In lieu of birthday gifts, our kids get mini-trips with mom and dad (no siblings allowed).  Last weekend we went on Jazlyn's trip - to see Romeo & Juliet ballet!  We stayed in downtown Denver (she's not stayed there before) up on the 12th floor (a big deal to her!).  Many of you know that I'm HORRIBLE afraid of heights (seriously, it's a struggle to paint the wall where it meets the ceiling!) so you can bet that I did NOT look out the window to take this (which, btw, had NO SCREEN!) but I did stick my phone out and snap the picture, lol!

To Jazlyn, the whole purpose of staying in a motel is to swim.  Well, this hotel only had a hot tub - OUTDOORS!  But she thought it was great.  Hubby and I FROZE (it was something like 22 degrees out) but she thought it was GREAT! LOL

They have these fun man and lady statues (?) in the performing arts complex in Denver.  They're quite large!

Front and Center waiting for the ballet to start!  While sitting in the middle was great for the view, it wasn't so great for getting in and out during the intermissions.  Ah well, she loved it, that's what matters :)

And last but not least is an visual update on the little one's burns.  They look AMAZING compared to a week ago!  Bandages are officially of, new skin is sealed and looks great, and infection is no where to be found!  Hooray!

What a fun new linky party!

6. take the button if you play so everyone knows!

Ok but since it's the first one, I'm just going to show you what's already on my phone :)

 Peyton FINALLY got to make a snowman - and it was almost as tall as him!

 Sometimes they really do love each other (Granny & Papa's)

 Brylie just being cheesy :)

 Somehow, no matter where we go, if it's just the hubby and I, we attract fire (or at least fire alarms, and no we don't set them off, lol).  This was just awhile back in Central City, CO when we were up there playing slots.


Being goofy (Granny & Papa's)

 It's just Brylie - this kid has so many faces! lol

and again........

 she decided she could do a better job at cleaning out the dishwasher than her brother (and on a side note, the kitchen looks dramatically different now! lol)

 Brylie had fallen asleep on me, and when I had to get up to cook supper, she just slithered right off of me and continued her nap!

 Brylie showing her Great Grandma ("White Grandma") how to play Dora on the iTouch - they have such a special connection, I'm so glad that I can have them both in my life at the same time :)  This was at Thanksgiving.

 No, she's not pouting, she's not even playing, she's SLEEPING!

 Brylie gathering eggs at Grandma Dorothy's (this was while they were staying with my parents when hubby had his surgery)

and speaking of hubby's surgery - a big cyst was removed from his neck in October - in fact this was just a few days before Halloween!  Can you say Frankenstein?

 playing on Grandpa's antique machinery (while they were staying during hubby's surgery)

 That much elbow grease and I'm only that far?  It looks great now though, so worth all of the work :)

Jazlyn modeling these dorky glasses at Walmart - did people really buy these to wear?  hehe


So there won't usually be that many pictures, but I wanted to load most of the ones I keep permanently on my phone :)