Cookies

Enjoying making cookies with T-man (as he sings along to Adele) while the snow is still coming down.

Simple Pleasures

1) T-man having his first sleepover (sniff, sniff - he's getting so big).

2) D-man so excited about going to his first birthday party with school friends since we moved.

3) Drinking coffee this morning and reading "the best of the west" for Boulder county and getting excited about trying many more new places.

4) looking forward to cooking a special dinner tonight with Marshall to celebrate 12 years of marriage tomorrow.

5) coming home from a business trip and getting tons of extra hugs from three of the most important people in my world.

Keystone, Colorado

Even though both kids were sick and home from school on Friday, we had a wonderful ski weekend in Keystone. The lodge was steps from the slopes and also close to the village. We skied, we watched fireworks, we walked around the village, we went swimming and hot tubbing. We didn't even hit much traffic on the way home on Monday. What a bargain we got at the auction. What a memorable weekend.

Winter Park Skiing

Our first Colorado skiing outing of the year started out on a rough foot. Two kids in tears, me completely upset about it all, and Marshall putting up with us all. The snow was really coming down in the morning (first picture), and made for a difficult start. But after some lunch, things turned around. In the afternoon, we had a GREAT time skiing and had blue skies. And I was reminded why skiing is worth all the fuss.

Ski Weekend

Pool - slope side. Great to have another weekend in the mountains.

Goodwill Hunting

Last night after a family dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (pretty special for a Monday night), D-man and I headed to the Goodwill to look for his Suessical costume. Of course, I can't walk into a Goodwill without thinking of my father-in-law. D-man was commenting on the nice organization of the store and inquiring on whether or not the clothes had been washed.

I found it quite humorous that this is the first time I have been shopping with D-man when he was trying on clothes - and pink women's pants no less!

We had a great time looking through the clothes to find hot pink and green clothes. I loved that he never once questioned trying on girls/women's clothes. We found the green frilly blouse and he was not changing his mind. $17 later and after an experience I won't forget, we walked out of the store with our awesome costume. And in typical Peavy fashion, Marshall stated we had a big bill for Goodwill. Of course, it was a priceless experience and totally worth every penny.

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Family (x2)

This weekend, we were fortunate enough to have visitors from both the Peavy and the Karlen sides of the family. On Friday, my parents arrived and we were able to go to downtown Louisville for lunch and pizza and cards in the evening.  Saturday saw a trip to Target and a nice walk outside along the Coal Creek Trail by our house. We cooked a nice meal on Saturday night and enjoyed having Marshall's brother here for dinner.  And then the brothers headed out to explore Boulder on Saturday night.

A great breakfast cooked by Marshall on Sunday was followed by some organizing and sorting of the garage - we will be able to now get a car in the garage. Slowly, but surely, we will get this house unpacked! We wrapped up the weekend with some chili and watching the Super Bowl.

With visitors the last three weekends, we are very happy to have our "guest suite" in basement and hope we have many more visitors!

Turning Nine

To celebrate his 9th birthday, D-man decided he wanted a slumber party. After we offered several options for parties that were not at the house, I guess I should feel happy that his choice was to celebrate in our new home.  We did survive the 18+ hour party with only 80% of the attendees in tears at one point or another. Luckily, they all seem to have forgotten about those parts.The entire party was planned by the birthday boy.

• Decorating the kitchen with Uncle Matt. 
• Mummy races over at the open space followed by football. 
• A scavenger hunt and messing around in the backyard. 
• Watching "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: 3" in the basement. 
• Having Nerf game wars and playing with the cars in the basement. 
• Staying in the guest room downstairs and staying up until midnight. 
• Actually, listening to the adults and staying in the until 9:30! 
• Chocolate chip pancakes and bacon for breakfast.

 Being so thoughtful with his goody bags and working hard to make sure that the party went well. It's hard to believe that half of his years with us before college are over. Wow - time truly does fly.

February Golf

Being a golfer (although not very well practiced these days), I'm very excited about being able to walk to the golf course from our house. Today, we walked over two times and hit balls and did some putting with my Dad. Pretty great on a lot of levels. Walking there. Having the boys excited about golfing. Doing it with my Dad. Weather nice enough in February to do it.