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Good times, Great friends, sad goodbyes!!

We were blessed with a long weekend visit from the Mc Cormack family. Mo, Dave and Amelia flew in on Thursday nite and stayed until Monday morning. It was so nice to see friends from Raleigh. It made me feel somewhat normal you could say. Ben and i had to laugh as each time someone has visited us we have gotten a blast of very cold winter weather which seems to make it much harder to entertain as alot of Colorado activities are outside activities. On the brighter side our heater didn't decide to have problems so at least we had heat this time around.

Ben, Dave and my brother Brandon headed to Copper Mountain to ski on Friday and had a great time. Mo and I hung out with the kids and went a little crazy but it was so darn cold out there wasn't alot of options. By the evening on Friday we had gotten about 2 to 3inches of snow which made Sat. morning slow going as the roads needed time to be cleared and now that we have the van we aren't so confident driving in the snow.

We did get a chance to drive by the Garden of the Gods, play at Mr. Biggs which is a kids play land, and have date night (thanks to mom who babysat) at a Sports bar named Frankie's where we watched the playoff game in peace. To bad the Packer lost!!! I wish we could have gotten more activities and sightseeing in but it just didn't work out this time however I know I really enjoyed just spending time with great friends and watching the kids play. Amelia is so sweet and It was fun to get to know her again. I was sad to say good bye when Monday came but I now look forward to the next visit which I hope will be us heading back East soon!!

My Ryan is BACK and so am I!!!!

I don't even know how to express my week last week other than saying CHALLENGING!! I was seriously thinking about heading back to work as it would be much easier than staying home and losing my mind. Ryan has had a cold for a good two weeks and on top of that he was getting his last bottom eye tooth. My normally easy going good natured child was a bear to deal with and it tested every bit of patience I had. He wanted to be held, but didn't want to be held, he wouldn't eat much of anything all of last week which of course as a parent disturbed and frustrated me, he wouldn't play for more than one second without running to me and clinging to my leg and whining. I felt bad for the little guy as his nose was runny, he was sneezy and just didn't feel well but I am human although my children and sometimes my husband think I have an endless ability to tolerate insanity. I felt I was becoming insane so thankfully Ryan awoke on Monday morning to his usual cheerful,funny self. The last few days have been so peaceful (I am comparing it to last we so that doesn't say much) and I actually am enjoying being stay at home mommy again. It was a close one though I have to say, working at McDonald's was sounding pretty good at one point so you know I was close to losing my mind!!!!

Christmas 2007

Santa Claus came to town along with grandma and grandpa Kley and boy did we have a great holiday. Ben's mom and dad flew into town on Christmas Eve and where time went after that I don't know. We hosted Christmas Eve at our house this year as my parents were scheduled to move into their rebuilt house the day after Christmas. I went crazy cooking as I hadn't had any food for days from the stomach flu, needless to say we weren't lacking for anything to eat. All my family joined us and we had a wonderful evening. Keaton and his cousin Skyler spent the night tracking Santa on the computer and it was the cutest thing I've seen in some time. Skyler just turned 9 and still believes so she and Keaton couldn't get enough of watching Santa's journey all around the world. They were begging to go to bed as Santa was getting near!! Keaton and Ryan left cookies, carrots, milk and even a letter for Santa and his reindeer and off to bed they went. Santa scampered around and really enjoyed the goodies and left a letter in return!!! Ryan of course was up at 7am but Keaton must of been really tired as it was almost 9am and we decided we should wake him up. Ryan was indifferent to the whole Christmas morning business however Keaton bounded downstairs with a huge grin and sense of excitement, it was truly priceless the pure innocent bliss he was feeling. Santa had brought the boys a fish tank, play kitchen and lots of other fun stuff along with a tool bench from Aunt Katie and uncle Ron. Keaton was so excited that he just stood there speechless. After a fun morning of opening gifts and having a late breakfast we headed over to my brothers for more good company, more eating and lots more presents. It was a great day had by all and it went way to fast that's for sure. Something also has to be said about being in your own home over the holidays when you have kids. It made it such a relaxing and fun experience.

First Preschool Christmas Program

Keaton had his first Christmas program at Preschool and it was absolutely adorable. Keaton said his line without any trouble and they sang lots of Christmas songs and did little skits. As you can see Keaton has lots of ladies to choose from as he is one of 4 boys out of 15. Good odds hugh!

Yummy, yummy

I am behind on my updates but will try and catch up this week. The Sat. before Christmas we had a Christmas cookie party and boy was it a good time. We made Sugar cookies, Chocolate Candie Cane cookies, and Peanut Butter Kiss cookies. Lots of fun was had and yes, many cookies consumed before they made it to the plate but the kids and us adults had a great time and it really put us into the Christmas spirit!! Check out the pics to see some of our work.