Tilt

The boys are certainly keeping busy while I’m away. Last night they went to the soft opening of “Tilt,” the video game bar going into the basement of the Blue Parrot. T-man had friends there and D-man brought a couple friends. Looks like a great time - sad I missed it, but having a great weekend in Seattle. (Photo credit to my friend Alana). 

Playing some pool with his bud 

Some serious playing going on here! 

House Boat Living

C-Bear and I ventured over to Lake Union to visit my cousin and her daughter. It ended up being a perfect afternoon. Ann and I caught up while enjoying the view and the girls played like champs. After heading out to dinner, we came back to the house boat and the girls played great together (they are already looking forward to Thanksgiving). What a great Saturday in Seattle. 

Watching a movie and football! 

Whipped cream!! 

Watching the tailgating boats go by 

The space needle from Ann’s house 

Silly girls 

 Cousins! So great to catch up. 

Adventures of C-Bear and Auntie Julia

It’s been a great couple of days in Seattle with C-Bear!  

We’ve had sun, rain and snow. We’ve watched a movie, sang songs, and played games. And.... there’s more to come!

My office view

Walk home from school on Thursday 



Snow 


Sun! 

Legos 

Dinner at Endolyne Joe’s (Claire now knows the rule that I don’t cook on Friday nights) 

Sundae! 

Our attempt at a fire (failed) 

 

Morning walk to doughnuts 

Gymnastics! 

Monarch Fall Festival

Last night was the Monarch Fall Festival. It’s a community event with food, games, a photo booth, prizes, and a fun competition between the middle school and elementary teachers. Some 5th grade moms were in charge of planning - what a lot of work! But, the event went off without a hitch thanks to everyone pitching in. Marshall said it was a packed house and the kids (of course, D-man couldn’t go because since I left, there has been a sick kid at home every day) had a great time. 

Thanks to Marshall for covering for me! 

Louisville Halloween #6

We were supposed to hit the pumpkin patch after school on Monday, but I got cornered by my new boss,  the boys got in a fight after school and apparently the pumpkins weren’t pickable because of the heat last week. D-man (the kid that loves traditions) was bummed. It was just too much. 

But we got our pumpkins from...... 

Safeway.

And they weren’t carved this year either (traditions dying a slow death). Sigh. 

Fortunately, Halloween night was better! It was a chilly, but pleasant night to celebrate our 6th Halloween in Louisville. I’m not a huge Halloween fan, but we spent our first Halloween on St. Andrews even before we had our house so it reminds how happy I am to be where we are! 

Our neighbors hosted the pre-party and after the kids dissaptated, a few watched the baseball game in the garage. The kids played football in the open space while the adults chatted. T-man hit the entire neighborhood with a few friends and the other group of boys went in a different direction. I’m glad he made it through Halloween as he woke up in the middle of the night with a raging fever. 

D-man and his friend hit the golf course after school, made homemade pizzas and then were in charge of handing out candy and hid while kids took the candy. If the kids took more than the allotted 2 pieces, they boys shot them with Nerf guns. It was working until the teenagers stole most of the candy even under attack. The boys then took off through the neighborhood to scare trick or treaters and ended up hooking up with some other 8th graders in the open space just messing around. Glad that both Peavy boys could explore the neighborhood on their own this year. 

What turned out to be a delicious strawberry rhubarb pie I made 

T-man all ready for the night! 

The man with the margs! 

Getting ready to defend the candy! 

A Beautiful Day: Biking and Beers

Fortunately, I got my errands done this morning and then Marshall and I tackled the yard right after that. That meant, a free afternoon! A last minute chat with a friend ended up in a wonderful fall afternoon. We hopped on our bikes, headed down the bike path, and ended up stopping for a beer in downtown Louisville on the rooftop at Waterloo. We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day - so nice to do something different! 

View from the path 

Well deserved beers after all our biking! 

Go Climb a Tree

It was a nice, lazy Saturday at the Peavy household. We had doughnuts, I tried out my new Instant Pot, D-man went golfing with his friend, Marshall ran some errands and T-man and I took a bike ride down the path to check things out. He was not excited to go, but once we got there, he had a fun time. We wrapped up the night watching football and making schotcheroos. I’m glad to have no plans this weekend as November is going to be crazy. 

Band Update

T-man is rocking the baritone. He is practicing hard, volunteering to play in front of the class, and having success. It is so nice to see him excited about it and doing well. He has earned his green belt already and ready for more. Love this self evaluation. 

No Cooking

Tonight, I was able to go on a walk while D-man and his friend cooked us dinner (another recipe from his Foreign Foods and Fabrics class). They did a great job with the meal, but it took longer to prepare than they were anticipating. Unfortunately, D-man spilled the pasta water on his stomach and has a pretty nasty burn. I wasn’t even thinking about this as a possibility so wasn’t there to help. Mom guilt kicks in. Now I’m worried about scarring as well. Worrying - another thing I’m good at..... 

Cake Boss

D-man has missed some cooking assignments in his Foreign Foods and Fabrics class so we got a couple of the recipes from his teacher at Parent-Teacher Conferences. Today he baked a chocolate cake from scratch. Our friend said her Dr. said that cooking was a good activity when you have a concussion so that works out well. He had a really fun time and the cake turned out well...... even if it looked like “chip” as T-man pointed out at dinner. 

Making the frosting 



We don’t have cake pans so the edges are a bit rough 

Next to the cow pie frisbee 

Yum! 

Cleaning up 

Date Night

Marshall and I aren’t ones for live music, but we ventured downtown to the Mercury Cafe with our good friends to see one of their favorite musicians play at the Mercury Cafe. We didn’t think we could make it originally because of a basketball tourney, but with D-man still not playing, we found a last minute sitter and reinvited ourselves. (We found out today it was their 15th anniversary - so glad we could celebrate this great couple!) 

The Mercury Cafe is a very eclectic place in a not so great area of Denver and we have never been. The music was great, the company wonderful, and we wrapped it up with champagne by the fire pit back at the Wrights.  We also realized that above the Cafe is where we took swing dance lessons for our wedding which we had completely forgotten. We don’t get to Denver very often so it was a really fun to do something different, where fancy shoes, go somewhere new, and celebrate our great friends. 

Intimate setting 

2017 Fall Sports

Love having such a great group of boys playing together. The soccer season wrapped up with a 5-0 win over a good team from Monarch on a crisp, fall day. T-man played a great game. We’re excited to see what indoor soccer brings this fall! 

Award ceremony 


Medal from coach Paul 

Too bright for the picture