May, 2019

And the days continue to fly by! May brought us: 

Mother's day on Horsetooth

More makeup fun with Josie

Jenny's Red Rock's concert with friends

Plus, watching our friend Amber live on stage:

Family hiking trip with friends and then the father/daughter campout: 

Jack's 5th grade graduation (well, the first time around)

The last day of school, and finally an end to the daily awkward encounters:

Evenings at Paddler's Pub:

Grant funded upgrades to my home office" 

Endless work meetings; 

It's official! Sandi receives the keys to the future building we will be in!

Hanging out with the CEC crew for co-marketing:

Hot tub time:

And always envious of the amount of sleep the dog gets: 

April, 2019

April brought: 

Visit from Papa on his way to Minnesota: 

Celebrating Luke's finish at the Horsetooth Half Marathon



Kids joining mom at work

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Easter with friends:




Lily's graduation from Let's Play Music and her final piano recital with her own song that she wrote and sang "I know God"


Dinner after the recital


Celebratory dinner with friends after the girls completed their 3rd (and final) year of Let's Play Music.


Another visit from Papa





The awkward days of still being involved with GVA while starting a new school to replace them...

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Hundreds of door hangars ready to be hung



Fun birthday parties where Lily can see first hand experiments that we would never try at home

March, 2019

Thankfully the flu that Jack caught at the end of February did not last long, and no one else got sick! Just days after he was room-bound, we headed out to Steamboat Springs for our first family ski trip. The weather was not with us, and we had to drive through a massive storm which led us to detour our route up through Wyoming. It was a harrowing drive, we saw many cars in ditches, but we made it! 

We were thankful to experience three beautiful days of skiing on fresh powder. All the kids started in ski lessons:

Jack was the first to join us on the "big" slopes. He did great!

The fresh powder and snow on the trees was amazing!

We made several stops for bloody mary's and sodas at the lodge: 

Then, it was Lily's turn to join us on the big slopes!

She also did great!

On the last day, we also took Josie up and the whole family was able to ski together

Jack had his first experience in a tree well, but we were thankful to wonderful helpers to pull him out

Successful trip and no injuries!

A favorite hangout at Carls

The long days of skiing were a lot for Josie

The rest of March, was back to business as usual with work around the clock. Many events that the kids helped me at: 

And of course, no month is complete without a few makeup adventures: