Swim Lessons

This was Lucas' favorite part of swim lessons. :) A little bribing....

This Winter/Spring (for about 8 weeks total) both Christian and Lucas attended swim lessons 2 days a week. Christian is definitely becoming really comfortable in the water but needs to improve on not inhaling water and getting more comfortable in the deep end. Lucas' first class was the lonnngest ever with clinging to the wall and begging for Mommy, but he is now comfortable blowing bubbles and even going down the awesome pool slide at our local Y. It looks like there may be lots of pool visits in our future!

December Festivities & Christmas 2014

And now, that it is almost March (ahh!) I'm posting about Christmas. ;) Christmas of 2014 was a little different not living in own home (not that we haven't moved in December before.) Our packers and movers arrived late November right before Thanksgiving and put our things in storage. Steve finished the rest of his semester (thru mid- December) while the boys and I stayed with the R family in the meantime. Despite being transients for a short time we really enjoyed spending time with our families. Of course, we were able to easily get in the Christmas spirit by decorating, baking, and enjoying fun holiday festivities with them in their homes. We spent Christmas Day with my family and a few days later celebrated with Steve's family when everyone's schedules lined up.

Last Days in Fort Collins

Our last days in Fort Collins before the move were a little rushed with "goodbyes" and "farewells." Steve was still crazy busy with school work and finishing up his classes for his Masters degree. Our packers and movers came the week before Thanksgiving in hopes of being able to rent out the home we lived in a little sooner and to make the holiday season more enjoyable. We LOVE Fort Collins and it was so hard to say goodbye. Such fond memories in that town! For all we know we will end up there again in the future (after all, we never thought that we would live there again after college!) 

Here are some random photos from November :)

Lucas helping me feed Noah:

We LOVED our awesome big backyard in our Fort Collins home. It had the best hill for sledding and the slip n' slide!

 One of our favorite spots in the Winter or hot Summer days was a local play place called Cool Beans!

One of the first snows for the season! So excited!

Winter Days

We love these snowy winter days (that is, when we don't need to be anywhere.) It provides us a chance to relax, cozy up, and enjoy family time. Last weekend the boys enjoyed playing with blocks, and Christian and Daddy snuggled up and watched a movie while Lucas napped. I am sure this weekend will be very much the same (minus the whole part where Steve needs to work on his thesis- he presents it to his committee next week!) Oh yeah, and I heard there is some Big Game this Sunday. Go Broncos!