Fun in the Sun

It was snowing the day we left Colorado for sunny Mexico. What a great time for a spring break getaway! We enjoyed playing on the beach, swimming, fishing, and riding dune buggies up a dry (and in some places not so dry) creek bed to a hidden waterfall. Some of the days were a little cooler than we expected, but we had a great trip and John really enjoyed taking Jack and Kate on their first real deep sea fishing trip.
Nana and Pop (John and Barb Griffith) were along with us and it's always nice to combine a vacation with a family visit. Our friends and neighbors the Neers were also visiting nearby Cabo San Lucas and they joined us on the day of our waterfall expedition. See more photos of our trip here in our online photo album.

Kate's New Haircut

On Saturday, Kate decided she wanted to get her haircut. We looked at the haircut books and this is what she came up with. Isn't it cute? And easy to brush! Yay! Daddy still likes it long, but it sure is nice to see more of Katelyn's beautiful face!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a fun family Valentine's Day dinner with homemade cards, pasta putanesca and for dessert: chocolate fondue! What fun! We dipped strawberries, bananas, marshmallows and dried apricots. Yum! It was fun to see the kids just sit right on top of the table to get into the best dipping position. Another fun sight: seeing nudist Liliana sneak into the chocolate the next morning before Julie had a chance to clean up the kitchen. (Being sans pants is really helping Lily's potty training efforts. We're almost there!)
We hope you had a very happy Valentine's day and if you'd like to see more fun February photos. go here.

Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack's birthday began with a traditional waffle in bed (with balloons all over his bedroom too!) The celebrating continued at school, with a conveniently scheduled post-CSAP test breakfast. Julie attended with a butter braid pastry and was a guest reader for the third graders. Spaghetti dinner capped off the evening and on the weekend 3 friends joined Jack for a sleepover. Jack's much-coveted Wii has been so much fun for the whole family to play with. Julie had finally found one about two weeks before Jack's big day and couldn't wait to give it to him.
This week we also celebrated the Blue & Gold banquet with Jack's Cub Scout Pack. The boys decorated a table in the Chinese New Year theme and watched fellow scouts "cross over" to become Boy Scouts. Jack is really enjoying scouting activities.

Jungle Birthday Fun

Click here to see the photo album of all the jungle adventures at Kate's 7th birthday party! She and a handful of friends were outfitted with harnesses and got to do zip chords, rope bridges, hanging lines and a climbing wall at Jungle Quest in Littleton, Colorado.

She had so much fun celebrating, jungle style!

Pinewood Derby Sucess!

Pack 369 in Parker, Colorado held another exciting Pinewood Derby race! John and Jack built a new car, "building" upon their experience from their first race last year and were successful in bringing home a trophy again! Jack won first place among the Bears and third overall in the whole pack!

We had fun cheering for all the cars and seeing all the unique designs. Way to go, Jack!

Katelyn's Birthday Breakfast

We always make breakfast in bed at our house when someone has a birthday. We also do something special like balloons or flowers. This year she woke up to tissue paper flowers at the foot of her bed that were as tall as her. She also got a new birthday outfit from her favorite girls' clothes store: Justice!