One Big Chicken

We had lunch at Wisdom's on our last day in Arizona. The kids had a blast riding the "big chicken" out front!

A Pooh and a Puppy

Nonie and Grande had costumes for the kids to play with. They looked so cute watching a movie on the couch!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ellie looked like a little angel for Thanksgiving in her Polly Flinders dress. Despite 6 adults in the house we weren't able to convince Nick to dress up in anything more than shorts and a T-shirt!

Playing at Nonie and Grande's

The kids loved the sunny, 80 degree weather of Arizona! They spent much of their time outside on the patio playing and swimming. We're having a hard time now that we're back in Colorado convincing them to wear winter clothing....

Wagon Train

We were delighted to visit Nonie and Grande for Thanksgiving for the first time this year. The kids were real troupers on the 14 hour car ride. We let them out in the deserts of New Mexico to run around a couple of times, and they did great. The last hour that Nick was awake we did hear a lot of "Are we there yet?", "How about now?", "Now?", "Now?", "Mom, I'm not talking to you; Dad are we there yet?"..... Then he mercifully fell asleep.

Children's Museum

Nick and Ellie had a great time at the Children's Museum in Lafayette with their Playgroup. The enormous pirate ship was a big hit with both of them. Ellie liked it so much she didn't want to leave, and Nick and I had to climb up to the deck and haul her out...