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For a Thursday birthday, I had a pretty great birthday to celebrate another year around the sun. We were able to sneak away as a family of four for Indian buffet for lunch at Taj Mahal, I got a walk in at the end of the day and had a nice birthday celebration at Acreage with friends.
It was a wonderful reminder of my amazing family, our many friends in this community and the beautiful place we live. I am thankful for the life I have.
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| This is 52 |
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| This is 21 |
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| View from Acreage |
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| The crew |
Last year during this week, we were in Hawaii and Tanner missed going to Lord Huron with his friends at Red Rocks. Last night, while we were eating yummy carbonara and bread Marshall made, he mentioned that his friend was going to miss trivia because he was going to Lord Huron. Immediately, Drake started to look to see if there were tickets. He found some for $50/each and Tanner and I decided we would go! However, by the time I tried to book those tickets, they were gone..... Fortunately, we found some tickets for $66/each.
We headed out around 6:45 with Lord Huron playing and arrived in our seats a bit after 7:30. Lord Huron took the stage around 8:30 right when it started to rain.......and kept raining...... We were sopping wet by the end of the night, but we made it until the end and had a really special night. Red Rocks. Rain. Music. Dancing. Laughing. Time with each other. It was a lovely evening that I won't forget any time soon.
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| before the rain |
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| such an incredible venue |
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| rain starting..... |
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| and not stopping |
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| soggy but happy |
A Tuesday night outing to Gravity Brewing for Music Bingo. Drake enjoyed a flight of beers (tip - do NOT order the peanut butter sriracha beer) and we ordered some food and enjoyed winning free beer for dancing and a couple of bingos. And a free beer ticket from someone that doesn't live in Louisville. Boom! Marshall joined at the end for a beer after his golf round.
Of course, I enjoyed it, but loved it when the host asked if Drake was my son and then asked if I was good Mom and Drake yelled out, "She's awesome." 🩷
We kicked off the 3-day weekend with a relaxing day at home with Drake. Given it was a cool, cloudy day, it was a cozy day to spend indoors. Tanner was off at grad parties all day (although we did squeeze in game of euchre in the afternoon). Marshall worked to perfect espresso in the morning and we enjoyed some breakfast. There was F1 qualifying watching, as well as cheering on Miami baseball (win), Husker softball (loss) and Husker baseball (win).
We took a break between sporting events to go hiking above Boulder on a cool day for a Memorial Day weekend. The rain moved in later in the evening, but it was simply overcast during the hike.
While watching Husker baseball, we had some snacks and enjoyed playing several hands of three-handed cribbage. We headed to downtown Louisville around 8:00 for dinner at Waterloo and then headed to Nora's (the speakeasy downtown) for a cocktail. How nice it is to have Drake here for a few weeks before he heads to Chicago.
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| wildflowers |
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| the Flatirons |
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| hazy day |
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| Nora's |
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| Drake's first legal drink with both of us in the US |
It is a wonderful thing that a graduation brings both sides of our families together for just a little bit. I'm so happy that we had the remodeled house to host folks in between the multitude of activities. Folks cheered on Nebraska and Miami softball, cheered for the Nuggets, spent time catching up and playing cribbage and pitch. We even had bonus guests when Alyssa and Remi showed up for the party! It was short and sweet, but wonderful to have folks here. A few pics of the time together.
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| Catching up after the graduation |
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| Saturday morning coffee/chatting before all the parties |
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| loved hosting people in the new kitchen |
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| 2025 graduates! |
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| showing Nana his medals |
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| cards! |
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| hibachi lunch on Monday |
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| more cards |
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| limoncello tasting during cards |
