belly flop

Birthday Belly Flop

Last year the pool was closed and summer swim team canceled. Which meant Eric’s annual birthday belly flop was canceled. It all started five years ago during summer swim team. The original coach, Coach...

Share your Hartley stories

There are so many stories and memories to share about Hartley. Please share them in the form below and then click ‘Share your Story’ Joyce and the girls appreciate all the love and comfort...

May Snow!

Just when you think it is done snowing for the year….Mother Nature has other plans. After a cold and raining Monday we woke up to 2-3 inches of snow on Tuesday! I don’t know...

Blossoms of Light

Ever year there are tons of places to see Christmas lights around the Denver area. And it’s not throughout the neighborhoods! We drove all around and only saw a handful of houses with lights...

Finished Toolbox

Eric’s Toolbox Project

Eric decided he wanted to build something and picked a new toolbox. He found the design and we headed to the store to pickup the lumber and parts. I made a few cuts with...

Izzi plays the piano

Izzi started taking piano lessons a little over a year ago. Here is a video from last spring. She is practicing a song for an upcoming (now past) recital. Notice there isn’t any sheet...

Decorating the tree

It’s Christmas time again and that means getting a tree and putting all the lights and ornaments on. So that’s what we did…and each year a fake tree with built in lights seems to...

Eric plays baseball

Eric has played multiple sports in the last few years from ice hockey, indoor hockey, lacrosse and soccer. This year he wanted to give baseball a try again. Last time he played was a...

Great Barrier Reef

Looking back at the lack of posts on the site I realized I never posted any of the pictures from out trip to Australia! We found ‘cheap’ tickets and headed Down Under for Spring...

Happy Halloween

One of our neighbors hosted an early Halloween party with lots of food, drinks and treats! Normally we don’t dress up, but we threw something together so we weren’t the only ones without a...