April Snows bring May blows (wind, and plenty of it)

Ah, Colorado weather!  Early this week, we got another snowstorm, which continued Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 80 degrees by the weekend.  Go figure!  I'm thinking back to Tuesday morning when Meredith had to drive from Ogallala to Denver in a storm to take her comps for her Masters degree.  She reports it took five hours to get there!  She did great on her comps and we all look forward to her graduation on Saturday.  They are settling in to their new home, which has included a multitude of challenges, beginning with the lack of closet space and including a weekend of work on a yard which has been neglected for quite some time.

 

Brad and Curt working hard to complete a job by Wednesday of this week, and Brad has been really fatigued.  He said yesterday, while working on our own yard for awhile, how really bone tired he was.  Typically, the first time he fires up the lawnmower for the year, it's challenging: made even more so this year by his lack of memory.  After looking for the manual, he enlisted my help and the internet came through once again!  Seems the mower was missing a part, which he located and along with the pictures online was able to reattach and mow the front lawn.  Hopefully, he got enough rest

yesterday to forge ahead again this week.  I was shocked to look out my window and see this view yesterday!

Gramma's doctor has been telling her for quite some time to get outside and get some Vitamin D.  I think she was really disappointed to hear that Sunday dinner wasn't happening yesterday.  I know she looks forward to it as much as we do.  We'll make up for it next weekend when the Taylors are here!  We are already planning the meal!  Not only will we celebrate Meredith's graduation, but also Amie's first marathon on Sunday morning.  (Sounds tortuous to me.)

I watched Grayson Friday morning while Amie had physical therapy on her foot.  Grayson still goes directly for the pots and pans at every visit and this week discovered the pleasure of cooking with spices!  I found  some empty containers for him to play with, but apparently those just didn't quite make the cut, and he wanted some of Grandpa's spices!

 Corbin came later that morning and then together we picked Gabi up from school.  The kids wanted a snack and Gabi came up with some very unique ideas for what that should be...no apples, chips or veggies for her, no! she wanted to "make" something, so we settled on ice cream sundaes with LOTS of toppings.  They enjoyed it, although Carrie wasn't that thrilled with the "sugar high" they were both on when she picked them up.

Love this picture of Gabi and Grandpa!

My week?