You Made It

I was very happy to be able to be with dad in his 80th birthday. Jaima and I did some party prep and dad had coffee with his friend Al. I made an angel food cake (which people ate despite me cooking it incorrectly). The guests sang happy birthday and the weekend celebrations kicked in. It is hard to believe, but Jaima pointed out that dad outlived his own father by two times. Making to 80 after the massive stroke almost 13 years ago is definitely with celebrating. Happy birthday dad. 

Hanging the curtains - they looked great! 

Edible angel good cake 

100% 

Go Pendragons!

I was fortunate to be in Pender this week and attend two volleyball games. Our niece had a season high 17 kills in their Monday night victory and my other niece got in a couple plays in each game. It was also nice to spend time with Mom and Dad on the drive over and back as I’ve been busy during the day with work and the evening editing D-man’s college essays. 

Blocking! 

Yes, I played in that gym floor too

The Karlen fan club 

The team 

Got in the game! 

There with Care

T-man and I volunteered at Barnes and Noble today in support of There so the Care, an organization that supports the families of children with critical illness. The table was set outside and it was a chilly start, but the sun came out and it was a beautiful day. T-man learned that he doesn’t want to be I. Sales and that rejection is part of the job (although most people were happy to take the coupon. A good 4-hour volunteer session in the books. Five more for T-man to do. 

The Coyote Pack

Senior spirit squad and good friends. A pack of friends is important at all phases of life. I hope that he can continue to find his “pack” as he continues through life. 

Senior Pictures

After two months of rescheduling his senior photo shoot, we had an amazing fall day (75 degrees!) for his pictures. I was so busy with the outfits, I forgot to take the picture of “the photo shoot.” So, D-man humored me and let me take a couple shots in the backyard. She showed me a couple of the shots and I’m super excited to see them. One step closer to graduation. 

Raining Leaves

Able to enjoy outdoor working today - such a beautiful day. 

Fabulous Fall

We are very thankful for unseasonably warm fall days given our furnace is out and the repair guy can’t come until Monday. We got ourselves invited to neighbor’s on Friday night while both boys were out and we survived the other nights thanks to warm days, open windows and space heaters.

Getting ready for the day - it didn’t help! 

Saturday morning lacrosse - two victories in the fall tourney 

Getting bagels from a spot in the old ‘hood between lax games 

GF came to the game 

Watching the Nebraska debacle with D-man 

Pizza, beers and alien escape room on Saturday night 

Tomatoes on the sill and in the pot - trying to squeeze in a bit more sunshine

Sunday afternoon golf 

In right after sunset - the golf wasn’t great, but so fun to be out! 

The “Ultimate” Weekend

T-man was so excited to play in the Ultimate Frisbee tournament at MOHI this past weekend. It was a very windy day on Saturday for the round robin tournament, but was a beautiful sunny day on Sunday. You can imagine a frisbee tournament for new players in the crazy wind…..: 

T-man’s team ended up taking 2nd in the “fun pool” due to an “A” level team participating because they couldn’t field a team for the upper level (have to have a certain mix of boys and girls). Monarch was happy to score 3 points on Sunday on the “A” team vs. The 1 point scored against them on Saturday. T-man stayed to cheer on the “A” team both days - love, love, love. 

On defense 

Wave to the fans 

Brrrrrrr 

Cast defense 

The circle (teams get together after the games and give out awards to opposing team members). T-man got two on Saturday 

Ready! 

All the gear (including bubble wrap) 

 

P!NK

Ready for the Football game (after dinner downtown with Dad’s friend here from out of town). 

The Little Things

With the warm fall days, the plants are still working to produce a few flowers and this makes me happy. And the candle…. T-man bought the candle for me on his recent trip to the mall. Love it. 

Bubble Wrap Boy

When T-man got his cast on, the Dr. said it was our decision whether or not he could play ultimate frisbee or not. Last week, we had him sit out,  it we allowed him to play this week. He was soooooo excited and We set very clear rules on how he gets to continue to play in an effort to minimize additional injury. 

Tonight, his team got to play under the lights at Fairview High School in Boulder. They came away victorious 13-6. Pretty funny to see him running down the field with his bubble wrapped arm - it certainly did not slow him down! 

In the middle of the photo 

Ready! 

Fans! 

Bubble wrap! (For the safety of others. Not him)