Saturday Snapshot

Austin wearing Daddy's shoe. He couldn't walk with both, so he settled for one. ;)
He's a sick baby right now- he's got a yucky cough, runny nose and fever. Poor lil guy. If he's not better by tomorrow, we are off to the dr. on Monday.
It's quiet and boring in the Sharp house this weekend. Kyle has a little cold and I think I may be coming down with it, too.
Our plan is to lounge around again tomorrow-- we were pretty good at it today.

{wordless} Wednesday

Buggy’s FiRsT haircut!

We finally did it. He was a little shaggy up top, so off to Cool Cuts for Kids we went. Austin was having so much fun playing in the toy area with the trains and the blocks. I thought, okay this isn’t going to be so bad. He’s going to sit in a cool car and watch a movie during the cut. WRONG! The hair stylist called our name and we walked to the cool yellow taxi. I get Austin seated in there, belted in and the hair stylist gets the little blue cape on him and the tears started flowing. I mean, at least he could have waited for the water sprayer or at the very least, the comb to touch his head. Nope, it was the little blue cape. He was terrified of the thing. A sucker wouldn’t even calm the little guy down… It helped a LITTLE when I started making “vroom vroom” noises and honked the pretend horn on the cool yellow taxi, but the crying continued through the whole cut- with just a few intermissions. It’s like he forgot what he was crying about, so he stopped-- then remembered again and cried even harder. ;) I didn’t even get a good after shot at Cool Cuts because he was wailing so bad. This will be a first haircut never to be forgotten.

<--- please note that in this picture, daddy is standing as far away as he could possibly be. lol This was Austin’s worst crying episode EVER! He was so mad! As soon as I got him out of the taxi, he was fine (as long as I was holding him!). I hope the next haircut goes a little better. If not, I fear that daddy will be cutting his hair until he turns 18!

After the haircut, we ran some errands and then had an early dinner at Chipotle. Here are the pictures that I snapped from my iphone to send to the grandparents… He’s so handsome, he looks so different now-- with a little haircut. Wow! Our little man!

welcome {2011}

So, we say farewell to 2010 and hELLo 2011! It's starting off great-- I have a four day weekend! ;) Peyton & Brendan go back to school on Wednesday, so we have a lot of time to continue our {trouble playing} addiction. That game is crazy insane family fun! We played 4 times last night alone, then moved on to Wii bowling. The Sharps spent New Years Eve on the edge (this is what happens when you have 3 kids!).

2010 was great. Here is a little recap of our year:















Terah came to visit in January and we went skiing for the first time,




















we had to say goodbye to callie- I miss her so much,





























Austin had A LOT of FIRSTS! His first little tooth came in at 6 months, he started crawling at 7 months and walking at 12 months!















We visited family & friends in Texas in July and spent one of the days at Sea World,































I went to visit Terah in September,





















I discovered the {hipstamatic} app (yes, this made the list!),





















Brendan started 2nd grade and Peyton started 4th!















We had a lot of opportunities for family time and fun trips this year.


And now we are all caught up with the Sharps in 2010. It was great; I'm looking forward to what 2011 has in store for us.


I'm not one for resolutions- I do have a few things that I would like to try to start doing in 2011, though...

1. be more organized at home
2. keep up with documenting the boys' milestones
3. make more time for my hobbies (crafting and reading)
4. try not to sweat the little things
5. try to be more frugal-- be mindful that money doesn't grow on
trees <--this is from Kyle! :D

Here's to a great 2011!

Saturday Snapshot

it finally snowed on 12/30!

i was at Target (my second home) and saw that their snow boots were clearanced...so i picked up a pair for A. B liked them so much because they match his.

we got home and i put these lil boots on A's lil feet and he LOVED them! he was stomping around all over the living room floor. I got him outside in them and he wanted nothing to do with walking in the snow! ;) go figure.

Christmas Day, 2010

We had a great Christmas this year. Kyle and I loved watching the boys open their presents-- Austin even opened one all by himself. Brendan helped him with the rest. P and B got new DSi’s and A got a new basketball hoop that he absolutely loves to play with. His other favorite toy is the shake and go lightening mcqueen car. big hit, grandma!

Yes! New DSi’s!!!!

My boys on Christmas morning.

P and A checking out the quarter map that granny sent them.

and me getting ready to go on a bike ride with P and B… I love this bike!

While the turkey was cooking, we headed out to City Park in Denver to play and throw around the football. Austin had a ball at this park- it was his first time here. Actually, we hadn’t been at this park since I was pregnant with him…wow! Seems like FOREVER ago! Austin is 16 months already!! Here are a few pictures that I took…

When we got home after the park, Peyton, Brendan and I went on another short little bike ride. When we got home, it was time to finish preparing dinner. The turkey was YUM!

After dinner, we played TROUBLE and then watched movies. Amazing day!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Ice Skating and {Santa}

We have turned this into a tradition in the Sharp house. We go to Winter Skate in Louisville-- a little outdoor rink in historic downtown. We went last night, Christmas Eve Eve, as I call it.

It was Austin’s first time on the ice. He was with us last year- but he slept the whole time in his infant carrier. This year, he was pulled around the ice by Kyle and I. He liked it at the beginning, but it got old pretty quick. Peyton and Brendan are becoming pretty good skaters. Brendan is a little speedster on ice. Peyton is pretty fast, too. I loved all the Christmas music playing during our skate. Since Kyle is healing from a sprained ankle, he didn’t do any skating. He kept Austin entertained for a bit while the older boys and I skated. We had a lot of fun-- more ice skating memories to treasure.

After our skate, we went to dinner at Red Robin at Flat Irons Mall in Broomfield-- then went over to see SANTA. I knew it was a long shot to get a good picture of Austin with the big guy, but I wanted to try… I know, I am pushing my luck! We waited for about 45 minutes. Austin was really good in line and Kyle even bought a Mrs. Field’s sugar cookie for Austin as bribery… We are relentless. LOL Well, it didn’t work. We got up to Santa and Austin started a wailing. He wouldn’t even sit in Peyton’s lap NEXT TO Santa. He just cried. This is the picture that we got.

Even though Austin is crying (with the cookie in his mouth, no less!), it is a cute picture. Yes, I bought it. (SUCKA!) After Peyton and Brendan told Santa what they wanted for Christmas, we were walking away and guess who started SMILING at Santa?!? Yup- the little turd! Maybe this means we’ll have better luck next year? ;)

Santa Claus is coming to town….

Just took some pictures of our FIRST REAL TREE EVER, plus our house all lit up, the boys’ stockings and our Christmas cards. 5 days and counting! The boys are pretty excited. They had a full list for Santa, which included new DSi's (on both lists!), legos (which they have a full basement of already!), a new scooter (P), the game Trouble, and DS games. Little Austin was a little easier to shop for, no list needed. Santa is all done shopping and loving it! ;)

We had to put the tree in the dining room this year because that area can be blocked off from you-know-who… He loves to take the ornaments off the tree and hide them, the little stinker.

Yesterday we went to Evergreen, CO to play in the snow. I got a few cute pics of Austin and a great one of the boys together!

Riding their bikes on the frozen lake!

**These pictures were taken with my new Canon SX30 IS camera (early Christmas present) I love it!!!!!

photo booths rock!

I love the old school black & white photo booths that I used to see at the mall or the movies, or some other random place. There was a photo booth at Six Flags in Arlington- that Terah and I would use every time we went. We would get some pretty funny photos, that I still have, by the way….

We were walking around this outdoor mall last night after Kyle’s birthday dinner at Rock Bottom, and there it was. A photo booth. HOWEVER, this one was NOT old school. I mean, it took credit cards for pete’s sake!

Well, nevertheless, we had to try it out. Kyle and I have also done booth photos before- we found one while he was visiting me one weekend in Brenham, TX. Wow! That was a LONG TIME AGO! I wanted a new photo strip with the birthday boy, so we hopped in. Let me tell you- these are much more involved than the old school booths. You can choose themes…and if you want color photos, sepia or b&w. Wow! Choices! It even counts down for you before the photo is taken. So, while we are taking the pics, the boys are right outside the booth just cracking up. Kyle and I have NO idea what they are laughing at. When the four pictures are taken and we exit the booth, we find out real quick! There is a video of our entire photo booth experience playing while we are waiting for our pics to drop into the slot (this used to be a drying slot, but not anymore). The boys saw us making silly faces the entire time we were in there. LOL It was pretty funny. Of course, they thought it was gross when we kissed for one of the pics. BOYS!