Welcome to our World

What a treat to have some of Dan's family here for a major holiday -- that has never happened before!  Heck, most of Dan's family doesn't even read this blog.  lol.  It was fun getting the guest bedroom and places for the children to sleep all ready.  How lucky are we to have a home big enough to temporarily fit a whole extra family of five in it?!?  The whole thing made me think we could have 5 or 6 children...  just kidding, Dan!   Dan's sister, Stacie, and her family arrived late Tuesday night.  On Wednesday we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and saw the traveling Mythbusters exhibit.  (Walking vs. running in the rain, cliff hanging, and the dodging a paint ball seemed to be the top 3.)  Life is so much more fun with cousins.  We separated boys and girls in the cars and I'm sure Danny was in pure heaven with no sisters around.  Cinzetti's is even better when you have four adults to man the table, help get fo...

For Halloween of 2011 , my 2-year-old son informed me he was going to be Buzz Lightyear and nothing in the world I could do would change his mind.  We searched everywhere and couldn't find a Buzz costume in his size.  Long story short and thanks to Facebook, Dan's cousin Christy came to the rescue.  She mailed her son's Buzz costume from Vermont and even included a card and cheese and maple syrup.  Not only was I grateful my son's dream was realized, I was super impressed by her willingness to go the extra mile for a boy she hadn't even met.  Fast forward a little over a year.  When Dan and I were trying to find a name for our newest addition, we were looking through Dan's genealogy binder and decided Eliza Jane was the best name in the book.  Then we got Uncle Jim and Aunt Mel's 2012 Christmas card and were reminded Jane's first name was Eliza.  I wrote Christy and thanked her for helping narrow down the list.  She said she had fallen in ...