1st Skiing Trip of the Year

Tutu

These pics are for Julie -- we promised a photo of Ashlyn in her tutu...
These were taken about a year after promised and posted a good 5 months afterwards, but at least it got done. I have to say, standards have dropped a bit since we had 3 kids! :)

She did enjoy strutting her stuff in the pretty tutu, and she is quite the dancer!

Visiting the Alpacas

More Halloween Pictures

Happy Halloween!

You probably thought the blog was good and dead... well, it was all but just that. However, my good friend Carey has appropriately guilted me into bringing it back to life, and what better time to do so than at Halloween? This is a fun pic of Monika and the kids as they are about to go out trick or treating. They all had a great time!

Crested Butte Ski Trip

From Crested Butte - Jan 2011

From Crested Butte - Jan 2011

Merry Christmas!

OK, I know it's been a long time, a REALLY long time... and I am very sorry. There goes another thing to add to my new years resolutions. Seems like my new years resolution pile is building up like my other piles at home and at work! I'll get to them eventually, and if not they must not have been that important to begin with (or just not as loud or dangerous as the other things that needed attending to!)

Here's some pics from Christmas. Kid's had a great time, as did we, though we are all happy school is starting up again tomorrow!

Halloween 2010

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Oct 2010

Did I mention how great our weather has been? This was on Saturday, got up to 85 degrees. We had a nice morning at the zoo. Thanks to Mitch and Molly for our annual membership -- we plan to visit a lot!

Breckenridge - Oct 2010

Did I mention it was snowing out there??? Who knew? Guess that's good for the ski season... but meant we spent a lot of time indoors. We found a nice little children's museum that the kids loved... and a brewery that the parents loved :)

Soccer- Fall 2010

OK, so Eliot is the one who played, photos of him to come later!

More from Babcia, Dziadzia, and the "other Babcia's" visit

Happy Birthday Dziadzia!

Some Ashlyn pics

It's rough being the third child, only about 1/3 of the photos and fame... but all of the love!

Playground pics

Enjoying the nice weather while it lasts -- these are from yesterday!

Rolling along

Eliot loved it -- Koen was a bit on the wary side. This is what we did at the hot air balloon festival. No, we did not actually watch hot air balloons -- those we got to see from our porch, first thing in the morning!

Date Night

Date night margheritas. How parents stay sane (that, and grandparents!)

Memorial Park

September 2010

See how happy Koen looks? This is probably 15 minutes before he takes a 6 foot tumble, straight down (he did not see the hole and ladders). He ended up not walking x 3 days, and it was not until orthopedics visit 1 week later that they found the fracture. He's a trooper though -- toughed his way through it all! Kids are amazing...

Summer 2010

Thank goodness for the iphone... at least we have captured bits and pieces of the summer. These photos start in early July (when we got our new iphones) through now. Glad we captured at least a few moments amidst the craziness and chaos! Will download photos from our other cameras and post those soon...

I am happy to announce we are finally pretty well settled in, and the kids are getting into their routine at school (and at home for Ashlyn). Monika, our new au pair, has been here for 3 weeks and we are all settling into a nice schedule and routine. Thank goodness for some stability, finally!

Many thanks to EVERYONE who helped us get through this crazy summer, especially Andy's parents and my folks as well, and others who took a kid for a while (Grace and Scott, Kim and Dave) or helped load up the moving van. We could not have done it without you!

Home Sweet Home

So if all continues to go well, this will be our new home in Colorado Springs. Our closing is scheduled for July 30, and we are lucky enough to be able to stay with Andy's parents with frequent visits to my parents in the meantime. The new house has plenty of space for visitors, so we welcome you to come out!

From

Eliot's last day of school - June 7th

Eliot had a wonderful last day of school. His teachers, Frau Schiwek and Tonja organized a going away party for him in his classroom. Andy, Koen, Ashlyn and I all got to attend -- we ate cake, listened to special songs, and watched them play fun games. His best friends, Mattis and Kiana walked him into the classroom for the surprise, and Eliot got some special presents as well (he especially loves the magnifying glass -- you can see it in the photos). He stayed all day, right up until the time all the other kids went home... I think he just did not want to miss even a minute of it. His German Kindergarten and all of the teachers and kids were absolutely fabulous, and we send them a huge Danke! We certainly miss you already. Here's some photos from his last day celebration.