Mom's 65th Birthday party

Nathan and Jaime... ahh so cute
Mom and Nathan at mom's birthday party

(I wasn't invited (I could not make it even if I was .... so I am not in any pictures)

A Gift From Above Website

Spring stuff is starting to arrive. I know it is below freezing for most of us, but spring is around the corner.... I promise. Check out our new stuff at www.agiftfromabove.net

Snow snow and yet again more snow

Today we awoke to at least 8 inches of SNOW!!! That beautiful white stuff. Now if I was looking at a picture of it or I did not have to shovel it, I would love it. It is really a beautiful sight to see... but allas, we live in it, have to shovel it and it makes all the customers go into hiding! Oh well, God is good and always seems to provide.

ok so this is not our town, but this is what it looks like!!!

A New Trick

I can pull myself up on the side of the play pen! My little one is growing up so fast! But we are so proud of this accomplishment.

He can't quite square up his feet so he stands in the ballet pose with a tight grip on the side of the play pen.

Rain Rain Go Away

Well this morning we woke up to rain! Not a lot of rain, but a steady drizzle. But I must admit I am so grateful that it is rain and not snow. I am so tired of the cold, I want to go play outside. Brendon needs to get out, I think he is coming down with a case of cabin fever!

Oh well, yesterday was beautiful and it was a good thing too! We had a group of people over for a bbq and watching of the Datona 500. It was a great time, we hade a whole bunch of kids running around the house and playing, Brendon loved the attention, but did not take a nap so he was having a melt down by the time everyone left! But Jeremiah and I decided it was time to start investing in friendship here (since it looks like we are not leaving anytime soon :o) We had a good time, watching the race, chatting, playing basketball and chasing the kids.

Jail House Rock

Help me I am in jail. We finally put a baby gate up to the kitchen, Brendon is using it to pull himself up!

Brendon in the stroller

I am so cute, look how I can pull off my shoe and sock!

It's Saturday

well the week is almost over and it seems like it has taken quite a while to get here. We have caught the spring cleaning bug at our house, and it seems every free minute that we have is spent cleaning up or cleaning out something. We have so much clutter and with Brendon on the move, it has got to go!!!! It is refreshing to go through stuff and realize that you don't need it and you are being weighed down by it.... just let it go and you feel so much better.

I think deep down I hope that if I spring clean than Spring might show up and the snow will stop!!!!! Just a thought

My Grammy Rocks!!!!

I just love my Grandma, she was my date for Valentines Day!!!! She gave me a red balloon.

Shopping In Denver

This last weekend I went shopping for the stores fall/winter '07 merchandise. What I love to do SHOPPING!!! It was a good time. The weather was pretty nice for us. Mom flew out and watched Brendon so I could go to the mart, to look at all the new lines for this year. It is so much fun to shop for the store, I get my shopping fix in and then we get to sell the stuff. I love it.


On the way home, mom and I stopped at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. They have the BEST book store there, you could spend hours there (and lots of money). It is so amazing how many inspirational books and such there is available to us. God has blessed us so!

Battle Scars

Brendon got into a fight with the kitty and I think the kitty won... Brendon has two (big) scratches on his face from the cat.... oops. They played together well for a while and then the cat got bored with Brendon and ended the play time...

Pix of Brendon

Brendon decided that he wanted to be like daddy, so I put him in dad's chair at the store and let him (try) to play with the laptop!

He had a ball just sitting in a swivel chair and banging on the table with his hands...








Brendon with a teething ring, trying so hard to get that tooth to come in!

Catching up

Well I looked back, and I have not written in a bit. Brendon is teething (as he has been for over a month now) but now it seems to be getting painful. He is quick to cry and fuss at every little thing. We are in a power struggle at the moment of who can out last who. He does not like to be told no or have anything that he wants, to be taken away from him and when you do, the water works start, but the second you turn your head he goes for it again! oy! So a lot of my day is spent praying for patience for myself.... so enough excuses.

Sunday was a lot of fun. We got up and went to church, Brendon had a great time in the nursery playing with all the other kids. All of us went for a long walk afterwards to just enjoy the day of blue skies and sunshine (such a nice change from the cold and snow) Of course walking was an obsticle on some streets as the ice was just starting to melt away due to the sunshine... interesting to walk on with a stroller. We were invited to our neighbors house to watch the superbowl. That was a good time. there were four other boys there (4,5,6 and 12 years old) but they had a good time giving Brendon toys and running all around him. He just sat back and took it all.

Monday was mom's birthday, so we got cards off in the mail (oops, supposed to do that before the day actually gets here). I watched the store for a while so JEremiah and Brendon could go home and play together for a while. We were able to find a family that wanted to adopt our dog. We loved him, but we were unable to give him the attention that he needed, so we decided that it was time to let someone else have him and give him what he needed. We miss him, but I think it was for the best.

Tuesday was an all right day, Brendon was quite the crank all day so I finally broke down and bought some baby orajel.... you should see the face he makes when I put that in his mouth, I will try to capture it on film as it is priceless. We continued our study of Growing Kids God's way, tonight was all about speaking your mates love language (and your childs too when they are old enough). It is a good lesson to learn, if you have never heard of this concept, read Gary Chapman's The Five Love Languages book, it is eye opening!

Well it is Wednesday morning and the forecast looks good. Mom flies in tomorrow to drive to Denver with me so I can go buy the Fall/Winter clothes for our store! She is going to be Grammy and watch Brendon all day, so much fun. To bad Denver is buried under snow, so they might have to hang out indoors all day. Oh well, he will just love it!

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Mom!!! So I know that this is a few days late but better late than never. I had full intention of posting this on Monday February 5th but I just plain forgot. But we did chat for quite a while that day so that makes up for my lack of memory. Well happy birthday week mom, you look great and are the best mom a girl could ask for, I learned a lot about being a parent from you! Thanks for everything you do.