actually had THREE days off and I didn't want to do ANYTHING at all... except for fun things, that is. No more studying and no work was FANTASTIC!!! I am well rested and totally ready for my Dad to come in tomorrow. Can't wait!!

We did a very interesting PUB CRAWL fundraiser through the bars of Castle Rock for Lonie Paxton's Fundraiser (ACTIVE FORCE). Was fun until I had to go get the kids. :) But we went home to watch.....

some college softball. I am soooo glad the boys love to watch it with me. These girls are simply amazing athletes and it makes me want to relive my days as a softball player. I wish I had gone on to play college ball.... makes my heart hurt that I didn't. :( Truly awesome to watch this college series, though. Brings back lots of memories for me.

So that led us to many hours outside playing baseball with the boys. We had many pick up games this weekend with friends.

Sunday, we went to an AWESOME Louisiana craw fish boil. 80 pounds of craw fish were served up and devoured. My lips are still burning from the experience but I was even more surprised that my boys LOOOOOOOVED it. Landon (who doesn't eat ANY seafood at all), devoured at least a few pounds by himself. It was very good. We finished the meal with a red velvet cake. YUM!

Monday, we had to walk off the craw fish calories by hiking the rock in downtown Castle Rock. It was beautiful and windy up there. Happy to have gotten in a good hike though.
We watched movies, played games, napped, ate and were together as a family all weekend. I loved every minute of it!!!

FINALLY!!!

My life can now return to a semi-normal state. I PASSED my vascular boards and now am an official registered vascular technologist!!! That makes my 11th license.... and really don't have anything else I can take. So YAHOOOOOOOOOOO! And will be catching up with lots of posts over the next week or so. See you soon!!

REAL Chinese food in Denver?

I have grown up with my Grandma taking me to dim sum and going to downtown Los Angeles to get her favorite Chinese pastries from Phoenix Bakery. It is just all so authentic and GOOD.... By the way.... these sugar butterflies are the best thing in the world!!!Well Miss Paulette, took me down to a WONDERFUL place in Denver and I struck GOLD!!! Great dim sum... awesome pastries... and authentic teas and food to blow your mind. So glad to have found it here. It brings back lots of memories with my sweet Grandma! :) I miss her!

Hi there....

I am indeed still alive.... Thought you lost me there for a second? :) I have been studying diligently for my vascular boards again.... in 6 days.... AGHHHHHHH!!!! I have a house guest, Miss Paulette (super sweet friend from high school), staying with me for a few days.... Trafton and I celebrating our 11 years of marriage this month.... remodeling some of our house....cheering on Mason's baseball team as they are headed to the World Series of Little League... currently in 2nd place and I am NOT a calm mom while I watch him... I am way too nervous and competitive. Shame on me!! Looking forward to summer (since we just had a foot of snow a few days ago....), and preparing to see both my Mom and Dad in June!! YEAH! So that had been my life lately.... if and WHEN I pass this test on the 25th.... I will feel like a new woman. I have so many pictures to upload and share... just need to clone myself as I have often said.
One small obsession lately is trying to find a unique coat rack.... we use them A LOT here for some reason. My Grandma had an awesome wooden, standing coat rack growing up and now I want one. However, I come across all of these cool wall coat racks and I get stumped.... We need some though... bad... so I sit here and peruse the web instead of studying.... OK... I gotta go. Just wanted to check in. And I have a mini album I did that is cute too. So lots of posts forthcoming.... but after my test.... K?

Here are some of my latest WANTS from Crate and Barrel.... We are looking for something in our front hallway to store coats, shoes, backpacks etc....

I want this hutch in like 6 different colors.....

For Miss Molly...
And these candles WILL be outside in my patio once the weather starts STAYING warm...