Moving and Good Bye!!

We started packing last Monday and have been going at it ever since. It takes so long, and there are so many odd shaped things and random junk that ends up just being stuffed in some box. We are not used to so much clutter and it is a little stressful at times. We will be so glad when this part of moving is over!



So I've been on a real roll here with blogging lately. We have done lots of fun things, AND I have remembered my camera. However, this will probably be the last one for at least two weeks, maybe more. Tomorrow we pack up the computer and won't get it out again until we are settled in Idaho. So sad to think that next time I post, we won't be in Denver anymore! Good bye to everyone...we will miss you all so much!! I hope we can keep in touch!!

A fun week!!

We had a fun, busy week. We all felt pretty cooped up by the end of the week with everyone being sick, but we were able to get out a do a couple of fun things.

On Thursday we went to Cherry Creek Mall's breakfast food play place and the kids had a blast! Jace has never been there to play before and he was climbing all over everything. It was nice because there weren't a lot of other kids there so Katie and Jace were able to get on just about anything they wanted to.

Climbing the breakfast cereal.Can you find them?

We also had a get together at Golden Key Park with some friends from church. So many people are leaving and we wanted to do something fun one last time. It was so much fun...I didn't want to go home and have it all end!

The guys playing the washer game.

The girls had so much fun running around and squealing together. I think they are looking at a ladybug right here.

Jace had fun playing in the dirt and throwing it. What a boy!

A picture of all the ladies...what a great bunch of friends!

The ailments of Katie

Katie was sick again last week, along with Scott and Jace. But unlike Scott and Jace, her sicknesses almost always require nebulizers, albuterol, and motrin. Luckily this wasn't a bad one, and all she has now is a lingering cough.

Making a birthday card for Grandma Peterson while doing her medicine.

Jace kept Katie company while she had to do her medicine. She's actually quite willing to do the nebulizer since she gets to watch her beloved Disney movies during the treatments, which last around 20 minutes.

She also got a fat lip this past week. She was running on the sidewalk, missed the ledge, and fell flat on her face. Ouch!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, Scott's mom, and all of the other mothers who read this! You're all wonderful! I had a great day today. Katie made me this bag with flowers in nursery. She was very excited and told me that I could have one of them on my birthday. When Scott and I called our moms, Katelyn told her grandmas - and grandpas and Uncle Matt and Aunt Emily - Happy Mother's Day. When I told her that we didn't need to say that to Matt and Emily because they weren't mothers, she said 'why?' and didn't quite understand. Birthdays, Mother's Day...a holiday is a holiday to kids I guess. Scott gave me a special day too. He is always pretty helpful here at home, but today he helped out even more than he normally does, getting the kids ready, cooking meals, and cleaning up afterwards. It was so nice! Then tomorrow he is taking me out to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory - yum! I know he thinks all these holidays are a little over the top, but I appreciate that he tries to make them fun for me because he knows I like them. I love being a mother...there is nothing better!

Another black eye...

Jace now has his second black eye in less than a month. He also has a rash on his chin and cheek (can't see it very well in these pics), a scratch on his jaw, an old yellow bruise on his forehead, and the day after these pictures were taken he got another bruise right in the middle of his forehead. I guess that's just how it goes when they start walking. He doesn't seem to mind though, and just keeps on going. He is cruising around pretty fast now and is quite fearless.These food storage boxes in our room are his favorite place to play, even though they are the cause of his black eye. We'll come into the bedroom and find him sitting on the boxes and smiling at us.
Jace has just learned to say hat (he says 'at') and thought it was pretty cool to wear one of Dad's. Don't worry, his ears really don't stick out like that. :)

Butterfly Pavilion

We went to the Butterfly Pavilion last Thursday - or Butterfly Damilion as Katie calls it. I have a list of things to do in Denver before we go and this was one of our stops. It was a little different than I expected, but we all had a great time! The butterfly room was my favorite. It was like a tropical rain forest with tons of butterflies everywhere! They were so beautiful to see up close, and sometimes they would even land on us. Jace loved the butterflies...I'm sure he wanted to grab and eat them. Katie was kind of stressed out by them, but by the end she was okay as long as they didn't touch her. There was also a bug room with huge spiders, ants, cockroaches, and other bugs (all in glass containers). Katie loved that area, but she refused to hold the tarantula one of the workers had out on display. I am glad I haven't seen any of those bugs in nature! In another room they had sea creatures. This was Katelyn's favorite area because they had starfish and crabs to pet with your finger. The last room was called Shrunken! and had huge moving pretend bugs, spiderwebs and beehives to climb on, and other fun activities for kids to do. We also got a souvenir - a butterfly ornament. It's a tradition we've started of getting Christmas ornaments at all of the fun places we go to. It's a great way to remember fun outings and trips.

The butterfly room was so hot and humid the camera lens kept fogging up, and the butterflies moved so quickly it was hard to get a good shot. This is the best one we got.

Katie looking at the butterfly food.

It was good we could get so close to the butterflies, otherwise I don't think Jace would have been able to pick them out.

Katie petting starfish.

This past month...

I know it's been a while since I last wrote, I just never remember to bring my camera to catch all the great moments in our lives. However, I do have some pictures of the last few weeks to document what we've been doing.

Scott and some of his classmates were honored on April 24 for their excellent grades and character by being invited to join the National Dental Honors Society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon. It is a pretty big honor and looked upon highly by dental professionals. I know that it took a lot of hard work, organization, and dedication to get to this point and I'm so proud of Scott for being able to balance church, school, and family so well. He has made these last four years some of our best, and while I'm excited to move on, I'm sad to end the wonderful time we have had here in Denver.

We hardly ever have pictures of just the two of us anymore so I had to post this one. I really like to make fun of Scott's purple 'necklace.' He is a little disgusted that the dental color is lilac. :) (Thanks for the pictures Mandi!)

Katie and Jace chilling out before one of our daily walks. The kids love riding in the stroller. I don't blame them...it looks quite comfy!

Here are some of the great girls (and their kids) I go walking with almost every morning - Jessica, Tifani, Jill, and Liz. Susan and Monae were missing that morning, so when we're all there we have a pretty large group. We get lots of caravan and parade comments from walkers and bikers as we go along the trail. I think people are amazed to see so many double strollers! I'm sure we are quite a sight...I laugh at ourselves every once in a while when there is a traffic jam or when we all pull over in unison as a biker passes by.
Walking with everyone is something I look forward to every day. Not only do I get exercise and the kids fresh air, but I get some much needed social time with people who are in the same situation as I am. I've learned so much from these ladies, and I admire and love each one. I know I always bring this up, but I am going to MISS everyone so much!


We went to the zoo today. It was perfect weather...not too cool, not too warm. It wasn't very crowded and almost all of the animals were out. Jace has started to love looking at all the animals, although he can usually only see the fish because they move around a lot and elephants because they are big. Anything just sitting will not be found. Katie's big on the elephants, giraffes, and zebras. The zoo is not complete unless we see those three things. Today we almost had a poop bath by the hippo above. It backed right up against the wall, and while going, slopped it's tail from side to side, smooshing and flinging poop all up into the air. I have never seen anything like it! It was so gross, but also really funny. Luckily we came away clean. Hopefully Katie won't be talking about the hippo with poop on it's bum for too long.