Grandma & Grandpa arrive in Colorado

Grandma and Grandpa arrived late on Thursday night, so didn't get to see Avery and Ryan until Friday morning. Avery and Ryan recognized them right away and were so excited to see them! Andy and I both had to work, so Grandma and Grandpa got to spend some quaility time with them in the morning. Friday night, we had an adult night out and had a fantastic dinner at Fruition.

Putting together their new puzzles





Grandpa and Ryan bonding

Grandpa, Avery, and Ryan

Catch Up

Lots of catching up to do. Avery and Ryan are learning more and more every day and love spelling their names before going to bed. They love all animals, singing songs, playing outside, and gym class. We are ready for spring and getting outside more!


Playing the mudroom with their hats, glasses, gloves, etc.



Avery playing with her drum sticks and shaking the egg

Ryan sporting his winter hat

Wearing sunglasses to play with his blocks

Ryan thought it would be fun to pile up books and animals on the table while Avery was eating

Happy Avery
Ryan enjoying his milk

Enjoying the train ride at gym class

Dinner at Wahoo's

Brunch at the Angelier's

Anniversary Trip

Andy and I had talked about planning a trip for our 5 year anniversary. A business trip to London came up the same week as our anniversary, so Andy was able to join me in London after I wrapped up work. We were fortunate that Nan was able to stay with the kids (and Sarah also stayed with them one day). We had three full days of sight seeing and took full advantage of each day. Luckily, we had great weather 2 of the 3 days.




Tower of London and Tower Bridge - View from my work hotel


Our first stop - St Paul's Cathedral

We climbed up 528 steps to the very top and had amazing views

Next, we headed to tour the Tower of London (Andy in front of the Tower Bridge)

After grabbing some fish and chips, we took a boat tour down the Thames and got off by the Parliment and Big Ben.

We toured Westminster Abbey and then headed to Trafalgar Square and then went in the National Gallery. The countdown to the Olympics is in the square.

We made our way back to the Tower Bridge and got to go to the top

After a great Thai dinner, we headed to the theatre to see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It was a fun musical that just opened in NYC last month.

Day 2 was our anniversary. We took the train to Windsor, which is right outside of London. Windsor is a cute little town and Windsor Castle is just up the hill. Windsor is where the Queen and Prince Phillip spend their weekends.

After an educational tour of the castle, we enjoyed lunch outside near the Thames and did some shopping. That night, we celebrated our anniversary at Latium, an Italian restaurant. It was delicious.

Day 3, we took the train to Wimbeldon and did a tour of the Wimbeldon grounds. It was a really good tour.

We then headed back into London, and went to the top of Wellington Arch, walked by Buckingham Palace and did a tour at the Royal Mews (stables), and shopping at Harrods.

Saturday night, we had dinner at a cute pub in Notting Hill. We had an early wake up call on Sunday morning, as they had Daylight Savings, and our car picked us up at 5:30am (really 4:30). We had a great trip and were ready to get back to Avery and Ryan!

Elephants & Apes

We ventured to the zoo today as the weather was pretty nice and we haven't been since December. Avery & Ryan enjoyed riding in the wagon and seeing all the animals - especially the elephants and the apes. After visiting the zoo, we had a fun lunch at Steubens!



Mommy and Ryan


Avery waiting to see the orangutans

Baby orangutan on the mommy's back (love the hair!)

Avery and Ryan hanging out with the Great Ape - Ryan especially loved seeing the ape up so close

St. Paddy's Day Party

On Saturday afternoon, we headed over to the Evashevskis for their annual party! It was great to see everyone and enjoy some good food! Avery and Ryan had a blast running around their backyard. It got chilly pretty quickly, but they didn't seem to mind.

Children's Museum

Andy headed up to Copper to get some boarding in as Spring is quickly approaching. And, I headed to the Children's Museum. It has been a long time since our last visit and figured it was time to check it out again now that they are older. I was a little nervous on how the outing would go on my own, especially since we are stroller free. They did really great until it was time to head home - it took some work to get them to the car!

Time to do some grocery shopping!

Trains!

Vet clinic

Enjoying the elevator back down

Having fun on the bridge