This first post will be a catch-up to let everyone know what our family has been up to. We will start with the head-of-household ME! Okay, I don't want to upset Brad so we can start with him. Brad has been extremely busy with work. He didn't get much of a break this winter as we didn't get any snow until the middle of April. I know...crazy Colorado weather!! On a good note, he has been making time to golf at least once a week. For those of you who don't realize how the golf industry works, it is VERY rare for someone in golf management to ever find time to golf. Our yard has become Brad's other obsession! He spends around 4 hours a week working on it. I can't even try to explain it, all I know is that it looks awesome! As for myself, my new hobby has been spinning classes at the gym. It is total hell, but you feel amazing once you finish the class. I have also been playing chaufer for all of Maddie's activities (we will cover these later). A couple of months ago Brad insisted that we get a house cleaner because of my lack of love for cleaning bathrooms. So, instead of worrying about bathrooms now I just pick up toys around the house as the wirlwind that is Maddie and Grace create the destruction! I have an amazing group of friends that help balance the mom in me with the Rose in me. Maddie is now 5 and going on 16! She will be graduating from pre-school in two weeks and is EXTREMELY excited to begin kindergarten in the fall. Over the winter she participated in gymnastics and I think the Bogard in her shows, she is great! Right now she is playing soccer, which she has a love hate relationship with. Once she gets to practice she is fine, but getting ready is a whole other story. Maddie is a fashionista in the making. She goes through (I am not exaggerating) at least 4 outfit changes a day. Now Grace just wants be wherever Maddie is. No one can make Grace laugh as much as her big sister. It is so great to watch! Her other favorite is Hogan (our yellow lab). She is constantly wiping Hogan's nose because she says that he has a "boogie". At the end of the day when he comes in the house Grace will take her blanket and cover him up so that he can go "night night". Grace is our little caretaker, making sure that she is available to help whenever she can.

As the year progresses I hope to keep on top of this blog so that all of our family and friends around the country can keep tabs on us. So here it goes!!!!!