Doing Something Right

Today was a good day. Not a special day in anyway, but a good day all the way around. D-man drove to and from his orthodontist appointment with a swing through the drive through at McDonald’s. It is so fun to see something so ordinary through excited eyes. 

When I came home, I realized the trash was taken out, the dishes done, and the recycling bin had been brought in from the curb. D-man has done all of this (and finished almost all of his homework) before I was home around 4:15 (but I didn’t know for sure it was him until later). 

T-man had a nice band concert tonight. He watched a YouTube video to tie his tie which was adorable. He also did some great editing on his creative writing piece. We worked together a long time on it and I could tell he was proud of his work which is great to see. 

I even got in a walk and made dinner before heading to the concert. Life is good. Truly good. 

3rd Place!

Wrestling is a mentally and physically tough sport. T-man has certainly had some ups and downs: and yeaterday was no different. But, he kept battling and ended up in 3rd place! They seeded the kids this time and T-man won his first match and lost the second match to a really tough kid in a technical fall (losing by 15 points or more). T-man was worried about his next match as the kid was undefeated, but he battled hard and ended up pinning him in the 3rd round for the win! It was very exciting and we talked about not giving up, battling hard, and coming back from his prior match. So proud of his determination. 

(Crappy video credits to your truly) 

https://youtu.be/ET0wfq5CRoA

Runza Casserole

I think the casserole gets a bad rap, but there are so many great things about casseroles: you can prep them ahead of time (like I did his morning), you have fewer dishes to clean, you can pop them in the oven and not have to worry about them, they are very affordable, and there usually are leftovers. And in typical Midwestern fashion, I used a can of “cream of something” soup (in this case, mushroom) to bring it all together. And nothing is more Nebraskan than a Runza casserole. 

Dinner is ready (to be thrown in the oven tonight)! 

Out in Boulder

We enjoyed an adult evening out in Boulder on Saturday night. We found a cute little place for dinner right off of Pearl street and then headed to the CU student union for pool and bowling. We were certainly the oldest people there, but super fun to try something new and get out of Louisville. 

This little bottle might have done Marshall in.... 

Extreme bowling at Connections on the CU Campus 

Fun night out 

Feb 24

It has been a nice weekend around the house. We ran errands, got furniture put together, smiled at the laughs and banter going on in the basement (D-man has had more friends over in the last 48 hours than the last 48 months!) and Marshall and I each got out to enjoy the milder weather. 

We enjoyed happy hour at Zucca in downtown Louisville tomight to celebrate our 18th anniversary on Feb 24th. We only recently realized our anniversary falls on what has become a favorite number in the PV household (due to a game Marshall and his siblings learned as kids).  Here’s to many more celebrations on the 24th! 

The living room coming together (new coffee table on order) 

 

I saved the most fun piece for our anniversary..... brilliant idea! 

Happy hour cocktails 


Happy to be on this crazy ride with this guy 

Colorado Crushers Futsol

The Colorado Crushers Futsol season came to and end this weekend. It was a hard fought battle against kids that were two years older than our boys. So fun for the boys to play with each other again. 

The tribe 

Peavy Pool Hall

Well, the Peavy Pool Hall is finally open for business!  We had our usual take out and waited until everyone was home to have our inaugural game. It was like waiting for everyone to wake up on Christmas morning which is only fitting since this was a Christmas present. We played, doubles, 9-ball and a double elimination tournament. It was a nice evening. At the end of the night, Marshall said that he never thought he would own a pool table. I’m so glad we do! 

Ready for play! 

Time to play 

And we got the couch delivered today - new living room! 

More to come 

No Crowds on Prez Weekend

Another Wright/Peavy ski weekend is in the books and the drive home looks to be smooth sailing. We had snow, cold and sun sprinkled throughout the weekend with a beautiful bluebird day to wrap it up. And the crowds were unbelieveablely non-exist. It was almost like it wasn’t a weekend, let alone a holiday weekend. 

We enjoyed the typical ski weekend activities of sleeping in, playing games and cards, hot tubbing and some great skiing. We also introduced the Wrights to Dr. Mario and spoons. We learned not to take the brown bus and learned how to play Crabs. D-man got to ski with a friend on Saturday and T-man got to ski with a group of boys on Monday. Marshall and I even got some adult only runs in as the boys skied together both Sunday and Monday. 

We loved it so much we booked tickets to Banff for spring break skiing thanks to a tip on cheap air tickets. We said we weren’t going to ski over spring break, but both boys are loving it and were VERY excited about Canada. Our lack of planning paid off! 

The crew 

Dr. Mario battles 

Adult skiing!

A great way to wrap up the day 

Such good friends 

Pano! 

Our last “run” of the day before the insanely short drive home 

Schweitzer Ski Weekend

Marshall and D-man went to Schweitzer for a long weekend for skiing.  Unfortunately, their travel was not easy. However, they made it and had a good ski day (including night skiing), hot tub and game time. On Saturday, the wind was so bad tha the mountain was closed and they didn’t get to ski unfortunately.  But, it was a good father/son trip. 

Ready for take off 

D-man in upper left 

Only runs on the weekend 😞

The day they left - blue skies 

6th Grade Wrestling

Monarch K8 hosted the first middle school wrestling meet of the season. T-man pinned his first opponent and then lost in overtime his 2nd match and got caught in his 3rd match which led to being pinned. He was really disappointed in how he did, but Marshall was so proud. We’re continuing to talk about learning from it and continuing to push through. The Monarch team as a whole did really well and it was fun cheering for all of them. 

T-man with the Pin!

High five from one of the Monarch High (and neighbor) kids that was helping coach ❤️

Battling 

Whirlwind Minneapolis Trip

It was a quick trip with not great travel on either end, but such a wonderful trip. T-man asked if we could do this every weekend, but then immediately said, it wouldn’t be special then. 

We hit the hay around 2:15 am Friday morning (thank goodness for Uber!)  and then spent the day at home with the Marshall kids and Nana and Pop. Jaima, Jacki, and I went out for drinks and dinner at IE (Italian Eatery) - a super cute place close to Jacki’s house. It was fun to be able to laugh and catch up without interruptions. We even got to play cards after the kids were all in bed. 

On Saturday, we relaxed in the morning and then headed out to Can Can Wonderland which is a mini golf, bar, and arcade in an old warehouse. The boys enjoyed an old school football game and the adults enjoyed the pour your own beer taps and catching up some more. We had tacos for dinner and played some more cards. The kids played hockey downstairs quite a bit and also Nintendo. Although it was a bummer that a birthday party was postponed, it meant we all got to be together more. 

Such a great trip! 

Well this part wasn’t great 

Hockey! 

All the kids 

Fun night out! 

Euchre 

Legos for his cousin 

Can Can Wonderland 





Mini golf 

Puzzle time