I thought it was a good week to work on my Spring mantle.  After getting a foot of snow early in the week, it seemed like just the right time to roll out the tulips and gardening gloves!

As is typical of Colorado, the snow had already completely melted by Saturday.  The farmers here are ecstatic about the amount of moisture this storm brought our way. Our Ft. Collins friends reported that they had twice as much as we did, so we should be good to go.

Is there anything sadder than a moving truck (well, yes, but I've always felt that way seeing one in front of anyones' house, but now the reality of part of our family leaving really transpired on Friday.  Brad and I went to say our goodbye's to the kids, taking Corbin along so that he could say goodbye to his favorite cousin, Buddy.

We wish them the best!  I am thinking about the kids as I write this today.  They will start school this morning in two separate areas of town.  Emma reported yesterday that she had read over the handbook for her school and that she would be assigned someone to escort her from classroom to classroom today.  Meredith had a tough weekend, moving into a house that wasn't quite what she expected (having only seen it online before moving in) and required a lot of cleaning beforehand.  She's amazed by the number of cupboards in the kitchen and claims she'll never be able to fill them all, and dismayed by the closet space in the house. They made a trip to Alco (that's the discount store in Ogallala) to get a rolling clothes rack to use as a make-shift closet.  By the way, their new address is 820 N. Spruce St., Ogallala, NE 69513.  We sure missed them at Sunday dinner yesterday!  Carrie and I tried to "puzzle" after dinner (I made a chicken, pasta, spinach casserole , asparagus and some cornbread and Amie made a cake- you know the one, Meredith, with a can of pumpkin in it?), but it just wasn't the same without Mer!

Curt and Amie finally made the decision to get a puppy, after months of requests from Sophie (and probably Rory, too).  They got "Odin" on Friday and he is reportedly a good puppy (a border collie mix) and reminds us of Bernie, the dog we had in the 90's.  The other update was that Amie ran her 20 mile run (yeah, just to Windsor and back) in training for her upcoming marathon next month.  Perhaps Sophie will follow in her Mom's footsteps as she ran a 5K with her Aunt Heather on Saturday. 

 

Also, news from the Frost family.  They have made a decision to sell their house and build a new home in Eaton (which I'm told is "only 8 minutes away!") and picked out a lot and a floor plan this weekend.  Not sure when the building will begin- before or after the sale of their current home.  They're very excited about it and took us to look at it on Sunday.