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| Ava looking a little concerned about this haircut thing. |
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| The longer hair in the back necessitated the cut. |
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| She did a very good job :) |
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| Brother trying to show Ava that this can be fun :) |
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| Now that the haircut is over with, she's enjoying the "ride". |
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| Loving the yummy sucker prize. |
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| We closed on both houses Wednesday, January 27th. Thursday evening we got the keys to the new house and headed over with the kids to have a picnic dinner on the kitchen floor. Later that night, a friend came over to babysit our sleeping kiddos while we started to personally move over some items. Friday, January 29 the movers came to help us transfer the rest of our "stuff" and all our furniture. The movers hadn't correctly calculated how much stuff we have...we must hide it really well ;) They ended up calling for an additional man and then later another man and truck at the end of the day in order to finish on time! |
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| Oh, I will miss this house and our location!!! Over the last 7.5 years we worked so much on this house, really making it our own. It was our "first place" as a couple and it became our first real home as our family grew. The neighborhood was wonderful to walk in, had so many fun parks, an awesome pool right across the street...was walking distance to schools, Rob's work, coffee shops, Target, the new library...so many things. Plus, there were our neighbors. God definitely had a hand in us choosing this house because it is how we met so many of our wonderful friends. We'll miss being right next door to them. We knew it would take a near perfect find for us to justify moving. |
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| Before the kids were born, we enjoyed many sunset evenings sitting here and admiring the mountains - the mountain views are what I'll miss second most. |
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| Seeing the sunset from our master bedroom, looking out over the balcony. (We snapped this photo while prepping the house for sale. I'm pretty sure I shed some tears.) |
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| I was so busy on moving day that I didn't get many opportunities for photos. Here are just a couple very random photos - our new front door with the moving truck in the driveway. Funny story about that side window...I contacted a glass company to come out and give us a quote on replacing the window because I couldn't stand that bubble glass look. The guy comes in and pulls off a privacy press and peel - voila, clear normal glass. I was laughing so hard - it was the cheapest fix on the new house so far!!!! LOL. |
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| Rob directing movers coming in through the garage and into the laundry/mud room. |
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| Our new home (sorry for the cloudy day photo, but I really wanted to get this post up, I'm so far behind!). We feel so fortunate to have found this home in the midst of a crazy housing market. So many pieces came together and we couldn't be more grateful! We are now just 10 minutes southwest of our old house. Still walking distance to a great elementary school, a couple of different parks, our neighborhood pool and tennis courts, wonderful walking/biking trails and a reservoir. The house faces east and the back abuts some open farm land to the west still giving us views of the foothills. We now have room for our kids to grow, visitors to come stay and a yard for the kids to spend hours exploring and playing in :) We are excited to make this house feel more and more like home! |
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| Birthday morning we surprised Jameson with dinosaur brownies to eat with friends who were coming over for a playdate. |
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| Jameson and his friend Kaylee admiring daddy's artwork :) |
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| Jameson was so excited about the brownies that he made sure all of his dinosaur "friends" were part of the celebration. |
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| Jameson's actual friends (lol) brought over balloons which added to the celebration that morning. |
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| In the evening, we had a birthday dinner and cake - again dinosaur themed, specifically green T-Rex (Jameson's favorite). |
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| We all need a little help from our friends :) |
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| Joining in the fun! |
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| Present time. At 3 years old, Jameson has known all upper and lower case letters for a while now, along with the sounds they make and words with start with each letter....but he hasn't started to write any of them. Hopefully, this writing pad can help build up some interest! |
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| A party green T-Rex!!! (Ignore the true but weird tag!) |
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| We'll have lots of room for running bases in our new backyard. |
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| The arm...an obvious substitution when you don't have a bat. |
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| Cool toy for learning to build and use tools, bonus is that it equals some fun time with dad :) |
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| We had Jameson's birthday party at Cool Beans, a coffee shop playhouse in town. Our house was in the beginning stages of getting packed up for our move later that month, so a party at home wasn't going to happen! We rented out the upstairs loft/party room. They provided the cupcakes, punch, plates, table cloths, and party favors all inline with our dinosaur theme. We added some balloons and Jameson's dinosaur figures and it all came together perfectly. |
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| You can see some of the play area downstairs. |
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| Playtime downstairs. |
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| Playing with friends in the foam pit. |
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| Cupcake time. |
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| "Happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you..." |
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| That much red icing hurts my teeth too...lol! |
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| We're still minus a couple of friends, but at least in this shot you can see most of who made it into the picture! |
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| Hooray Christmas morning!!! The sea of presents was pretty exciting for the kids. Pretty exhausting for us...lol! |
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| So, we told many aunts/uncles that Ava didn't have any dolls...This is baby doll #1. |
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| Super fun...baby doll #1 giggles. Those giggles spread and we get three contagious giggles :) |
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| Our "Happy Birthday Jesus!" Christmas morning "cupcake" muffins. |
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| Baby dolls #2 and #3. Baby doll #2 smells so sweet and came with this very necessary stroller :) Baby doll #3 came with a magnetic pacifier that Ava always wants attached (assuming baby loves her pacifier as much as Ava loves her own). |
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| Jameson examining the leftovers that Santa and his reindeer left behind. |
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| Jameson pretty excited about the 14 dinosaurs he now has! |
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| His first "computer" is what he calls his "Firepad" (Amazon Fire). He knew how to use it almost immediately. |
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| Christmas evening we went over to a friend's house to gather for dinner. |
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| Loving kisses from daddy! While we stayed snuggly and warm inside, it was snowing like crazy outside - we got a Colorado White Christmas! |
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| A captive audience of three almost three-year-olds for The Polar Express. |
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| "Happy Birthday Jesus!" It's dessert time. |