Christmasfest 2022

 We had such a great time participating in Christmasfest 2022 in Rangely.  

Friday night was sleigh rides and hot cocoa just down the street from us.

Saturday was breakfast, and gingerbread houses and meeting Santa at the Rec center.  Then the Snowflake Baby contest where each of Brady, Hunter, and Lee Lee participated as contestants -- Hunter won his age group.  Then Caroline attended a birthday party, and the rest of us prepared for the big kids to be Santa's Elves in the Town of Rangely light parade.  Following the parade was more hot cocoa and the tree lighting.

Sunday we took a breath... and kept unpacking.

We're to the point in setting in this new house that if its still in a box, I think the whole box should just be thrown away.  Clearly is nothing we've needed in the past 4 weeks, so we should toss it.

We're preparing for a Christmas party later this week so we're flooring the accelerator to try to settle in this home, which is good because sometimes its easy to put off some unpacking.  At some point it will be nice to actually enjoy this lovely home that we are making... soon, I think.

Great Autumn Saturday

Yesterday was such a great autumn Saturday.  Very busy but our kiddos held up through everything, which is a nice change from what would have been the same Saturday one year ago.

I saw almost none of the Michigan game... but they beat Maryland!  Yay!

I start most days with a morning workout... and I always text a picture to my mom as accountability.  So, here was my picture from Saturday morning's workout.  I'm not very good at handstand kicks.

 

The kids and I walked in the Carbondale Potato Days Parade with the kid's school, and Hubby was doing a work event back in Rifle, so it was an accomplishment for the kids and me to walk in the parade without Daddy.

 After the parade, we came back to Rifle and found that NO kiddos were going to nap because they fell asleep for about 30 minutes in the car.

So, our fall family photo shoot was supposed to be around 5:30pm... but with no children napping, and rain in the forecast for the evening, we bumped up our photo shoot and took the kids to a park to smile for family pictures and enjoy the beautiful fall colors.

 Then, we went to a friend's baby shower where our kids (despite nearly no naps) had a blast playing with friends and ate a great dinner.

Then, we got home right as the rain arrived, changed everyone into our pajamas and enjoyed a family movie together in the family room.  Well, Hubby and Tracey enjoyed a movie in the twins enjoyed about 10 minutes of the movie and then got into mischief for the rest of the time -- and I played traffic cop and tried to entertain Addallee.

But, the truth was, it was a great fall Saturday made perfect by the cool 58* high and scattered showers.

 

Burning Mountain Days Parade

Our children love parades... and so we as a family love parades because our children have so much fun.

Hubby was bear hunting all weekend, but the kids and I went to the Burning Mountain Days parade on Saturday in a nearby town and met some friends there to watch the parade together.

What a great time.

Something I have not written about yet is the fact that I have been potty training the twins now for over a week... and  *knock on wood* things are going really well.

A week a go Saturday was their first afternoon without diapers.  A week ago today (Monday) was their first day in undies.  A week ago tomorrow (Tuesday) was their first outing out of the house in undies -- to dance class.  And last week Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, they rode to and from school and attended school all day in undies.

Basically, we have been diaper free except nap time and bed time for over a week now -- including at the Burning Mountain Days Parade, which is such a huge accomplishment for our twins... and for me as a mom.  This really feels like an amazing way to start the school year.

 

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Strawberry Days 2018

So much fun at Strawberry Days this year...