Visiting With Nate

Nate came over to Denver this week for business, and the boys were so happy to him. We were able to hang out at the house on Monday and Tuesday night, and today we went to the mall for lunch and playtime. Kyle and I were pretty happy to see him, as well. Luckily we'll be heading over to Utah in a week!

Zac's One-Liners

Zac is the funniest little boy. He reminds me sometimes of my brother-in-law, James, and here's why. James is smart, I mean really smart. He's a marine biologist for NOAA. Anyway, on a regular basis, James uses lots of big, sophisticated words. The cool thing is that these words are just a regular part of James' vocabulary. So, back to Zac. Zac learned to talk very early. He was singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" verbatim at 18 months. He remembers just about everything he hears (I've found that out by the occasional "what the h*** are you doing" he says to me. Who knows where he learned that!?). His new thing is his love for big words. For example, today we were going through a drive-thru car wash, and as we entered it, he said, "Mom, this is so interesting." I told him I thought it was interesting, too, and he responded by saying, "It really is fantastic!"

A few weeks ago we were driving home from church and he said, "Mom, I was so generous today." So I responded by asking how he had been generous to see if he really knew what that meant, and he said, "I shared my books and my fruit snacks with that boy who was sitting in front of us." I could share so many funny stories, but here's my favorite and I'll stop bragging. On Sunday afternoon after church, I put a movie on for him in my room so that I could hurry and cook dinner before having to leave for choir practice. He walked out of the room and said, "Mom, would you be so kind as to get me a drink of water?" I just started to laugh and I asked him where he learned that phrase, and he said he learned it at school. The child has never been to school, so I've yet to learn where he picked that up, but it's cute, nonetheless.

Will's not quite on the fast track for speaking like Zac was, but he is saying a few words. He's got so much personality, though. Needless to say, there's never a dull moment with Zac and Will around, and I love every minute of it. Well, almost every minute of it! Like 99.9 percent!

Feels Like Summertime (Well sort of)

Today was a beautiful day in Denver, so we went to our favorite park that we haven't been able to go to for a long time. The boys had a great time. I didn't get very many pics of Zac because he was moving too fast, but Will was cheesing it up for me the whole time. Enjoy.

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Flat Stanley and Jay Cutler

Our neice Abbie is doing a project for school where she sends "Flat Stanley," a character from a book to someone in the mail, and in return they do something fun with Flat Stanley and document his travels. Abbie chose to send Flat Stanley to us, so we took him over to the home of the Denver Broncos and their year-round training facility, which happens to be one block from our house. Our plan was to just take a picture of Zac and Stanley by the sign, which you will see below. But, as we were leaving, Kyle's boss, Tyler, walked out of the building. Kyle said hi and introduced the family to Tyler, then Tyler asked if we wanted to meet Jay Cutler, the starting Broncos quarterback, so of course we said yes. We got to chat with him for a while and he was a very cool guy and happily took a picture with us and gave us an autograph. He reminded me of Nick. Anyway- here are the pics of the day. Enjoy.

Finally...Good Weather!

We've finally had a few days of good weather this week and it has been wonderful. It's amazing how the weather can affect your overall outlook on life, but it definitely can! Today it was 55 degrees, but compared to the extreme cold we've been having, it felt more like 70 degrees. We went out to play for a while today, and the boys loved it. Kyle was home for lunch, so he was able to play for a while. I hope you enjoy a few pics and videos from the past few days.

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Avs, Baseball, etc.

Kyle and Zac went to the Colorado Avalanche game last Saturday with our friends, Greg and Lisa. Zac loved it and has now added hockey to his list of daily sports we have to play. Here's a little video of the boys playing. Enjoy.

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Will

These are just a few fun pics of Will. He's growing so fast and acting more and more like a toddler instead of a baby. I love the drool dripping off of his lip!