Weekend Roundup - NYE

Happy New year!  My goal was to get our home organized and clean this weekend and I can officially say that we did.  We took down our Christmas decorations and ended up cleaning / organizing the entire house.  I took Jack's clothes that no longer fit out of his closet.  It's so crazy how fast they grow out of these cute little outfits.  When I look at the clothing he was wearing just a few months ago, I'm amazed that he fit into them.  They look so tiny!  Most of the cleaning was boring so I don't want to relive that, but some of the important safety things we did I thought I would mention.  Our neighbor had an oven fire and it ended up ruining their entire kitchen because they didn't have a fire extinguisher - which gave us the idea to do a safety check of our home.  These are the things we did and I recommend doing them as well.  It's so easy to hear stories about other people and think, That would never happen to us :)

~ replace batteries of smoke detectors
~ replace backup batteries of carbon monoxide detectors
~ check fire extinguisher expiration dates
~ take pictures of the house for home insurance purposes
~ check 2nd floor safety ladder

We had a super busy weekend, and a great start to the new year!

Weekend Roundup

The weather's been so nice, it hardly feels like the weekend before Christmas.  Hopefully we'll get some snow just in time for a White Christmas!  We had such a busy weekend and it went by way too fast.  Friday was pizza night.  We like to make it on whole wheat pita bread with as many veggies as possible - a somewhat healthier version :)  They're also perfect because on individual pizzas everyone gets to choose their own toppings.

Saturday morning we officially finished up our Christmas shopping.  We also bought a few more Christmas decorations (some places already have their Christmas decorations 40% off - so they were too hard to pass up).  Jack and his Daddy already put them up and they look great!

Our family craft this weekend was making a gingerbread house (this kit was from Michael's for $3).

We felt like watching another Christmas movie, so we rented A Christmas Carol - the new Disney version (it was good, but a little scarier than I expected).

While driving around checking out some of the Christmas Light winners, we were surprised by this house:

It did NOT make the list of winners - they totally should have, we could see their house from Wildcat!

On Sunday we made chili and watched the Broncos lose.  Dan (always the optimist) says "At least the Broncos will have a better draft pick!"  I hope you all had a great weekend - only 5 more days till Christmas!

Weekend Roundup

I always feel like the weekends go by so fast, and this weekend was no exception.  On Friday we went to the Hometown Holiday at the Town Center.  We saw santa arrive on his sleigh and he brought two of his reindeer, Dasher and Dancer, the other's must have been resting up for Christmas Eve!  

They had a countdown for Santa to light the Christmas tree in the Town Center and a lot of vendors from the local businesses gave away samples and coupons.  We decided not to wait in the long line to see Santa but it was a very festive event and a lot of people came out to celebrate!  We had such a great time that Jack decided to leave a souvenir - one of his shoes :)

Saturday we took Jack to see Santa at Murdoch's.  I had never been in the store, but it was really nice and a lot bigger than it looks from the outside.  At first Jack was a bit freaked out - I don't think he has ever seen anyone with a beard that big - but then he was actually okay sitting on Santa's lap (with me right next to him).  We also went to the High School State Championship Football game at Invesco Field and saw Valor Christian win state!  It was Jack's first time at a football game that big and he really enjoyed all of the action!  

Sunday we slept in until 9am - yeah!  I cannot remember the last time I slept in that late, I am pretty sure it has been over a year.  We had a very relaxing day and watched Miracle on 34th Street, which is a classic!  Unfortunately I didn't get any Christmas shopping done, but there is always next weekend.  I hope everyone had a great weekend!