Weekly Catch-up

A very interesting week. VERY.
Because one day I was taking a picture of these beautiful flowers in our front yard...

And then the next day I was taking pictures of THIS:


Yeah.  We sort of got a freak blizzard that came out of nowhere.  The destruction to the trees across town from the super heavy and wet snow was devastating.  Jeff managed to knock some snow off late Tuesday evening, and only lost part of this tree in our front yard.   A huge chunk of our apple tree in our backyard, also.

And guess what they did? Cancelled school!  For the I don't even know how many school cancellations and delays we had this past winter.

So we tried to make the best of it, and went out and played in this foot of nasty, wet, snow.


Great for a snowman!  Or snow lady.





And got in a good round of Monopoly!

Wednesday night was one of our last lessons with Mr. Thomas.  Actually it was supposed to be our last lesson, but we changed it so that we could have one more.

Friday Jeff and I volunteered for Field Day at the school.  I Had thrown out my back, so I was on the struggle bus a bit.  But, the kids had a great day and it meant a lot to them that we were there.


Started off sort of chilly, but the sun finally warmed us all up and out came the water!




I got to draw on JR's arms.

Jeff was having a fun time helping with spin art!

And everyone was pooped after we got home.

Vondrea graduated from high school last Friday, and mom and dad went down to see her. We are bummed we couldn't make the trip, but 4 more days left of school for the kiddos! I just loved these pictures so much.


Got some good shots of our old lady in the green grass.



Alex had a birthday part on Saturday, and they had a surprise appearance by the Manitou High School cheerleaders!  The girls LOVED It!


This guy...waiting to see if I'm putting on my running shoes or not.  Too bad I tweaked my back, Mosey!  Next weekend.

Sunday trip to Lowes.  Hey!  Are you supposed to be up there?

We were able to get fresh mulch down in the front yard and it looks great.  Hopefully, winter is gone now. 
On Memorial Day (Monday) we were supposed to have some new friends over from the new school, but they had to cancel due to a sick kiddo.  So, The Loomis family was able to join us last minute and it worked out well.  It had been a long time since the kids got to see their buddies.

Best buds.

The kids have their last day on Friday, and the Thunderbirds fly on Thursday and I believe I'm going to take them out of school to enjoy that with the company picnic.  It is a 10 year tradition!

Two Week Catch-Up

My computer drive hasn't been cooperating the last week, so I had to skip last weeks updates. So, now we have two weeks to look back on.  Jeff went back to San Diego for a few days, and the kids and I managed just fine.  I introduced them to BJ's Velvet Freeze here in town, and they were both big fans.  Almost felt like summer!



Got a little experimental with Alex's hair one morning.  Oooooh.  Ahhhh.

On our way to school.  Only 2 weeks left!

Moses and his foot, that he sometimes forgets about it.  LOL

Still reading almost every night, and Molly and Moses decided to join us for a little Pig The Pug.

Speaking of Molly. She has been a bit of a hot mess here lately.  First she was on a few weeks of antibiotics for bowel issues.   Then, she got put on antibiotics for a "raging" (as Dr. Pierce called it) UTI.   We think she is starting to feel better.  Getting old just sucks!

A picture of Alex doing her summer reading program presentation in class that was sent to me by her teacher.

Last Saturday we went to Sammy's 1st Birthday party at a park.   Lots of yummy food, and I believe he had a good time celebrating after he finally woke up from his nap.
Check out the cakes by Courtney!

Yum!


Amber put together this cute little timeline of his first year.

Cortland, the proud Big Brother.

Sammy trying to wake up and put his party pants on.

Gift table.

Time for cake!




He figured it out!

So much cake leftover. 

Sammy's favorite toy.

That evening we had some friends over while the adults went out.  Noel sent these awesome picture while we were out.

Our bush right outside of our front door.  We lost a section of it this past winter.  )-:

Will do tricks for Cheerios. 

Sunday was Mother's Day and I was SPOILED.   Gift cards galore, my favorite cologne that I ran out of, and a new coffee cup.  We had a great day just hanging out and chillin.

It was beautiful outside so we did a bike ride/jog to the park for some sun.

We met up with Mom and Dad at Mod Market for dinner.

JR decided to play photographer. 

Tuesday night we had our end of year PTO appreciation reception, and afterwards we went and celebrated Danielle's Birthday.  Nice group of mamas that I'm happy to know.

40 years old!


A friend sent this picture of Alex and some of her girlfriends during lunch at school.   Cuties.

Thursday night was Gallery Night at the school.  Did I mention the end of the school year is always CRAZY?  JR did ANOTHER project on the Diamondback Snake.  He did a great job with zero help from Mom and Dad.

Alex did a super cool presentation on a book as part of the 1st grade summer reading program.

We all got weird with Snapchat.  Too funny not to share!



Jeff might be a nice looking lady after about 8 beers.  Ha!

Friday night we had our neighbors over for game night.  The kids had fun, and the adults got to check out some new board games.


Moses appreciated the company.

Yesterday we went to a BBQ in Monument for some new friends of ours.  They had a cotton candy machine!  Score!



Check out that perfect ball!



And chickens!   Hello, ladies!  These guys produce about 1 egg a day, and they were delicious as Deviled Eggs.

This week is another week of busy.  Both kids have field trips tomorrow, Field Day that both Jeff and I are helping out with, and another fairly busy weekend ahead.  Now if the weather could just stay out of the 40's, I would have nothing to complain about!