Blue Blood Super Moon Birthday

The morning started early for me and D-man in an attempt to see the lunar eclipse (T-man said to “take pictures” and went back to bed). I had gone outside to check the clouds and thought we were in good shape. I was wrong. So, we headed here to kick off D-man’s 14th birthday. 

Then here (I took a picture of the sunrise as we couldn’t see the moon). 

Then birthday doughnuts at home

 

Followed by day 2 at home and a trip to the doctor. And then we had pizza and went to the middle school band concert. It was really good this year. 

 

And then we headed to ice cream at McDonald’s 

 

And then opened presents and cards 

Happy birthday to the boy who made us parents. May the year ahead be filled with more joy than sorrows, more laughter than tears, and new adventures (and less trips to the doctor). 

Sharing our Louisville Life

A last-minute visit from Nana and Pop was a special treat this weekend. It was just a regular weekend for us full of sports, friends and activities and so nice to be able to share it with Mom and Dad. 

Highlights included Nana and T-man playing wii sports, coffee with just me and Dad on Friday morning, Mom taking the boys to a movie, lots of pitch playing, and fondue to celebrate the boys’ winter birthdays. 

Australia Day party on Friday night 

Nice breakfast made by marshal Saturday morning 

Futsol game 


One of many games of pitch 

Laser tag and dinner in our old ‘hood (Mom and Dad saw a movie) 

Two early morning basketball victories on Sunday morning 

 The Melting Pot on Sunday night 

Birthday boys 

Pop vs. T-man in pool at Tilt

Nana vs. D-man 

Puzzle Boy

T-man has re-discovered a ton of wooden toys and puzzles in he basement this week. He’s great at these things and so fun to see him focusing for so long and solving the puzzles. 

Snow Day and More

What a wonderful snow day for the adults (kids were upset it wasn’t on a school day). But, the snow day today meant no traveling to basketball and a day of cooking, relaxing, getting stuff done around the house, and celebrating having two cars in the garage during a snow storm (a first on St. Andrews for us). I even snuck out for happy hour in old town to celebrate a friend's birthday. Yesterday was futsol, errands, finally getting Christmas completely put away and an adult-only evening for music, drinks, and laughs at the music venue in Lafayette. 

Playing goalie! 

Nissi’s 

Acoustic classic rock 

Ready for sledding! 

Beer and home made chicken wings (we also made soup, chili, pumpkin love, two different Chex mixes, scotcheroos, and yogurt) 

Friday Night Follies

 It was a night in Denver for all members of the Peavy family. D-man and Marshall had dinner and enjoyed Club level seats for the Nuggets game with all of his basketball teammates. T-man and I joined the Smiley family and Nadja for Mexican food in the Highlands. It was so great to catch up with them - it had been way too long since we last saw them. T-man and I wrapped up the night at Nadja’s with chickens, dogs, and a drink. 

With fisher 

Some of his teammates 

Go Cougs!

We hadn’t planned on going to the CU/WSU game tonight, but when we were offered free tickets this morning, we made it happen. 

Marshall had trivia so the boys and I went and D-man was able to bring a friend. The Cougs tried to make it close in the 2nd half, but they just couldn’t do it. A fun, surprise outing (even with three trips to Boulder this afternoon to make it happen). 

Sporting their Coug gear 

Rivalry 

Snoasis

Fortunately, the mountains got some snow last week so we had a good ski weekend in the mountains with the Wright family. We had snow, sun, and cold throughout the three days.  D-man even snuck in his two basketball games on Saturday night thanks to Marshall shuttling him back and forth. And per the usual on MLK weekend, the crowds on Monday were non-existent. A great weekend away with great friends!  A few shots of the weekend. 

Power to Play

We traveled to Windsor for an extra basketball tournament this weekend. The Saturday night games were tough games with two losses. Today was much better with three victories. The last game was not well matched and the boys were pretty relaxed - and even when D-man airballed a free throw (brings back memories) - he was able to laugh it off. And then he practiced at half and made two free throws in the 2nd half. Woohoo. 

He made this one! 

Futsol 2018

The 2018 futsol season started with a bang as the team had a 7-1 victory to start. T-man also scored his first goal in futsol! 

Marshall and T-man on the bench 

Loving the head band and his first goal - so proud!! 

Happenings in the ‘Hood

On New Year’s Day, one of our neighbor’s home caught on fire. Fortunately, everyone was ok. And in the small world connections realm, we have friends in Pender that know these folks.   

On Friday, I caught my husband being a great neighbor as he drove to work. Our neighbor’s trash can had fallen over and Marshall stopped to help out. He also learned that Geoffrey (the Dynasty star) was the neighbor who alerted the neighbors of the fire. 

The fire 

My wonderful husband 

2017 Wrap Up

So my sister had a post where she writes down all the cute things her kids have said and done over the past year. It inspired me to sum up some of the things in our past year- it won’t be as cute or as thorough as my sister’s post, but it will sum up the year. Here goes! 

• Four months of unemployment started the year. 
• T-man was assessed and diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. I educated myself on dyslexia and ADHD during my time off and we also were able to fight and get an IEP for T-man. 
• The boys actually enjoy audiobooks during our road trips. 
• D-man grew 3.5 inches this year (and is now taller than I am) 
• T-man grew 1.5 inches. 
• We were at the doctors more this year than any other year and still didn’t meet our deductible. 
• D-man finally got braces. 
• D-man knows all the words to “Stacy’s Mom’s got it going on” and T-man’s comments were “Ok then. That’s weird. What?” 
• T-man has a special friend and they  bike to each other’s house, hang out and play cards. 
• D-man sustains two concussions and I’m a freak job during it 
• D-man makes the National Jr. Honor Society and is elected leader of the Outdoor Ed club 
• T-man tried futsol and loves it!
• I traveled 21 days in the month of November (and also traveled in October and December) 
• Marshall’s weekly trivia game ends and they relocate to Broomfield 
• Our house was invaded by mice! 
• Marshall takes D-man to his first Coug game 
• T-man loved camping with Marshall 
• I lowered my handicap during my 2nd year of Ladies League 
• We traipse around Denver for 24 hours in #questival 
• I lost two uncles. 
• We kept our pet fish Rojo alive for a year 
• We got two cars in the garage. 
• We hosted the Peavy Procrastination Party  
• We actually spent New Year’s Eve in Louisville. 
• It was the year of “perspective.” 

Here’s to another year around the sun. 

Ringing in the New Year

Since living in Louisville, this is only the 2nd New Year’s Eve we have spent here - both of which were at the Martin’s house. It was a long day in the car and we were all tired, but it was fun to hang out with friends to ring in the New Year (and a nice surprise that D-man has a friend there too). We toasted the New Year with the ball dropping in NYC. Here’s to a wonderful 2018. 

 

The Merry Christmas is gone, but still love this “eat beef” sign on I76. 

Looking forward to 2018 with this guy 

The kids celebrating the new year! 

The group minus one couple