Monday, May 27
Memorial Day
'Twas a cold and cloudy day, but we decided to do an impromptu picnic at O'Brien Park anyway.
Surprisingly, the chicken spots we wanted to grab lunch from (Cane's and The Chicken Shack) were CLOSED. Weird. I don't recall food places closing for Memorial Day, but Chick-fil-a WAS open, so that's where we grabbed lunch.
There was a whole lot o' squirrel action going on at the park. Evie loved it.
After lunch we took the creepy tunnel under Parker Rd (my first time, btw) and walked to the Parker cemetery. It was interesting to read headstones and to reflect on mortality. We found a couple sites of people we knew. V was fascinated by the many ornaments and decorations.
Then we strolled back to the park, again via the creepy tunnel. Mar was the only one who had actually taken the tunnel before. It was creepy because of the strange music that is piped into the tunnel 24/7/365. We wondered who makes sure the music is playing, and the purpose for it... to muffle the screams of someone getting mugged or murdered? Maybe it's solely to up the creep factor so people want to walk through it more. Regardless of it's purpose, we survived the stroll.
We played at the park for a bit...
...then it started to sprinkle a little.
We made an Evie sandwich, then said our good-byes to Tay and V (Nae wasn't feeling great, so she had stayed home).
Afterwards, Bill, Mar and I went to see Aladdin at the theater.
It was definitely a low-key celebration, but good.
Saturday, June 8
Dog Wrangling
Mar and I groomed and washed the dogs. Ugh. Not our favorite chore.
We did it after Mar got home from work, so she decided to hop in the tub with the pups, since she was still in her swimsuit and was going to shower afterwards anyway.
You go, girl.
I had to chuckle about the tank she was wearing...
It was good to git 'er done.
Sunday, June 9
Taylor's Birthday
This was a BIG one... 30!
We had JDawg copycats and lemon cake, per Tay's request.
We invited the Haynies over for dinner - they are good friends of Tay and Nae's from their time in our ward. It was fun to have extra peeps to help celebrate.
I can't believe my baby boy is 30.
Weird.
Love you, Tay!
Tuesday, June 11
Fiddler on the Roof
Through a work connection, Bill was able to get tickets to see Fiddler on the Roof. We really wanted Mar to be able to come see it with us, but she couldn't get out of work. The joys of being responsible.
There was a pre-show cocktail hour at the Hotel Teatro
(we stayed there clear back here), which I was dreading a little. It turned out to be not so bad (even when we're the only peeps not sipping wine or drinking cocktails... we'll take a diet coke, thanks). We visited with another couple from Castle Rock, and although they were a bit younger than us (two kids, ages 9 and 12), we had some things in common (including the town where we live), so it was somewhat easy to keep a meaningful conversation going. We walked to the Buell Theater afterwards to see the show.
We had amazing seats and the show was fantastic. I was sitting next to a young woman who I chatted with for a good 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the show. About 15 minutes into the show, I noticed that she laughed dramatically and loudly at everything she found funny. I was a wee bit annoyed for a few minutes, but decided to focus on the show, not on her {obnoxious} laughter. After the show, we stopped to snap a quick picture by the marquee, and there she was, offering to take our picture if we would take hers in return. I realized that she was there by herself, and I felt empathy for her. From the conversation we had at the beginning of the evening I wondered if she had many friends. I know very little about her, but I felt bad at being annoyed in the first place at the fact that she was openly enjoying the show.
It was a great time with my favorite date.
Sunday, June 16
Father's Day
Seriously... the weather so far this spring/summer in CO has been cold and wet, and Father's Day was no exception.
(That, luckily, is just a Bill-made snowball of small hail, NOT an individual hail stone.)
I am not a big card person because I AM CHEAP, and cards cost an arm and a leg these days.
As I was contemplating what to do in place of a card, I saw some giant Hershey's bars, and decided to make a cover for them for Bill and Tay. That's a great card replacement, don't you think? It's edible... and CHEAPER. I thought they turned out cute. (There was some fun stuff on the back, too :)
The weather cleared up just in time to grill, although it was still chilly and wet.
Bill tried his hand at smoking T-bones, potatoes, and corn.
Yum.
It was fun to celebrate these wonderful men and all the other wonderful fathers in our lives.
I love you all!
