June 30th

Wow, it has been only a week and I am back on here!

We have had a great week. Last Saturday, I went to afternoon tea with Cat at the Broadmoor. It was so nice and relaxing. I really did enjoy it and can see myself going more often.

On Wednesday, Tracy and I took the kids to the zoo in Colorado Springs. It was a perfect day. Not too hot! Which it still hasn't really been this summer. The kids had a great time. Dylan even fed the giraffes. I didn't think he would, but he held the crackers up there for the giraffe to stick its LONG tongue out and eat them. I was surprised. Kristian was disappointed because he didn't get to see the otters. Those are his favorites and we never did get to see them. After the zoo we went to lunch and I did a few errands in town.

On Thursday Cat and the kids came out for lunch and to visit. She bought everything for lunch, including dessert! It was so nice. The kids spent pretty much all afternoon on the trampoline. I know they were exhausted! That evening me and boys went to Russell's baseball game, they won! We had a great time.

On Friday, I met up with Cat and the kids for lunch at Fargos. After that we went to the mall and did some shopping.

On Saturday we hung out here at the house. Mike had a guy come by to pick up some things he sold on Craigslist. He also finally got to use his new welder. He had to go into work for a few hours later in the day. After that me and the kids met up with him to grab some dinner. We went to Wahoo's and sat outside. It was a perfect night. I ran by Target after that and then we headed home.

Today we are just hanging out here too. Mike is welding again, the boys are playing and I am straightening up the house. I hope to get to go mow some today. Mike replaced my blades on the lawnmower the other day. Needless to say, the other ones were beyond repair. I guess I ran over too many things that I shouldn't have. Oops...

I hope you all have a Happy and Safe Fourth of July! Until next time...

The pictures are of me getting ready for tea with Cat. The others are of the trip to the zoo.

June 21st

Sorry for the delay... My computer crashed and it took Mike all weekend to get it up and running. Thank goodness he did. I was about to go crazy without it!

So space camp went really well. Kristian had a great time, as did I. The hotel had a water park inside of it, instead of just the typical pool. The kids spent a lot of time in there. At the camp they got the watch a movie on the Imax screen and also go to the planetarium, plus see a lot of stuff about space. The trip was a big step for both Kristian and I. He was staying in his own room with his 3 friends and I was on a separate floor. It was hard not to be with him every second and make sure he was doing what he was supposed to be doing. But it was good because it showed me just how grown up he actually is and that he DOES listen when he needs too!

I just got back from a trip to Vegas with my youngest sister Kim. We went for our birthdays and had a great time. It is definitely not a place for kids. Although there are a lot of things that the kids would enjoy seeing, there are also a lot of things that the kids don't need to see and it is everywhere you go. Kim and I got a free upgrade on our room. We went from a regular room to a 1400 square foot suite on the 28Th floor. It had 3 huge windows and an awesome view of the Vegas strip. When we finally got to our room at 1:30 in the morning, (both of our planes were late), we just sat and watched the town. We ended up going to bed around 3:30. We just couldn't get over the room and the view and the fact of where we were. I didn't do too bad at the casino, but I didn't do that well either. There was once that I should've cashed out a lot sooner and I didn't. But oh well. We saw so many things, including an Elvis impersonator. We did a ton of walking trying to take everything in. There is so much to see.

Mike enjoyed his time here with the boys. They did a lot of running around and cleaning out the shop. I know Mike is thrilled to have that done. He has so much more room in there now. He has been listing a lot of car parts on EBay to try to get rid of some of the stuff.

I know there are other things that have happened, but this was all I could think of. I apologize for not keeping up as well as I had been, I will try to do better. Hope everyone is having a great summer. Stay safe!

The pictures are from space camp; the water park, Kristian and his friend Zack, Kristian on the lazy river and the group who attended. There was 61 kids who went. The pictures from Vegas are, pictures of our suite. The wall by the bathtub actually opened and closed, so you could sit in the tub and watch TV! There is also a picture of the view from our room, the Bellagio fountains and the lobby at Caesar Palace.