Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Big Appology
So in order to redeem myself at least a tiny bit with my lovely husband, I am posting this very embarrassing story. The other day, June 24th to be exact, Chris comes home with a card and hands it to me. I have no idea what this card is for.....he urges me to just open it and so after much negotiating back and forth, I finally am convinced to open the card. To my horror it is an anniversary card. Now you're probably asking "what's the big deal about an anniversary card?" Well, normally an anniversary card is a beautiful way to express love to your spouse on your anniversary..........the horrific part is that I completely forgot that it was our anniversary!! In my defense, we had just visited my family and friends in Ohio, and a very common question was "how long have you 2 been married?" And I proclaimed to everyone that it would be 5 years in just a few days.......so it's not like I totally forgot - right? Oh who am I kidding, I'm never gonna live this one down! So to my super fabulous husband of 5 years....I love you :)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
So here are a couple of new pics of the kids. The first features Mia covered in chocolate. I gave both the kids a tiny piece of chocolate on the way home from daycare. Wes knew exactly what to do with it.....Mia really needed to get a deeper experience out of it I guess. The next 2 pics are the kids hangin' out last weekend. They like to play footsie at the kitchen table - pretty funny to see in person. And lastly, my unbelieveable tomato plant. I bought this giant tomato plant at Costco a few weeks ago. It was pretty much a spur of the moment purchase. I figured at the very least, the kids could see where tomatoes come from and watch them grow. I have been babying this plant from the moment it came home with me. It is absolutely loaded in tomoatoes and we actually ate one yesterday with dinner as it was bright red and perfect. Neither Chris nor I have ever seen a red tomato on an actual plant in May. I put the pictures on here so you all can see it with your own eyes. And on a personal note.......eat your heart out Deni, I have tomatoes before you do - ha ha!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Things That Made Us Laugh Last Week
So Wes and Mia have had a few funny moments over the last week. Most memorably is the story Mia told recently about an elephant running loose in our yard.....Wes said it was a pink elephant. Sounds like we need to cut back on the "milk" a little.
Also they are both obessed with other babies. They have decided we need one around the house. Wes would like a red one, as that is his favorite color....or an orange baby, as that is his next favorite color.
Below are a couple of pictures that also made us laugh. Wes is having a tough time judging how much is too much toliet paper.......we have decided that there couldn't possible be such a thing as too much toilet paper at the age of 2. And Mia likes to put the mister potato head glasses on whomever will hold still long enough......it seems that Allie gets the brunt of this most of the time.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
To Blog or Not to Blog
Well, I'm told that I have to blog. Evidentally, one of Diane's good friends daughters was complaining about not having updated the blog in a while. I told her to tell her that if they would have come out here to visit like they promised (twice in the past two years) they would be updated with everything. We are still waiting for their promised visit.
What is new in the Colorado Tepen's world. Absolutely nothing. The basement is still not finished. The kids are still the kids and believe it or not, Diane is still the same.
I was upstairs folding laundry and looked out the window this afternoon and couldnt believe what I saw outside in our backyard. Diane was holding a bag of dog poop....you say, big deal; you have dogs so I'm sure you see that all the time. Well, in the past six years or so, I dont think she has picked it up a single time. I know for sure that is true since we've lived in this house. I'm hoping this becomes a habit for her.
The kids are growing like weeds. They constantly want to be outside. It has finally been warming up enough outside to let them out of the friendly confines inside the house. They love to go into the backyard and play in the sandbox and kick the ball. They both like to kick the ball, whether it is back and forth with me or just down the hill where they will chase it and bring it back up to do all over again.
How many bites does it take to eat an M&M? For most people it is just a single bite. For Mia it is usually three or four. She likes to enjoy each one as much as she can. In our war against diapers, we have been enticing them to use the potty by giving them an M&M each time they use the potty. Mia has been pretty good about it, when she feels like it. Wes, on the other hand really had no interest at all until lately. He would sit on it, but it was more a game than anything. The last couple of evenings, he told us he needed to go potty. We took his diaper off and he went pee. Not just once, but like three or four times in an hour. After the first time he insisted on running around naked, after eating his M...both Mia and Wes call the M&M's just "M's". Since he was naked anyway, I guess he was saving up and several more times he would just head into the bathroom on his own and do his business. We would be sitting here and then hear the potty start singing and them he would run out with the little dish of pee in his hands yelling, I went potty, I went potty, I get a M. Now if we can just get his aim a little better because he always seems to leave a pretty good mess on the floor too.
The kids went to their first baseball game. We took them to opening day of the Rockies game, who won 7-0. Will probably take them to another game when the Cardinals are in town. Deck them out it red and have them cheer for the Cards.
We got another new addition to the family a few weeks ago. I've been wanting to upgrade my smoker to something better than what I had. I started looking around and doing some research into them. Everything I found was very expensive and I had just about given up because I didnt want to spend the more than $2000 to get one. I chanced upon a used one up in South Dakota from a lady whose husband just died from the H1N1 over the winter and needed the money to pay hospital bills. I couldnt believe my luck, but how crazy would people think I am to drive 6 hours each way to go buy a smoker. Thought about two seconds and realized I didnt really care, so I made the drive with my friend Chris to go pick it up. We spent the night and hit the town hard. I cant remember the last time I shut down a bar. Granted, it was only 8:30 in the evening, but they still were closing down. Nothing else was open except for American Legion, so we decided to just get a six pack and head back to the room. What a friday night. I'm not sure what is worse driving through, Kansas or Wyoming....very close call. Tried it out last weekend, cooked up six slabs of ribs and two whole chickens, invited some friends over and had a nice feast. Love the new smoker. It cooks awesome. It burns wood instead of the charcoal like my last one. So, if you are driving into Denver to visit, feel free to load up with a nice load of apple, hickory or oak and come on by.
Nothing else new here. I'll try and update a little more often in the future. Feel free to visit. I could rant and rave about work, my brothers psycho ex-wife who I seem to hate more and more every time I hear her name and several other things but I'm sure you dont want to hear all about that. So, have a great spring and summer and come check out my new smoker.
What is new in the Colorado Tepen's world. Absolutely nothing. The basement is still not finished. The kids are still the kids and believe it or not, Diane is still the same.
I was upstairs folding laundry and looked out the window this afternoon and couldnt believe what I saw outside in our backyard. Diane was holding a bag of dog poop....you say, big deal; you have dogs so I'm sure you see that all the time. Well, in the past six years or so, I dont think she has picked it up a single time. I know for sure that is true since we've lived in this house. I'm hoping this becomes a habit for her.
The kids are growing like weeds. They constantly want to be outside. It has finally been warming up enough outside to let them out of the friendly confines inside the house. They love to go into the backyard and play in the sandbox and kick the ball. They both like to kick the ball, whether it is back and forth with me or just down the hill where they will chase it and bring it back up to do all over again.
How many bites does it take to eat an M&M? For most people it is just a single bite. For Mia it is usually three or four. She likes to enjoy each one as much as she can. In our war against diapers, we have been enticing them to use the potty by giving them an M&M each time they use the potty. Mia has been pretty good about it, when she feels like it. Wes, on the other hand really had no interest at all until lately. He would sit on it, but it was more a game than anything. The last couple of evenings, he told us he needed to go potty. We took his diaper off and he went pee. Not just once, but like three or four times in an hour. After the first time he insisted on running around naked, after eating his M...both Mia and Wes call the M&M's just "M's". Since he was naked anyway, I guess he was saving up and several more times he would just head into the bathroom on his own and do his business. We would be sitting here and then hear the potty start singing and them he would run out with the little dish of pee in his hands yelling, I went potty, I went potty, I get a M. Now if we can just get his aim a little better because he always seems to leave a pretty good mess on the floor too.
The kids went to their first baseball game. We took them to opening day of the Rockies game, who won 7-0. Will probably take them to another game when the Cardinals are in town. Deck them out it red and have them cheer for the Cards.
We got another new addition to the family a few weeks ago. I've been wanting to upgrade my smoker to something better than what I had. I started looking around and doing some research into them. Everything I found was very expensive and I had just about given up because I didnt want to spend the more than $2000 to get one. I chanced upon a used one up in South Dakota from a lady whose husband just died from the H1N1 over the winter and needed the money to pay hospital bills. I couldnt believe my luck, but how crazy would people think I am to drive 6 hours each way to go buy a smoker. Thought about two seconds and realized I didnt really care, so I made the drive with my friend Chris to go pick it up. We spent the night and hit the town hard. I cant remember the last time I shut down a bar. Granted, it was only 8:30 in the evening, but they still were closing down. Nothing else was open except for American Legion, so we decided to just get a six pack and head back to the room. What a friday night. I'm not sure what is worse driving through, Kansas or Wyoming....very close call. Tried it out last weekend, cooked up six slabs of ribs and two whole chickens, invited some friends over and had a nice feast. Love the new smoker. It cooks awesome. It burns wood instead of the charcoal like my last one. So, if you are driving into Denver to visit, feel free to load up with a nice load of apple, hickory or oak and come on by.
Nothing else new here. I'll try and update a little more often in the future. Feel free to visit. I could rant and rave about work, my brothers psycho ex-wife who I seem to hate more and more every time I hear her name and several other things but I'm sure you dont want to hear all about that. So, have a great spring and summer and come check out my new smoker.
Monday, February 15, 2010
What Clouds Are Made Of
So lets see, what's been happening at our house recently......
Chris has been working hard on the basement and I'd say we are about 90% finished. It looks really great, I will post a pic at the end to show you some of the progress, but we will put really good ones out when it is completely finished.
My friend Deni came out for a visit. It was so fun to have a few days off work and have some much needed me time with a good friend. The kids really enjoyed Deni's visit. They still seem to be looking around the house for her in hopes that she is just playing a really tough game of hide and seek. And Deni, this is for you......hot dog hot dog hot digity dog!
Wes and Mia are making some progress on the potty training front.....well, I should say Mia is making progress.....but Wes is really happy for her. She seems to be doing well at using the potty pretty regularly. I took them to Target today to buy them big boy/girl underware as an incentive......they seemed pretty jazzed about it......we'll see.
We have all been good and healthy this winter as compared to last. I think the kids being really excited about washing their hands has helped temendously. They have been constantly asking to go to the park recently, but it's been too cold and windy to go. It's been a challange finding things to keep them busy when it's too cold for outside. Can't wait for spring!
Oh, about the title.......So we have this book about clouds, and this little cloud turns into all kinds of shapes and animals, and then at the end joins the other clouds and it rains......so Chris has been trying to teach the kids that clouds are made of water. The other day Chris asked Mia what clouds were made of. Our brilliant daughter replied with confidence that clouds are made of ........BACON! Chris and I both had a laugh and he asked her again what clouds were made of, and this time she said.....WAFFLES! In all fairness, it was 6am and waffles and bacon sounded like a pretty good idea to me too.
Chris has been working hard on the basement and I'd say we are about 90% finished. It looks really great, I will post a pic at the end to show you some of the progress, but we will put really good ones out when it is completely finished.
My friend Deni came out for a visit. It was so fun to have a few days off work and have some much needed me time with a good friend. The kids really enjoyed Deni's visit. They still seem to be looking around the house for her in hopes that she is just playing a really tough game of hide and seek. And Deni, this is for you......hot dog hot dog hot digity dog!
Wes and Mia are making some progress on the potty training front.....well, I should say Mia is making progress.....but Wes is really happy for her. She seems to be doing well at using the potty pretty regularly. I took them to Target today to buy them big boy/girl underware as an incentive......they seemed pretty jazzed about it......we'll see.
We have all been good and healthy this winter as compared to last. I think the kids being really excited about washing their hands has helped temendously. They have been constantly asking to go to the park recently, but it's been too cold and windy to go. It's been a challange finding things to keep them busy when it's too cold for outside. Can't wait for spring!
Oh, about the title.......So we have this book about clouds, and this little cloud turns into all kinds of shapes and animals, and then at the end joins the other clouds and it rains......so Chris has been trying to teach the kids that clouds are made of water. The other day Chris asked Mia what clouds were made of. Our brilliant daughter replied with confidence that clouds are made of ........BACON! Chris and I both had a laugh and he asked her again what clouds were made of, and this time she said.....WAFFLES! In all fairness, it was 6am and waffles and bacon sounded like a pretty good idea to me too.
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