March 5 My mom (aka Grandma) came to visit for a long weekend. Dave took the opportunity to go mountain biking in Sedona with our friend Dann, so I drafted Mom right away…

February 11 We needed something to do, and it was a lovely day, so we took the kids to the Denver REI and then went for a walk along the river. February 12…

January 10 Dave went to Alabama for work several times at the beginning of the year. It’s always hard for us to picture what he’s doing, but in early January he took this…

We all went into Boulder this past weekend so Dave could look at bikes. The kids and I decided we’d rather go to the CU museum, so Dave dropped us off. We had…

Happy 2017! Every January, Lafayette hosts the Quaker Oatmeal Festival. There’s a 5K race, an oatmeal breakfast with more than 125 toppings, and a health fair. The kids and I like to go,…

Here are a few photos left over from Dave’s (40th!!!) birthday. We celebrated with a dinner out at Cyclhops in Longmont the night before and had homemade spaghetti on his birthday before he…

November 5 November 17 November 19 Phoebe went to read in our bed before dinner, and when I went to see what she was up to, I found that Benjamin had put himself…

We had a really fun Halloween this year. About a third of the way through October, we took a trip to JoAnn Fabrics so Phoebe could pick out her pattern and fabric. She…

Each year, Phoebe’s new elementary school holds a fundraiser called “Laps for Lafayette.” They set up a quarter-mile track in the back field, and the kids run laps for 45 minutes. That morning,…

End of September After walking home from the coffee shop, we stopped by Alicia Sanchez to get some produce from the community garden. The kids wanted to play on the playground. Phoebe discovered…