Saturday, September 3, 2011

Big Changes!

Lately there has been another lack of posting. So let me update you on the big changes from the last few weeks of our lives.

1. Matt quit his job at UPS! Almost 4 years ago Matt started working early mornings (2-7AM) as a temporary job that would allow him to stay home with our boys during the day, until I promoted and had the income to let him stay home completely. As promoting has been pushed back for me, it went from being temporary, to lasting for 4 years. This lifestyle was not something that we wanted to continue, which leads me to #2

2. Matt starting CDL trucking school! My dad owns an oil trucking business in Dickinson, North Dakota and Matt is going to begin going to North Dakota and trucking 20 days a month, and coming home for 10 days a month. Although this lifestyle may not sound better, we're hoping that it will be because we will be making more money, and the 10 days that Matt will be home it will actually be quality time together, versus the minimal time we have had for the last few years.

3. Matt's mom, stepdad, and their dog Corkie came out to help take care of the boys for 9 days! Not only did they watch the boys but Glenn took care of my incredibly long "honey-do" list which included everything from changing lightbulbs to hanging trim and everything inbetween. Can you believe it took us 2 years of living here to caulk down our kitchen countertops?

4. We hired a Nanny. Her name is Sam, she is a 19 year old college student, and she is awesome with the boys. This is something that is so difficult for both Matt and I because we are going from one of us being with the boys all the time, to trusting someone else to be with them 50 hrs a week!

5. Jackson turned 3! He is a little spitfire, whose favorite word and question is, "Why?". We had a big pancake party, and I'll post more on that soon!

6. Matt passed his CDL test and is leaving for ND on Sunday!

7. Our babies are turning into little boys! Here is the picture I had taken of them last week! 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Brothers and Books

I LOVE kids books. SO you can imagine how much it thrills me that both of our boys love them just as much as I do! Moments of peaceful reading where both boys sit on the couch like this don't happen too often, but they do both sit contently any time we read to them.
 Can you see Mase's excitement for his books!
Of course the peaceful reading didn't last long and soon turned in to hugging/tackling time!
As for Jack being in his underwear, that's him being so proud of his big boy underwear that he refused ot wear anything else!

Saturday, August 13, 2011

National Night Out

Last week was National Night Out. This is an event that Target is the national sponsor for and it encourages relationships between law enforcement and communities. We wanted to show our support, and Jack and Mason absolutely loved it! Jack got to go in a police car, ambulance, and fire truck! Mase just loved all the free cookies and balls!


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Grand Lake Camping

A few weeks ago Matt's cousin Keri came out to visit for the week. We had a GREAT time with her and got to get away to Grand Lake for a night. It is still our favorite place in Colorado to be, and we dream of owning a place there someday!



We also stayed here almost two years ago and this was the picture of Jack on the porch then.

Here is a picture of the boys on the porch this time! Mase is the same age Jack was then!
Here is the link to the blog post from when we stayed at the Elk Creek Campground last time! http://mcgurnfamily.blogspot.com/2009/09/perfect-weekend-in-co.html

Our new passenger

Jack still loves Elmo, or in his words, "Melmo". Some days we don't leave the house without an extra passenger.

Grandpa Curt Would Be Proud

Sorry about the lack of posting, ever since the flooding debacle it seems as if our whole lives have been in disarray. Take away an office and playroom and it is bad news for the McGurn family! Thank goodness though that we now have replaced the carpet, and have moved back in and are happily enjoying our basement again.

Anyways, since I am working on getting caught back up on photo and video uploads, I thought I would post this one for Grandpa Curt... Mason LOVES french fries, McDonalds french fries to be exact.