MHS Prom 2018

T-man and I headed up (him reluctantly) to the open house to check out the after prom decorations at the high school. I don’t know why we haven’t gone in he past, but it is pretty impressive. The theme was Harry Potter. 

Part of Daigon alley 

Spring Sports (Finally)

Soccer in the morning with a huge victory and T-man scoring one of the goals. We grabbed lunch to take with us on our drive to Windsor (about an hour away). 

D-man’s lacrosse game was not as successful, but he had a good game on defense. We stopped for ice cream and had happy hour and dinner on the patio. Glad that spring finally arrived on a weekend. 

Taking a break 

Defense 

#17 on defense 

Happy hour! 

HBD CLP

Claudia arrived just in time to celebrate her 75th birthday. Marshall and Claudia went out to a local brewery tasting room and out for happy hour. We then had a little celebration when they got home. Happy birthday Claudia!! 

https://youtu.be/KUx6vmVEcow

Today was an unexpected treat as the boys were home from school due to the teacher walk outs. Claudia and D-man were able to get his LAX stick fixed and the boys and Claudia spent a bit of the afternoon having lunch and playing video games at Tilt. D-man also made a cake and T-man worked on a school project. 

We wrapped up the night with happy hour and pizza on the back deck. And the boys played in the back yard for quite some time after dinner - spring is here! 

So happy to have Claudia here with us! 

2018 Take Your Kid to Work Day

T-man and I had a special day at Return Path. A woman at work runs the entire day. The kids learned about branding, logos, marketing and data science. We hit McDonald’s for breakfast and then Starbucks for a Frappuccino. Red Robin was the choice for lunch (and on the way to lunch he pointed out the color of all the brands was red) and we wrapped up the day in the game room. So glad he could come with me today. 

T-man’s team’s branding project 

Playing the Return Path video game 

Scary

Driving home from the track meet I got a call from T-man. He said there had been a fire. He was cooking a Mac and cheese cup and it caught fire in the microwave (he forgot to put water in the cup). He said it was out and that he was ok. When I started taking, he started crying. He said the house was full of smoke so I had him get out of the house. We came home, made sure T-man got a big hug and knew everything was ok. So scary and so glad it wasn’t worse. 

The Mac and cheese 

Microwave top - gonna take some work 

NJHS

A nice induction ceremony for the National Junior Honor Society for D-man. Marshall and Claudia made it in time for the ceremony. D-man celebrated with lots of friends at Sweet Cow. 

Middle School Track Meet

A beautiful day for middle school track. D-man participated in the discus, triple jump, 4x100 and the medley relay. In the first relay, D-man dropped the baton on the exchange, but they practiced and won the medley relay with D-man running the 200M leg (he was so pumped as he passed 3-4 people). Go Mustangs! 

Triple jump 

Waiting to drop the baton 

Passing someone in the 200M 

Dairy Block

Marshall and I met Praveer in Lodo for beers and dinner tonight after work. It was good to catch up and be downtown. The boys had pizza and I’m sure enjoyed not having us around so they could be on electronics all night. After we left, we checked out the Dairy Block. It looks like a very cool concept - so many changes downtown! The alley with the lights is behind where I used to work (ROI Direct) when Marshall and I were engaged. 

What a Difference a Day Makes

Mom and Dad arrived on Friday afternoon to pleasant weather. We had happy hour and take out and played cards. We awoke to snow covered grass and the first two sporting events of the day canceled. Sleeping in and brunch were in order! D-man did end up having his 2nd lacrosse game which was cold, but we all survived. 

Sunday brought much sunnier weather with another lacrosse victory, time at Tilt, and Sweet Cow ice cream followed by time on the back porch. More cards and family time wrapped up the weekend. What a difference a day or two with your parents does make. Thankful. Fortunate. Family. 

Brunch at Sweet Spot 

Brrrrrrr. 

Pop watching #17 

Lots of chess 

Pool with T-man 

Trying to figure out the game 

Cards and dinner on the porch 

Not much of a sunset, but we tried. 

The Loser Seven

A fun night out at “Tilted Trivia” with some girlfriends last night.  We could only have a team of six and had a last minute add-in so we knew we couldn’t win - hence the “Loser 7” name (which ended up not mattering as we got 2nd to last). We may not have been very good at trivia, but we had a fun time and some great laughs. 

3 Words

Last night at dinner, we were talking about our day (the boys didn’t have school). D-man said, “My day in three words: volunteering, Fortnite, reading.” We all followed suit. 

• Marshall: bus, work, cooking 
• Julia: meetings, toes (I got a pedicure),  taxes (to be fair, Marshall has done all the taxes. I just support as needed) 
• T-man: friends, video-games (we put the hyphen in to make it one word during dinner), biking 

It was a fun way to talk about our day in a new way. After dinner, I took a walk - I love my peaceful loop and that the days are getting longer. 

My walk view 

Spring into Sports

Windy day for the start of spring sports. I need to learn to put blankets in the car! It can be 80 one day and 40 the next. Springtime in Colorado for sure. 

T-man getting ready for defense (big team victory) 

Getting ready for a faceoff (9-2 loss) 

Dates with #2

On Wednesday (after happy hour and a drink on the patio with a friend), T-man and I went to the middle school Alice in Wonderland, Jr. production. He wasn’t thrilled to go, but said it was pretty good. He had several classmates in the show and we talked about how much work it is and how it is nice to support them. 

On Thursday, T-man was home all day because of standardized testing so we took advantage of it and the nice weather and went to lunch at Waterloo on the roof top (and of course, Sweet Cow). 

Lunch in the roof top

Judas Priest

Marshall and a couple friends drove up to Loveland for the Judas Priest concert. Here’s a summary: 

Not so Much

Friday was like a “snow day” with wintry weather, Marshall and I both working from home, T-man home in the morning during standardized test time at the school, and D-man sick. The boys had the Masters on, we had our typical takeout, and watched a movie. The wintry weather also meant spring sports were cancelled so we had another free weekend! 

We went out for brunch on Saturday morning (to avoid the cleaning lady) and walked around downtown Louisville. We stopped at the library and spent some time at the Maker’s Space (a place in the library you can make a variety of things). We partook in some outdoor activities (walking, golfing, lacrosse) as it was a gorgeous weekend (the fields were just too wet Saturday morning for games). We hosted friends. We played cards. The boys played with friends. Now on to another (busy) week. 

Bob’s diner for breakfast 

The diner 

Creation at the Maker’s space - I can see T-man spending some time here this summer 


The phrase we created at the Maker’s Space about our upcoming summer - 

We will soar through our hot summer to gorgeous luscious forests lakes gardens and see water sunshine and swim in the cool blue sea and sleep watch play beneath the enormous sky.

LAX in the open space