August (that means " BIG ASS storms")

So the highlight (or lowlight) of the week would be the storm we had Saturday night.  Like every non-believer, I was leisurely strolling outside taking pictures of the strange cloud formations for quite awhile before the actual storm hit.  I've never had my cellphone "alert" go off before, but I'm glad that it's smarter than I am, in telling me to seek shelter.  Yes, I grabbed my box (you heard me right, yes, BOX) of wine (concerned about glass breakage) and headed downstairs.  Meanwhile, Gramma parked herself on her walker, watching the weather come in from the front door.  She wasn't concerned about no stinkin breaking windows ....We were lucky to get just a smattering of hail, unlike some of our neighbors to the west who had golf ball sized hail and the damage that comes from that.

crazy clouds

Other big news.  Amie and her running group ran Friday in a relay from Ft. Collins to Steamboat, with each one of them running 3 legs of the race.  Amie reports that her leg at 3:00am Saturday morning was the most difficult, running up a pass in the dark.  Sounds like a blast, huh?  I'm very proud of their group, coming in first for the women's team (66 total teams) and placing overall in the top ten! Friday, I met my Mom and Pam and David in Denver to look at the apartment that Mom wants to move to, a bigger and nicer floor plan.  She should be moving  there ( just across the parking lot from where she currently resides) in a month or so.  Good seeing my sibs! And, speaking of moving, we went to Eaton yesterday to assess the damages at the new Frost home.  Thankfully, none. Their house is moving along quickly!

 

By next week,

the kids should be able to see where their bedrooms will be, which is what they're excited about.  Spencer comes back from California today after being gone for a week to spend time with his Mom.  Glad he could get away! 

You know, I always have to poke a little fun at Gramma in these blogs.  So here's the latest. 

 We were sitting down for dinner this week and she hands Brad the newspaper (the Greeley Tribune) with an article circled in black pen and says, "Here, I saved this for you".  Brad reads it and looks at her with that "I don't get it" look, so he hands it back to me to read.  " I didn't want you to miss out on a job" she says in all seriousness. Oh boy....

 

The Taylors had a mini-vacation this weekend, going to Water World on Saturday (Denver) followed by dinner at their favorite place, Maggianos and an overnight at a hotel.  Thankfully, they escaped the crazy weather and it didn't ruin their day.  Emma wore her new sundress for dinner, looking beautiful and grown-up!

When they got back to Ogallala, Meredith texted me to let me know that her friend Kelly (the chicken dressmaker) had given her a very nice sewing machine, so Meredith continues her quilting.  And after the stressful week she had at her job, I'm glad she has it!

Yesterday, we gathered for Sunday dinner, making chicken and beef fajitas and were just getting ready to eat when the doorbell rings and a man and his small son appear. " My son, Joseph, wants to play with your kids. Can you just make sure he gets back home (the house behind ours) when he's done?  We were all shaking our heads in disbelief!  Who does that?  And, before he was able to get the door shut, Corbin says, "Mom, he's weird".  Hmmm, he may be on to something there...So, Joseph stayed while we ate dinner, parking himself on the coffee table.  Bizarre!

Happy Monday, everyone!