March 2009

Can you tell he had just had some yogurt- messy boy.
Cuddling with daddy

He loves taking pictures off of my fridge

Someone needs a bath

we had a friend take some pics of Aricin- they turned out good

Someone needs his first hair cut

Riding on his car

Our first Blizzard

His first Cookie- he was upset when he couldn't have another one

He loves these two little dolls and takes them everywhere

Mommy likes to place dress up when it snows

Bath time

Wild Hair

Caught red handed with the red jello

March flew by for us. I can't believe in a few days our baby is going to be one. We are so excited to have family flying in this next month and are glad that are schedules are starting to slow down a little. We had our first blizzard last week and Denver shut down for two days- Aaron was bummed that the two snow days happend on his spring break- he's hoping to get to stay home at least once for a snow day before the year ends. well i've got to go- someone's fussy.

February 2009

Our Happy Boy showing of his two bottom teeth
He has one more tooth up top that just broke through

Did someone put my cereal on my face?

I'm having a seriously bad hair day.

Valentines Day at the New Belgium Brewery

Daddy's the best!

Sweet potatoes can get a little messy sometimes

This is the rec. center by our house that we have our play dates at

The kids love it!

Yeah for babysitters and parents who get to have dates!

Somebody found where mommy keeps her bracelets.

Yipee, it's lunch time!

Time to pray...

This is my pre-whine face, Daddy says mommy has the same one

So happy

Aaron's latest project- building a mantel and shelves- he's almost done, just needs to add doors to the bottom cabinets.

Mom- no pics, I'm eating.

Mohawk

Semester at Sea Reunion- So fun!

I guess it's time for my monthly update on the Marshalls. Things have gotten super, crazy busy the last couple of weeks. Aaron has been busy teaching, coaching the club water polo team, working on the house, and coaching baseball at Valor- and in case you didn't know baseball practices and has games all the time. As for me.... I've started coaching track at Valor and it's been great to get out there and try to run with the kids and coach the jumpers. As you can imagine our weekends have been (and will be) filled with track meets and double headers until mid May.

This last weekend, I was at a track meet and it was fairly cold- I surprisingly managed to stay warm in 3 pairs of pants, and several other layers including 3 jackets- more than i would ever wear skiing- I looked like the Marshmallow man- but that's ok i was warm. Needless to say at about 3pm they cancelled the meet because so much snow was coming down. It makes me laugh thinking back to any practices in college that I complained about the weather being too cold in Santa Barbara.

Other things we have going on include a group called Meals that Matter- every Sunday we have about 8 couples from our church over for dinner- it's a way to get to know random people and build community- it's been pretty fun so far. We also started a "Wine Club" with another group of 8 couples- Aaron's cousin is the facilitator as she is an educated connoisseur. Our first night we hit the big six grapes- don't ask me to name them off for you- my Wine journal is downstairs. Anyways it was a lot of fun and hopefully in due time we'll learn a bit about wine.

I've also started work with a writers' critique group. I got assigned to a group of five gals via a Christian Fiction writing website and we've started reading and editing each others work- 12 pages a week. This has been especially awesome and time consuming. It's been good to read others work and to see what they have to say about mine- hopefully someday I'll get published.

I've also started diving into research on this Educational Consulting Firm I'm trying to start up. Good news is... I've got my Business License and just checked out 18 books from the Library to try to read up on all the current practices. I'm getting pumped up and I'm hoping to Launch it by mid May to early June. You check the website we created at collegefitcolorado.blogspot.com

Other than all that we've been busy with a) a new Beth Moore Bible Study I started at a local church with some friends on Tuesdays, b) our standing play date at the pool on Wednesdays, and c) story time and a puppet show at the Library on Fridays. I can't believe Aricin's going to be one in a few weeks- life goes by so fast.

We've got countertops...

All Bundled up and momma let him sit in the snow- for about 5 seconds.

The Kitchen is almost done

Praise God for Countertops...
We went with Silestone in Bamboo

Hubby's done good.

At Breck... we're too cheap to ski this year

lift tix were $92 each and child care was $120 for the day...

Next year we'll get the season passes.

Breck's Ice carving contest

Aaron's favorite- the Surfer

He has two teeth now

Happy Monkey

Poor dog- he was having a bad day to begin with

The dog got a cut on his foot and had to get stiches- everytime he moved across the room he'd knock Aricin over it was pretty funny.

My sweet boy- at the park on the swings

Wild Hair

Nakey Boy- bath time

Poking his cousin in the eye for the family picture.

January flew by for us. It was nice to get back home and feel settled after the craziness of the holidays. Jeremiah cut his foot on a divider in the back yard and had to get stiches and wear a cone - poor dog. We still laugh as he runs into things not realizing how big he is with his cone on. Aaron has started to prepare for his role this spring as Assistant Baseball coach at Valor while i'm preping workouts for the track team's long, triple, and high jumpers. We managed to get away to Breckenridge for a weekend with two other couples (an hour and a half away). We stayed at a friends "cabin" and had fun exploring the town and riding the Gondolla.

A few days ago we got countertops - i can't even express to you how excited i am to have them. And i can't believe we got by for 5 months with out them. Aaron is still working on the house- his current project is the mantle- he's almost done, I'll post pics when he's finished. Aricin is growing too fast. He's into everything and starting to take steps by himself. I can't believe he's 10 months old already. Yesterday while we were at the pool on a play date with a few other kiddos and moms and he fell asleep while swimming- it's my own fault we're there during his normal nap time -this is the second time i've looked down while we were at the pool to find him fast asleep in my arms. The lifeguards think it's hilarious. We still love Denver, and the weather has been great- 70 degrees today and then snow forecasted a couple of days out - it's crazy how fast it changes.