Basement Life


Family Game Night



Davis did pretty well for his first time at Family Cranium



Smith got the chance to enter in a local pumpkin carving contest
In case you're wondering, the stuff coming out the top is the pumpkin's brains.



We LOVE having company. Jill Bailey from Virginia! Love you, girl!!!!



One thing about Jim's basement is that there is definitely
never a shortage of Star Wars gear.



One of our favorite things to do is get out and go for a family walk.



Smith won an award at school for being a super reader.
We like him a lot.



Right now Ax's favorite thing is being "Speedy Boy" from his favorite book,
"I'm going to be the Best Superhero Ever!"
Favorite accessories: sunglasses, cape, and rocket boots.



Zaisy found the elf costume.
After two years in storage, we had a lot of fun unpacking the Christmas boxes.



Davis thought the tree skirt was supposed to go with the Santa hat.


Over the last four months we've been living in a basement apartment. We are very grateful for our friends giving us this space in their home to rent. The kids have got to experience all the fun of American public school for a semester. We've been able to be 10 minutes from the doctor's office for all our prenatal visits. Starbucks 5 minutes away. Wal-Mart 10 minutes away. We've had a lot of family time--game nights, reading together, light saber fights. It's been nice.

Truly one of our favorite things is when we have visitors. It's nice to be able to be hospitable and share what we can of our 2 bedrooms and 1 bath and wet bar. Really, our guests deserve awards in adaptability. We realize, through it all, that it's time to move on. We are planning on getting up to Denver just before Christmas, so we can settle a little before baby numero cinco arrives. Nothing like last minute adjustments, huh?

We are excited to be closer to our family at Denver United Church and to be closer to Jon's family and mine. We're super excited to have our own place! We have no idea what the future holds for us, so we are definitely living just one step at a time. Crazy? Definitely.