Isaac's First Trip to the Zoo

I'm not sure what was more exciting at the zoo:  the animals, the ride on the "choo choo" train, or the "under construction" areas (excavators!). But any way you slice it, it was a memorable Sunday morning for this almost-2-year-old boy:

Pretty excited about the crocodiles

train ride!

a super sunny day (had to borrow dad's shades)



A tiger, up close! (can you see it?)



Tortoises

 

A ride on the Rhino?  I'll pass.....



Tall Giraffes

Watching the elephants



Carousel ride (can you find Isaac?)





Back in the sunny 84060

A few photos as of late...

Saturday morning hike with the fam.  Happy Dog.

Huge icicles hanging off our building!

Ice cream!

Enjoying lots of blue bird days on the hill!

Seattle Visit :: February 2012

A few photos and highlights from our Seattle visit last week (this is just a sampling... many more HERE).

ready for the airplane! 

being silly with grandma M, Mommy, Isaac and Elmo

nanny mary! 

Park play date with Seattle neighbor Irene.

Fish Slide!

Dinner with the Cooks (Irene, Grace & Phil)

 

College Buds! (Christina & Heather)

Look at that Beer Selection! (central market)

Looking at photos with Justin & Lisa

Christina, meet Brooklyn

Oma!

Ready to board the plane back home!

Gymnastics & Birdman Videos

Here is Isaac at his first gymnastics open gym. Eric took him last Sunday while I was snowboarding with some girlfriends. It was a huge hit, and we plan to take him every Sunday.

And, just a little song I learned at Camp Houston...

Right in our Backyard

It takes 5 minutes from our house to get to this:

(Life is Good)

Don't Hassle Us... We're Local

February Catch Up

We had a great visit with the Zuluaga's last weekend.  We sure missed our good friends from Seattle, and we were so thankful that they came to visit us in Park City. 

Here we are having fun around town (and lounging at home) with Tony & Amanda: 

And... happy Valentine's Day!  I've never been a big fan of the holiday (superficial, contrived, etc). But, having a little one makes it kind of fun now.  Isaac had a valentines day party at daycare, and we made a lovely dinner at home.  Isaac loves to help us in the kitchen and made salads almost all by himself! ("sprinkle sprinkle")

22 Months Snapshot

This 22-month-old-boy loves to:

draw & paint

make "bobots" (robots) out of blocks

eat (especially ice cream)

see animals at petco

sing silly songs with mommy (like "up in the air junior bird man")

be silly in general

correct the dog

be in charge in general

Oh, January!

Oh, January—what a month!

As some of you know, I worked a contract position with Sundance Film Festival as a special events coordinator from October to February. The festival was from January 19-29 and I worked (almost) every minute of that time period. Well, that’s exaggerating --but only by a little. I did work very long days (18-20 hour days for much of the festival). I coordinated 15 events over the 10 days of the festival, and supported the rest of my team (together, the 8 of us planned and executed over 90 events!). It was an incredible experience; fun, challenging, rewarding… and by the end pretty exhausting. But, it was one of those life-in-a-life-time experiences that I will remember fondly forever, and made some lasting connections. A few photos:

Luckily, Gampa was in town to help with Isaac!

Special Events Team!

 

Eric & I even saw each other a couple times in January

The weeks leading up to the festival were also very busy… hence my neglect to the blog (and laundry, and the dishes, and my family).

But, we were lucky enough that Eric’s Dad came to visit for the FULL festival—nearly two weeks. He helped Eric with Isaac & chauffeured us around. Isaac sure loves his grandparents! I’m sure Eric and Don’s recollection of January is much different than mine… but for me it went by in the blink of an eye, and is an experience I'll never forget!

A few more photos in the January Photo Album too.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012!

My good friend Melba came to visit for NYE weekend. She was our first official "non-family member" visitor.  And how did we thank her?  Well, for one, our new cat peed on her (but I'll save that story for another time).  But besides that 'warm welcome', we showed her around town, gabbed a lot, snowboarded and had a fabulous new years eve!

A few photos....

Here we are enjoying a casual New Years Eve dinner at our house with the Spicers:

Isaac appears to be a leader at heart (or perhaps just a standard first child).  He got all of us to sit up on the couch! Then, we had fun with silly faces.

Celebrating "new years noon" with Isaac at a local restaurant (High West Distillery & Saloon).

Ladies night out on the town:

It was fun to see Isaac connect with Melba  (or "bubba" as he calls her).  Best buds:

Christmas Morning in Park City

A belated Merry Christmas to everyone!

We celebrated our first Christmas in Park City. We enjoyed a  long weekend, a quiet Christmas Eve dinner at home, and lots of sledding at the park, of course. For Christmas Day, we opened presents, had a big breakfast and went to dinner at our friends Andy & Michelle's house. We missed all of our family and friends in Seattle, however we are thankful for the great group of friends we have here in Park City already. Isaac didn't have the anticipation of Christmas, but he certainly was excited to open gifts, and still remembers who they are from.  Here are a few photos from Christmas morning:

Isaac's first RC car from Uncle Jeff! (RC stands for Remote Control...)

Modeling Daddy's new snow boots

He loves his new blocks from "gamma and gampa" J

Modeling some new clothes from Santa! (check out the xmas explosion in the background)

Ski harness from Gamma and Gampa M!

Modeling Mommy's Boots and new Camelbak 

Oh yeah... and we took in a kitty! her name is Mia (Isaac named her.. it sounds like Meow).  Here she is.

On another note, I apologize for the delay in posting lately. This Blogger in Chief & Executive Mommy has been really busy at work. But I promise... New Years post coming soon!

Cheers!  - Christina, Eric & Isaac