Trail Dust

When was the last time you went to the Traildust? For me, I think it's probably been about 10 years ago. We went for a birthday party....the boys had a GREAT time. I didn't remember the big slide in the middle of the restaraunt. I'm sure we will have to go back again soon. Erik was on a golf trip when we went, so he wasn't there - the boys told him all about it when it got home. "Daddy, we are going to take you to a place with a BIG slide - big enough for you to fit on. I think you will have a lot of fun".

We're Back!

We had a GREAT time in the Bahamas. We stayed at the Atlantis again. To recap....we had lots of yummy meals, golfed, jet skied, danced, swam with dolphins, got massages, went to the casino (I won!), saw some movies, played in the water and just plain ole relaxed!

This is the Ocean Club golf course - gorgeous!

Patio of our room

There is a Marina at the Atlantis with HUGE boats parked all along....the one behind me in this picture is one of my favs - notice the jet skis AND helicopter on the boat? What would you do if you were caught out in the middle of the ocean and needed to run to the grocery store for some milk? Just take the helicopter.

The view from our room

The Dolphins

One of the highlights of the trip was hanging out with the Dolphins. When we signed up for "swim with the dolphins" I thought I'm sure we'll go in and pet them and be done. Nope, it was much more! We put on our snorkel gear, got a little motorized thing (I'm sure that's not the technical name), and actually swam with them! Then we got on this little boogy board...we put our legs out straight and the dolphins actually gave us a ride. I LOVE dolphins. They are so sweet and SMART! I wanted to bring one home with us, but we settled for two little stuffed dolphins from the gift shop.

Bahamas Cont.

This picture of Erik cracks me up! I caught him actually twiddling his thumbs. For those of you who know Erik, he is not a sitter arounder....he is a do er. He likes to be out in the sun by the water, but has to have an activity. For those of you who know me, I LOVE sitting by the water in the sun relaxing and reading a book (BTW... Sophia Kinsella's Remember Me is good). Being the great husband he is, Erik occasionally offered to hang out with me. Looks like he is having a great time, doesn't it?

Why was I worried?

Before we left, I was worried about being away from the boys for 7 days (the longest we had ever left them was 5). I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well the first night thinking about 6 more days without my sweet little blondies. I got over that quickly!!! The boys were having a wonderful time with Nana and Papa. There was plenty of swimming, Mickey D's, Toys R Us, finger painting (one thing I don't do with them often because of the mess), play dough (again, the mess), candy, ice cream, and getting waited on hand and foot.
We would make phone calls home -
Nana - "Jake and Ben, Mommy and Daddy are on the phone. Do you want to talk to them?"
Boys - "Uhm, not right now."

I've been getting told -
"Mommy, you're doing it wrong. Nana does it this way".
Grrrrr!

Thanks to Nana and Papa for coming to play.

Coloring Eggs (again)

I don't know where these pictures went, but here they are again.

Easter

We had a wonderful and very FULL Easter day. The Easter bunny came the night before, so we had the excitement of finding the loot in the morning. We went to church and then over to the MacLean's for brunch and an Easter egg hunt (sorry Stacy - and Tami), it appears we didn't get many piks to share. Then off to Grandma and Grandpa Isernhagen's for another Easter egg hunt and dinner. Happy Easter 2008!

Justin taught the boys to bowl on the wii.

Look what the Easter bunny brought us!! Ben said that he saw the Easter bunny out the window leaving our house. He was white and was wearing a blue coat (because it was cold outside)

Weekend

We went to watch little Miss Emily play a volleyball game on Friday - 3rd grade.....couldn't be cuter!!!!!

I enjoyed watching the game, but the boys had more fun playing ring around the rosie with Rachel.
Went to a Nuggets game on Friday night with Grandma and Grandpa (sorry, no good stories.....)

We went to see Horton Hears a Who this afternoon - Cooper and his Mommy came too! I thought the movie was good - I would certainly recommend it.

Sorry about the blurry pictures. I used my compact camera and I guess I need a little more work on holding still while using it. Okey doke...there is the update from the weekend.

Brothers

"Mom, some peoples don't have brothers, huh?"
"I think that some people who don't have a brother named Jake will be very sad"
"We are so lucky we have brothers - right Mom"?

Rhythms Reunion in Breckenridge

A couple of weeks ago I went to Breckenridge for the weekend with some girls I used to work with at Rhythms. I've continued to be impressed with the fact that we haven't worked together for 7/8 years but we still make the effort to keep in touch . Cheryl and Alicia live in Dallas now, but the rest of us still meet for Happy Hour once a month. There have been so many changes over the years after leaving Rhythms: 4 weddings 6 babies (with 3 more on the way.....Alicia is pregnant again and so is Laura - with twin girls!), new dogs, new jobs, new homes......

I fully expect to posting about these girls and our fun times in the next 7/8 years.

BTW...we missed you Kim.

Sunny Phoenix

We took a trip to Phoenix this past weekend for a bit of golfin' and spa'ing. We stayed at this cute resort in Litchfield Park that was built in the early 1900's. It was quite charming and had 3 golf courses on the property - we didn't have to go far for great golfing (although, I'm sure Erik wouldn't recommend playing the gold 'Monster' course from the tips on a windy day).

We took these pictures on the second day. Notice the sweaters/jackets - the wind started to blow and it would get quite chilly (ok Erin, I believe you now - 70 degrees CAN be cold there).

We went with one of Erik's partners, Dennis and his wife Valerie.

It was a nice break to get away to a sunny place - I think I may now be able to handle another month or so of unpredictable snow (one month and counting until the Bahamas - yipeeeeeeeee!)