My Silly Valentines

We celebrated lots on Friday!  The boys were out of school and Sean was working from home, so we made the most of it... Donuts for breakfast, goody bags, more candy and then a yummy dinner out at Village Tavern.  What a great day! 

 Star Wars Legos!

 Om Noms for my little monsters.

 Super Mario Kart 8 was really for ALL the boys. ;-)

My beautiful flowers. Thanks, babe!  Love you and my two little Valentines. 

Valentine's Parties!

I love being able to help with school parties!  Working weekends has its drawbacks, but it has been such a blessing to be able to participate in weekday school events while the boys are little. Carter & Davis had so much fun doing their Valentine cards this year .  It was so cute to see them take pride in giving each of their classmates something special. Since Davis goes to Kindergarten next year, this was also our last Preschool party...ever.  It makes me sad to think about how big the boys are getting.  Let's just say it took a lot of chocolate to drown my sorrows!  

Sweets, sweets and more sweets!

Davis & Evelyn. They are the cutest!!!

Love caterpillar.

Sorting candy hearts.

Between the Preschool & 1st Grade party, we headed to the Dollar Store for 27 balloons!  They were quite a hit at school!

 We took a little time out to check out our treats.

 Party #2...Carter's turn!

 My sweet Valentine.

 The para from Carter's class last year is leaving.  She came by to say a special good-bye to Carter...so sweet!  We love Mrs. Drake & are sad to see her go.

 One of the parents made this cool door decoration!

 Carter was excited to deliver all his Valentines.

Class quilt squares.  (Not my idea, but I helped assemble it.) :-)

  These boys had a fun-filled day for sure!  Happy Valentine's Day to all of our loved ones! XOXO

New Year's Celebrations, etc.

The boys had lots of fun assembling things with Grampy and playing video games like they were going out of style.  

 We did throw in a little educational reading, just to keep things lively. 

In the midst of all that fun, Sean and I got out for a night away downtown to celebrate our nine-year anniversary.  Yippee!!!  Thanks Mimi & Grampy!

 NYE at home with seafood.  Yummy!

 ...dancing

 ...more Twister

 AND hats & horns!  Can you even stand it!?

 Happy (belated) New Year!  I'm thinking 2015 is going to be totally awesome!!!

Annual Holiday Lights Train 2014

Our trip to Georgetown to ride the Holiday Lights Train is one of my favorite holiday traditions.  It's so Colorado-like up there!  This year was frigid, but we had a great time anyway.  

 Waiting for the train--brrrr!

 Hats all around!  And hot cocoa. 

 This was the first year there was frost on the inside of the windows.

 Santa was chillin' after a busy holiday season.

 

 Georgetown is so pretty with all the holiday lights!

Great end to the evening at the Alpine...our favorite spot!

Merry Christmas 2014!

*Yep, it's almost Valentine's Day & I'm posting about Christmas...  Better late than never, right?!

The boys had a good haul on Christmas, as usual.  They were (mostly) good again this year & Santa was willing to overlook the minor offenses.  (Thank goodness!)

 Did Santa bring the new Wii U for the boys or Sean?  Hard to tell...

 Sean's big box o' clothes.  Winner!

 New bears and Legos.

 Sweet boys.

 Silly boys!

 Twisted boys.

 ...and Mimi! :-)

 Kelsie Rae & Tay Tay kept things lively.

 Working hard on the annual Christmas trivia game.  Thanks, Mom!  We love your tradition.

 The whole crew.  See my new light fixture?!  That was one of my presents & I love it!

The day ended with a white Christmas snowfall and stories from Mimi.

Our Christmas wasn't perfect, but I was happy to celebrate with the ones I love most and thankful for our many blessings.  Hope you all enjoyed the same!