I KNOW....I KNOW.....

I Know....I know....it's been months since I have written anything. The Colorado Tepen's are all alive and well. We have been very busy since the first of the year. Chris tore out all of the wood floors and replaced with tile. We are about 2 weeks from getting new carpet in the living room and are very excited to see how it all looks when finished. I still have a bunch of touch up painting to do, but we are getting close! Then hopefully we will be able to finish the rest of the downstairs with in the next year. I want to tear out the carpet in our dining room and office to make way for some beautiful walnut floors. I'm not sure what we are going to do once all this is complete...maybe we can go help Uncle Brian! So Wes and Mia are getting to be such big kids. They are both doing really well in school. Making lots of friends. The homework thing is keeping me extremely busy. I had no idea how much is expected out of kids these days. They bring home a folder every week filled with things that need to be completed at home and turned back in. Also, they have a book assignment to read every week and a daily writing journal. It seems like all I remember from kindergarten was learning my ABC's, doing art and learning to tie a shoe....and my kids are reading chapter books and writing a journal!! It's crazy. The twins have been trying to learn to swim again. They are almost there. Both can swim for 5-6 feet but then as soon as they need to take a breath they flail and sink. Hoping to get them safe for summer as there is a really cute pool not too far from our house that would be fun to go to this summer. We have also started the kids in soccer. Chris is coaching their team - the turf monsters. Both doing pretty good at it. Mia is the only girl on the team and she is running circles around those boys! Go Mia!! So far we have won 2 games and lost 2 games. Both kids are signed up for baseball in about another month. As soccer finishes they will both give baseball a try. Wes is super excited about baseball. He cheers for the Pirates cause it's my team, which makes Chris mad. At least Mia is a Cardinals fan. One out of two ain't bad! Looking forward to summer. Hoping to take a short road trip to either someplace in Colorado or close to this summer. Remember, if you are in or around the Colorado area, let us know, we love visitors!! Deb and family are heading out and planning to hit a baseball game with us in June. David and gang were going to visit...but we got bumped for a beach vacay...rude! Hope to see you all soon. Here are some pics from the last few months.