Just when we thought Christmas and the holidays were done...

After I posted that Christmas was coming to an end I remembered that my parents were coming down for Joshua's birthday!  So that meant there was more Christmas to be had and more fun times.  We survived the HORRIBLE blizzard that arrived the day my parents flew into Denver.  Then my mom made and decorated Joshua's birthday cake.  She has made so many birthday cakes (too many to count) and always does a wonderful job, so it was neat to have her here to make Joshua's first birthday cake.  Friday night we hosted a New Year's Eve party for our church youth group at our house...so my parents joined in with the fun and helped with the cleaning too (thank you!).  And then Saturday night we had a fun birthday party for Joshua...see the post specifically about that night.  We turned around on Sunday and drove back up to Denver to see grandma and grandpa off to the erport (as Gregory calls it), not before having a Vilhauer family favorite for lunch...Wienerschnitzel chili dogs (from the Original Hamburger Stand in Denver).  Of course the goodbyes were tough (as they always are), but it did help to think about seeing them again in July when we plan on driving up to ND to celebrate my parents 40th anniversary.

As always there are pictures to highlight our times together, so feel free to enjoy them... http://tomandroxannecook.shutterfly.com/