Just stuff...

I don't have any pictures to share this post - been quite busy lately - but I wanted to share a few things anyway. As I type this, we are having our usual afternoon hail storm. It's so predictable! The mornings are beautiful and sunny, and then by mid afternoon - around 2pm or so - the dark clouds roll in and it pours for a few minutes, followed by a quick shower of pea sized hail, and then it blows over and the sun comes back out. It seems to do this just about every day. We have been told that this amount of moisture is unusual, although they do typically get some rain in early June. Since they didn't have much snow this winter (that is, until WE showed up), everyone is glad to see all this rain. I actually like it, too. There's just something so cozy and comforting about being tucked away in our little oasis, safe from the elements and snuggled up together. I suppose if there wasn't much sunshine, it would get quite depressing, but that's not the case. We wake up to gorgeous sunshine every day. And this morning at breakfast, we were treated to a fantastic show of two squirrels (one Ebert and one regular brown one) chasing each other around, up, & down a tree. They were the funniest thing to watch... but it got even funnier when a hummingbird had had enough of their shenanigans and started dive bombing them! I suppose they were getting too close to her nest, but it was something we have never seen before. It's a regular Nature Channel right outside our windows! No wonder we haven't gotten our TV set up yet! We don't need it!

In other news, the boys and I just finished up a busy week at Vacation Bible School at our church. We've been regularly attending the Methodist church here in Evergreen and we all really enjoy it. I signed the boys up for VBS (Morgan to attend and Mason to assist a volunteer) and then I was told they have childcare for the volunteers... so, despite my efforts to sit on my hands and not volunteer for anything, I found my hand creeping up and next thing I know, I'm a crew leader for 19 little 5-8 year olds! I was very nervous about it, because the only other time I was a crew leader for something like this back in Texas, I did NOT enjoy it. But I was SOOOOO pleansantly surprised. I actually had a wonderful time. This church is so loving, and they have got their VBS down to a science. It's a well-oiled machine and it felt good to be a part of it. The boys all had a great time too. Now if I could just get these songs out of my head... :)

On Tuesday this week, we will celebrate a very special birthday as Morgan officially hits the double digits! Our little guy will be TEN! I told him I would make him whatever dinner and dessert he would like, and he has chosen a Taco Ring... hasn't made up his mind about the dessert yet. If you get a moment, be sure to send him a birthday e-mail! If you don't have his e-mail address, let me know. I don't want to make it public here, but it's his first name followed by the same domain as mine. If that didn't make sense, let me know.

Then later this week I will be heading down to Denver for a homeschool convention. It is my intention to finally select which curriculum we will be using in the fall and learn as much as I can while I'm there. I have booked a room at a hotel where I will camp out for a couple nights and enjoy some alone time!

Speaking of alone time, Michael and I had our first official "date" since we've been here! One of the neighbor girls babysat for us while we went out to dinner to a nice restaurant called "The Bistro" here in Evergreen. It was quite yummy! We are surrounded by fabulous neighbors - what a blessing.

I think that's all for now. I promise to get some pictures posted soon. The hail has stopped, it's just sprinkling, and the sun is already peeking through the clouds... another glorious day in Colorado!

Michele