No More School, No More Books...

NOTE: I found a post from 5/27/008 that didn't get published.

WOW - Where did the time go? Jake is done with 1st grade. The last day was memorable to say the least. He spent Thursday in the bathrooms and hallways waiting for the tornado and storm warnings to pass. He was upset that he didn't get to have his beach party and say goodbye to his friends - "a little hail and wind were no big deal..." It must be so wonderful to be a kid and be so worry free!

He had a great year regardless of how it ended. They are having a ice cream social Friday at the school so the kids can come back and get their things out of the classrooms and say goodbyes.


We had a pretty mellow weekend. Instead of going camping, we just brought the trailer home and cleaned it. I took drinks and helped the Relief Society make sandwiches lunches for the volunteers who were out and about helping clean up Windsor. On Monday the ward continued the tradition of a pancake breakfast in Windsor at Park. I took stuff down, but didn't stay to long - it was early and cold! I will say how nice it was to help out, even though it was in small ways. I'm so grateful for the safety my family and home was kept in. I can't imagine what folks are going through.

Tornado... We are all OK

Today is crazy - I can't really concentrate. I just wanted to post a little about the Tornado that came through yesterday. Here is what the news says (I will post our story another time):

The powerful tornadoes touched down at least six times in Colorado and once in Laramie, Wyoming between 11:25 a.m. and 1:35 p.m. The National Weather Service says it went through the towns of Windsor, Platteville, Gilcrest, Milliken and also through western Greeley. The storm brought heavy hail with winds up to 165 miles an hour. The largest of the tornadoes extended at one point to about a mile wide, cutting a path 35 miles long. It left 60,000 people without power at one point and forced evacuations.

Spring has sprung...

Well, it is definitely spring time in Colorado. The mornings are bright, the afternoons are warm, and the evenings bring storms. Below is a picture of our roof after last Friday afternoon's big storm. We didn't get a bunch of rain and it wasn't like a "storm" you would see in Oregon. It was mostly just wind. We have lost shingles before - several times actually, but nothing like this.

Steve and I are both so ready to go camping. I can’t wait! We went for a drive last Sunday afternoon and went up in the hills to look for some property. I was pretty excited about what we found – trees, views, flat spots for the trailer, trails to ride on, and open fields for the kids to play in. There were a few things that Steve didn’t like, so I guess we’ll keep looking. I think we’ll go for another drive this weekend. Here is a picture of the kids when we were out hiking around looking at property.