June 30, 2015

June Flowers Bring Baby Shower

Sunday my sister Debby, Paige and I hosted a baby shower for my niece Erin at my home. This baby will be the first for Erin and Jon and first grandchild for Debby so there is a lot of excitement in the air! Because Erin and Jon live in Phoenix, the shower was also a great time for them to reconnect with Colorado friends and relatives. My sisters Barb and Lori were able to fly in as well. I have a call in to the Guinness folks because I'm pretty sure we broke a world record for longest Shower - but that is what made it so fun! We are still eating leftovers so stop by for some cake!

Erin and friends check out the food- yes those are Cheetos - tiger tails - for Auburn fan Jon!

Great cake!

Nieces Kaylynn and Chrisann attended

Sisters together- Debby, Barb, Lori, me and mom

June 26, 2015

Crime Boss

I have to confess to a crime. I have failed as a parent and almost forced my son into the dark side  as a wanted felon without him even realizing it. I am a shover - when company is coming, I tend to shove stray items, such as junk mail into drawers or baskets. This week I decided to sort through my basket since the height of the contents was approaching the ceiling. As I was digging, I came across a jury notice for Alex. Apparently he was supposed to report for jury duty in May....oops! I don't know why I didn't notice this when it came in the mail but it must have come during a particular busy shoving day. Anyway, I had to call and confess to Alex what I did and that he would not  be able to come home any time soon for fear of him being discovered and sent the the big house. Luckily, Alex has a smart head on his shoulders and contacted the powers that be, explained that he was out of state attending school, his mother was an airhead, and that he would be honored to be rescheduled for jury duty in September when his is back in the state. All has been forgiven and Alex is now back on the honorable path once again and will only be wearing orange to Bronco games. Whew!

June 25, 2015

Twist and Pull

Yesterday Don came home around 5pm from the Cherry Creek area and told me that there was a major storm brewing. At the same time we were turning on the TV, Paige was texting from the Anschutz Campus where she was holed up in the first floor bathroom due to the tornado warning. There was no announcement from the research building she is working in but her phone notified her of the warning. I will not be complaining about the phone bill this month. Everything turned out fine, no damage to the building or people which was surprising when you see the photo of how close the funnel cloud was. 

Today the excitement was Max's trip to the dentist. A specialist looked at his overbite this week and determined that all of his bottom teeth had to be pulled in order for his jaw and adult teeth to develop normally. Don was out of town so I had to be the bad guy who took  him to the clinic this morning. Everything went well and he was pretty out of it when Don brought him home. Max perked up later tonight but you could tell that things were a little psychedelic for him. He was a little wobbly and  took an interest in the television-barking at what he saw. The vet who did the procedure took me seriously when I said, "I guess the tooth fairy will be busy tonight" and sent home the teeth with Don! I wonder what she will bring? Stay tuned!

Twister over Anschutz

Recovering with Moose

Ready to be put under the pillow!

June 23, 2015

Filling the ARC

ARC is coming on Friday so I have been cleaning out drawers. It feels good to get organized and the bonus was finding things I didn't realize that I was missing....for example, chocolate from our trip to Austria three years ago, Christmas ornaments purchased on other trips, and some cool notepads...and that was all found in just my underwear drawer! I tried to be brutally honest with myself when going through the closet. If the pants are too tight today, they will probably be too tight tomorrow and just because a sweater looked good ten years ago doesn't mean that it should be out in public today. If those shoes hurt my feet, they would be better off on someone else's. My mantra was, "the more I get rid of the more I will have room for new!" I hope ARC is bringing a big truck!

June 21, 2015

Happy Fathers Day!

It was a beautiful - and hot - day to celebrate fathers. We had a BBQ for my husband, my father-in-law, and my brother-in-law today. Although Alex couldn't be here, Paige made sure she honored her dad enough for the both of them because he deserves it! Also, I think I may have the best father-in-law around so it is always a pleasure to celebrate with Don Sr. My sister-in-law, Shelly, picked a winner when she married Lee. He is a super person and awesome dad to her three kids. It was fun to celebrate these three great guys and of course remember the fathers who are not with us anymore but left us with essential wisdoms and wonderful memories. Happy Fathers Day!

Three special dads!

Four lucky kids!

June 20, 2015

Reunited

This afternoon I reunited with some old friends from the great Fort Morgan Class of 1980! We met up in a different Fort - Fort Collins - and I had a wonderful time visiting with people I haven't seen in a long time. There were only a few of us but we had a lot of stories to share. The weird thing is that even though we graduated over three decades ago, none of us have aged a bit! I hope that we can do this again soon with even more of our Mustangs!

June 19, 2015

A Special Life Celebrated

Today we had to say a final goodbye to my Aunt Helen. You may remember that over Memorial Day weekend we traveled to La Junta to help her celebrate her 90th birthday. Sadly, she passed away suddenly, less than a week later. The services today at the La Junta Church of Christ were very nice because she was an active member of this small church so the preachers, who knew and loved her as much as her family, gave very heartfelt sermons. It was truly a celebration of her life. Of course the bittersweet of all funerals is that you can once again be together with family that you don't often see and share wonderful memories that will live on. Rest in peace Aunt Helen.