A day with the girls

On Thursday, we met our great friends Marie, Claire, and Sophia at the Denver Botanical Gardens. It was fun to hang out with the girls. We saw some beautiful plants, flowers and waterfalls. It was a nice peaceful quiet place. Marie and I were wishing we could enjoy the peace and quiet by sitting on a bench with a book.

Molly's First Day of School

Today Molly started her school career. She is going on Wednesdays from 9-1. The best part is that she gets to take her lunch. There are only 8 kids in her class. She said that she had a lot of fun this morning. Her teacher is wonderful!! I was a bit sad that she didn't miss me! It's a great time for some Mommy and Rachel time!

BBQ with First Fives

On Sunday, we had a cookout with our church group. This is the best group ever! We have been together for 7 years! This group was created as an experiment. It was intended to be a support group for the first five years of our marriages. But none of us want to stop getting together. In 7 years we have 12 kids between us. 9 girls and 3 boys! We usually get together once a month without the kids. It was great for ALL of us to be together. The kids got along wonderfully!

Ava's First Day of School

Today Ava started her second year of Pre-K. Her new school is Faith Community School. We met her teachers last week and she loves them! She couldn't stop talking about her day and how great it was! Here's to a great school year!

Molly's First Trip to the Dentist

Since it has been over a year since Ava and I have been to the dentist, I put it on my list to do before the girls started school. And since Molly is close enough to 3 I figured it was time to do. So, today was the day!
Molly did great! She let the dentist check her mouth and the hygienist polish her teeth. She wouldn't cooperate correctly for the X-rays though. No cavities! She even got a new Ariel toothbrush!




Ava on the other hand was a basket case! She did not cooperate for the X-rays. The hygienist said that she was too busy talking to hold her mouth shut for the pictures. She did let the dentist look into her mouth. But, she would have nothing to do with the hygienist polishing her teeth. She cried and cried. You would think that this was her first time not Molly's. So, she had to leave the new Belle toothbrush at the office.

At one point, all three of my girls were crying in the dental office. I bet they were glad to see us go!

Family fun Night

As I have mentioned before we live on the best street ever! Our neighbors are wonderful and the kids are great! On Friday night, the kids put on the 1st Annual Belmont Talent Show. It was the cutest thing ever. The older girls next door put it on! The girls spent hours practicing for their dance. And the best part was that I didn't have to do a thing!!


The Audience



The Juggler


The Singer


The Comedian

Another Singer

The Dancers



Taking a Bow



Refreshments after



Certificate of Participation

A Perfect Princess Tea

Today the girls had the honor of being invited to our good friend Claire's house for her third birthday Princess Tea. If you know anything about my girls, you know how much they are into Princesses. Molly refuses to wear anything now but dresses. She says that she can't "dance" if she doesn't have a dress on. So, this tea party was right up their alley. Marie had everything decorated perfectly and thought of everything!!
When the girls first arrived they made tiaras and fruit loop necklaces.



Then tea was served....


The crown and heart sandwiches were the best. The girls loved them but won't eat turkey at home!


It wouldn't be a party without cupcakes. The girls loved how everyone one of them got to blow out a candle.





It was fun to have a day of just princesses!! Thanks for sending me the pictures Marie!

Rachel's 2 month checkup

I took Rachel to the doctor today. I absolutely hate the first round of shots. I feel awful. Especially when my girls are looking at me while they are getting the shots. Like "Why are you doing this to me!" Rachel did great though. She laid on the table and cooed and smiled at the doctor and nurse. That is until she received her shots. Poor baby! She was pricked with three shots in her legs and an oral vaccine as well. She cried and cried!!
My big baby girl is growing like a weed! She is definintely my biggest baby. Weighing in at 11 pounds 9 oz (75th percentile) and 23 1/4 inches long (80th percentile)! Ava was the same percentile in length at her 2 month appointment but Molly and her were in the 5th and 10th percentile for weight!! I thought her 0-3 month clothes were getting too small! Her fracture is healed and Dr. Delano said that she doesn't need another x-ray! What a relief! She is taking a long afternoon nap due to the shots and motrin. Now, here's to no side effects from the shots!

Weekend Project

With a new house comes lots of work! I forget what weekends are really for. Our weekends are about housework. Unpacking, cleaning, painting, and yardwork. No rest in site! I am very impressed at what we got done this weekend. The bedrooms, closets, and playroom are all set and ready to go! It was great to have my parents here ALL weekend to help out. I am slowly realizing to take one room at a time and that tomorrow is another day. It is extremely difficult to get much done with a 10 week old who doesn't nap much during the day. She has been sleeping 10 hours at night though! I can't complain too much.

Mike and my Dad worked their tails off all weekend on our new playset. On Saturday, the went and picked it up. It was my Dad's brilliant idea to stain it before putting it together. Nice work boys. It looked like new when they were finished!!






Sunday morning, after letting the stain dry, they began putting the set together. It took ALL day but well worth it! The girls are in heaven! The slide is definitely their favorite part. They even ate dinner at the new picnic table!! Thanks Daddy and Paw Paw for all your hard work!!

Moving Day and Settling in

On Saturday, we uprooted our lives and moved to our new home! Because of our wonderful friends, the move went smoothly. We had a lot of burly men to move us. We filled up one truck, and 3 cars with all of our life's possessions! Thanks so much to Mike, Kevin, Kyle, Mark, Mike and Kerri,Don and of course my parents, for all of their hard work! Amazing we had everything packed up and at our new place by noon! It's funny to see everything you own all loaded in one big UHAUL truck. My Mom and I cleaned our old place on Monday. We turned the keys in hoping to never see that place again!


Our new house is great!! Great neighborhood, great neighbors, and kids galore right around the girls' ages. We couldn't be happier! Much to my amazement, the girls have been so busy that they haven't even asked to watch tv! We just got cable, internet and phone yesterday but I thought for sure I would have to explain why they couldn't watch.
Rachel is loving her new room. She is sleeping wonderfully at night and taking long naps-in her crib! Yesterday she slept from 12:30-6:00! And still slept seven hours last night! I am loving the fact that she is in her own room and out of ours. I can finally get a good night's rest without hearing baby moans and groans!


Molly loves her new bed. I was worried how the transition would go for her. She became very attached to Ava since they were sharing a room for so long. But, she too is sleeping wonderfully and is even sleeping in until 7:30!

Ava is happy to have her own room and bed back. She spent some self imposed quiet time in her room yesterday "reading".

Because of all of the kids around here, the girls have been outside for most of the day playing. They love all of their new friends. The only problem is that they take off and go to other houses to play without telling me. I had a brief moment yesterday where I couldn't find them! We definitely need to work on that!
We are slowly getting settled. Mike took last Wed-Friday off intended to paint the kitchen and the family room. It didn't go as fast as we had anticipated. We did get the kitchen painted but nothing else. Mike still has to paint the mud room, the family room, and the powder room. As long as the kitchen is freshly painted and organized, I am happy. We have come to realize that this house is a work-in-progress and we will get things done when we get them done. The good thing is that it already feels like home!! Now, if I could just get everything unpacked so that I can hang pictures and actually start decorating!! So, I am off to unpack more boxes!!