Cherry Creek Sneak

After many years of nagging, our friend Carl finally convinced Brent to run in his first marathon. Last Friday, Brent agreed to run with Carl in the Cherry Creek Sneak (This is a very popular 5K Marathon that is done downtown with approx. 2500 participants). So with a day and a half's notice and zero training Brent was registered and regretting his decision.

It was supposed to rain on Sunday, but we all woke up very early (6:00am to be exact) to beautiful sunshine and the day only got better from there. Brent not only beat Carl by 50 seconds, but finished 19th out of 154 in his age group and 159th out of 1200 men. Carter and I were very proud of him, we only wished we would've seen him cross the finish line. We were not expecting him to finish before Carl, so we didn't start looking for him until after Carl crossed the finish line.

As you can imagine, I think that Carl has created a monster and Brent is already talking about his next marathon!

Spring Time in Colorado

Apparently, this year, spring = snow! This is the second spring snow storm we have had that has produced over a foot of snow. Carter was soaking wet and I asked him if he wanted to come inside and he said no, because he was working!

New Floors....Yeah!

As many of you know, I have waited for this day for a very long time and couldn't be happier that it has finally arrived. We had hardwood floors installed in the entire downstairs of our house and it turned out beautifully! These pictures really don't do it justice, but they give you an idea of what it looks like. Hopefully you will all make a visit to see us, so that you can see these beauties in person.

Tennis!

Carter just completed his third week of tennis lessons and is loving it! It is still too early to tell if he has any real talent, but he has a great time and they wear him out which is great for me! I will let you all know if there has been any great improvement in the next six weeks.

Carter Loves Benny Too!

Brent took this picture about a month ago, but it is so cute I couldn't resist sharing it. This is Carter with his favorite bear (it is really a dog with no official name) and Brent's beloved childhood bear Benny. Carter loves Ben and is always asking Brent if he can play with it. We let Carter give Benny hugs, but then we remind him that Benny is very old and needs to go back to bed.

There was an incident, but everyone is okay!

Last night, Brent had a work dinner so I asked Carter what he wanted to eat for dinner. He requested Pancakes and I agreed that pancakes sounded pretty good. I went to plug in the griddle and get everything set up when Carter started to throw a fit because he wanted to sit on the countertop and watch me cook. I gave in to his tantrum and allowed it (because this is something that he likes to do often and has never been a problem in the past.). Well as you have probably already figured out, last night it was a problem!

The pancake batter was extra thick last night, which made for very thick pancakes. After I flipped the pancakes I started to press down on them with the spatula to make sure that they were cooked thoroughly, etc. Carter really wanted to join in at this point and so I let him. We were both holding on to the the spatula and pressing down on the pancakes when all of a sudden he started screaming. Immediately I knew what had happened! While his left had was busy working on the pancakes with me, his right hand wondered right into the side of the griddle...ouch!

We immediatley put medicine on it and he calmed down after just a few minutes, but the real relief came about an hour later when dad finally got home. Brent wanted to put some band aids on the burn so I told him about some Spongebob Squarepants band aids that I had bought just a few weeks ago. I have never seen someone so excited about a burn! He hasn't stopped talking about his boo-boo and gets very concerned everytime his band aids happen to come off or loosen up a bit. As a result of his love for these band aids we have already gone to the store and bought more, just in case!

Moral of the story: Never underestimate the power of a Spongebob Squarepants band aid!

I love my Mexico Home

We just got back from our first official vacation with Carter. We spent 8 days in the Riviera Maya which is about an hour south of Cancun. It was not our typical busy vacation, but we got a lot of sun time and a lot of Carter time which is exactly what we wanted.

We stayed at Dreams Puerto Aventuras and our room had a great view of the Ocean and the pool. Besides the pool and the beach, Carter's favorite thing was our deck. I think he would have slept out there if we would have allowed it. Our days consisted of a nice big breakfast followed by 6 hours at the pool and beach which was exhausting, but very nice. The resort was very nice with a few different restuarants so we were able to eat something different every night and Carter even decided that he would try some sushi....and he liked it. But we will see what happens next time we got out to eat Sushi, it could have just been a one time thing!

All in all we had a great time and miss our Mexico home already!