Not this year!
Last Monday the weather forecasters were all telling us that we would have a "blizzard" on Tuesday, with up to a foot of snow. Even Denver Public School District cancelled classes for Tuesday on the basis of this forecast, and DPS almost never cancels classes! The blizzard was a dud. Yes, it snowed, and yes, there was a little wind, but it was not a blizzard; we had maybe four inches of snow and the sun came out the next day and melted it all. Now they're predicting another blizzard starting tomorrow evening with up to a foot of snow....we shall see.
I don't think people around here know what a blizzard is. I grew up in South Dakota and experienced many real blizzards!
I haven't posted for a while; after our trip I was completely exhausted. And, any time I come home after a trip, I have this strong urge to clean house. This time the urge was really strong because I was sick for most of March and didn't do much cleaning, so this past week I did a lot of cleaning that I had been meaning to do for a long time.
On Saturday the 6th we went to the town of Severance for the first birthday of our great-granddaughter Avery.
She loved her little birthday cake, and had fun trying to fit the whole thing into her mouth and her hair -- and the more we laughed, the more she did it!
This is Avery with her older sister Rachel who will be four in May:
Yesterday was another special and busy day. In the forenoon, I attended a ladies tea and fund raiser to benefit an emergency pregnancy center, it was very nice and I was able to meet and visit with several ladies I had never met before.
Then we headed south to the other end of Denver. My daughter and her husband have bought a different house and they arranged with the realtor for us to come and see the inside. It is in a better school district, in fact it's the best school district in the state, and even though the house is less expensive than the one they have now, it's bigger, more beautiful and perfect for their family.
I love that it has a guest bedroom on the main floor with a connected bathroom, because often when I babysit, I spend the night to avoid the rush hour traffic. Tanya wants me to decorate that room, so that will be exciting. And the basement is a soccer field -- no kidding! Both children love soccer, so that room will get a lot of use! There are four bedrooms and a large playroom on the second floor; on the first floor there is a living room, family room, kitchen with eat-in area, dining room and the guest bedroom. It was a custom built house for the original owner, and the workmanship is beautiful. I'm very happy for them.
After that we went back to their present house to celebrate Carly and Joey's birthdays; both birthdays happened while we were on our trip.
Joey loved the sports outfit I gave him and his new "angry birds" cap:
His Aunt Sharlene was with us, and she gave him this "coolest kid ever" shirt -- which describes him to a "T".
We also had beautiful gifts for Carly; Sharlene and I hadn't coordinated on our gifts, but somehow our gifts were all color coordinated for this 8 year old fashionista:
She loved the denim jacket I gave her, with a shirt underneath that has stripes of yellow, blue and pink; and the blue skirt that Aunt Sharlene gave her.
I had brought a chicken casserole and Sharlene had brought cupcakes, so we had a light dinner with the family and then headed home. It was a super good day!
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