In the land of Denver we ACTUALLY got more then two inches of snow and had a real mini blizzard. On Thursday we spent the day inside the house watching it just pile up outside our door and on Friday we got to enjoy it. Ben and Joseph built Joseph's first snowmen. I think Joseph had more fun throwing snow at daddy but the snowmen did get done and it turned out great.
The finished snowmen
Frosty
Last night Ben and I had the opportunity to spend the evening with good friends, food and entertainment. We started the evening with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory (Yum) and then we headed over to the Buell Theater for Phantom of the Opera. I love this play and for a long time it was my favorite until I saw Wicked (Thanks Dixie). I have to say that Ben and I were both a little disappointed with the performance. It just wasn't as good as others we have seen. Christine had a nice voice but she lacked the power behind it and when they had multiple people singing you couldn't hear them that well, maybe they were having technical dificulties.
I do have to say however that the man who played the phantom was AMAZING! He has quite a talent, he is the only man to play the leading role in Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables on Broadway. Overall though I must say that we did enjoy ourselves and are looking forward to the next time we get a chance to go back to the theater.
What a happy boy!
Mama can you see me in all these colors??
I really liked the blue lights on this train.
The miniature train had 108 cars. It was really cool to watch go by.
Daddy and Joseph enjoying the trains!
This layout had so much detail. The lights in the city turned on at dusk. It took the guy 16yrs to finish it.
This train was carrying actual logs, it was pretty cool.
This entire layout was made entirely out of legos.
Two trains just passing by each other.
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The other night my mom came by and kidnapped Joseph for a "secret project" I of course asked what they were going to be doing and I was told it was none of my business.
Well I am very glad that my mom stuck to her guns and didn't tell me. The next morning when Joseph got up he just couldn't wait until Valentines day so he gave me my present early. He handed me this little bag and inside I found a candle that he had decorated with hearts, glitter and ribbon. As soon as I had it out of the bag Joseph looked at me and said I put loves on it because they make you happy mommy (Joseph calls hearts loves) and then he looked straight at me and asked are you happy mommy? Of course I was and still am, I was so happy in fact that I started to cry.
When Joseph told me that he gave me loves because they make me happy it reminded of me of when Stephen was younger and he told Aimee that he gives girls flowers because they like them.
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