Gramma's 94th

Amazing how far behind you can get in just a week of neglecting blogging. Had big plans to catch up Sunday night, but my computer was down.  After trying as many "fixes" as I could, I finally had to call in the professionals and pay to have it done, which began at 7:30 last night and ended after I had gone to bed at 10:30.  Not sure how long it took, but when I awoke this morning, Wah Lah!, I was back in business.
Just to highlight the first week of March: (had a couple of days off work)
1. Brad and I went to a brain tumor support group in Denver. Spent 1/2 day preparing supplies for retreat (scrap booking)
2. Carrie and I attended a scrap booking weekend at a KOA campground in North Ft. Collins.  Tried sleeping in a teeny cabin with Carrie (and 3 others)...sleepless and freezing...raining and snowing while we were there, but got a lot of scrapping done and had lots of laughs!

gathering a few supplies

Yes, it sleeps 6

deluxe accommodations

Patio area 

 3. Played in our first bridge game since before Christmas....a bit rusty, but got in some practice before

 4.  Playing in a Denver tournament on Sunday.  Brad did well!  Tiring day concentrating so hard but
5. Rallied when Carrie offered me a ticket to see Darius Rucker at the Budweiser Center following bridge.  Great concert, but didn't get home til midnight.  Wishing I were 30 years younger the next morning when I got up at 5:30 Monday morning AND it was daylight savings time!
So, that highlights the previous week and weekend. Onward.
Crazy day on Friday....wished later I'd read my horoscope...had coffee as usual with my support group girls, then off to see the new neurologist.  One word...quirky.  Anyway, it was a pretty  lame appointment and we both wondered what the point was.  After lunch, Ramona stopped  by for a visit.  We haven't talked for over 6 months (I think because she lives 2 miles away!) and it was great catching up with her. I've missed that. Then it was off to daycare to pick Corbin up and meet Carrie in Eaton where Gabi's school was having a Literacy Carnival.  Thinking that it was like the "Book Fairs" that our kids have had at their schools, we scoped it out.  HUGE amount of people there- amazing community support!  And who did I run (almost literally) into?  My old BFF of many years ago, Marjean, who was in Eaton from Texas for one of her grandkid's birthday.  We haven't seen one another for about 15 years.  THAT was strange....
Saturday morning I went with Carrie, Spencer and the kids to Platteville for Gabi's volleyball game and was there to see her return a served ball over the net and make the majority of her serves.  Sadly, I missed Sophie's soccer game that afternoon where she scored her first goal!

 

 Saturday afternoon we went to Ft. Collins to play bridge.  Afterwards, our friends Bill and Marilynn treated us to dinner and drinks.  Nice evening!
Sunday began as a day to catch up on laundry and cleaning, but once again, I ignored those tasks to visit when Amie, Heather and baby Keva (now one month old) appeared.

 

 

 

 What fun to be around a new baby again!  That can turn any day into a special day!  It was a beautiful Spring day, anyway, and the girls asked if they could take Keva outside to play on the Little Tykes slide.  When that didn't work, they wanted to know if we could set up the water slide!
We settled for making a leprechaun trap (their own design) and some shamrock pretzel/candy treats.

 Gramma enjoyed her birthday, getting some new outfits and jammies. Brad made a wonderful dinner with our favorite brisket, twice baked potatoes, green beans, spicy cole slaw and topped off by dessert by Amie who made a delicious ice cream bar cake.  The kids wanted to play "Shark Boots" (a card game) afterwards, so we ended the day with Gramma winning the game!  Happy birthday!