April 2016

April was a month of survival for us. We had lots of snow and crazy weather (particularly hail) mixed in with beautiful days. Spring in Colorado is definitely schizophrenic.

Cole lost his first tooth, and it was definitely dramatic (in Cole fashion). There was blood and lots of tears, but a happy kid once he remembered the tooth fairy was going to come. Funny how that changes everything.

The whole family was sick during April. You can see Lexi reading me a book on the couch when I didn't feel well - what a sweet heart! The throw-up bags from Dave's hospital definitely came in handy and kept the kids entertained.

March 2016

March was a busy month for us. Dave had a conference in Veil, CO, so we tagged along with my mom and dad to play in the snow. Grandpa Blacker made a make-shift sledding hill along side our rental house that the kids loved! We also had a fun Easter egg hunt at a friend's house (indoors because it was snowing), and then a few days later were at the zoo in short sleeves because it was so nice outside. Clara had tubes put in her ears in March, which has helped a lot with the ear infections, and Lexi was busy again with tumbling. Dave and I were plenty busy with planning our house that we're building. It's hard to keep up with these kids!

February 2016

We had a LOT of snow in February. Lots of snow days and lots of fun at home.

Can you find Lexi in the snow?

We also had some really nice warm winter days in February and took advantage of them at the Zoo.

Colorado weather is crazy and always changing.

The kids helping me make monkey bread and valentines cookies.

Lexi started doing tumbling at our gym, and she loves it.

She especially loves showing off her skills at parent night.

January 2016

January seemed to be just as busy as December. We celebrated Cole's 5th birthday as a family. He is 5 going on 15. He loves to help me in the kitchen, especially when we're baking something yummy he can taste, he can count to 100 by himself in English and to 20 in Spanish, he loves word searches and legos, and he is one smart cookie. He keeps us on our toes at all times.