Saturday, September 24, 2011
absent with no excuse
i can't believe i haven't posted since our april visit to california. it was a lovely visit by the way. we enjoyed our first seder dinner to celebrate passover. it was a delicious meal and the passover readings were very lovely. we always enjoy the silver family so much!
now it's been several months since our visit for siena's second birthday. this time she was clued in to the need to open presents with gusto and even started singing happy birthday which was very sweet. the house lisa and jean rented was perfect for a family party. the boys and siena had a blast running around in the yard and siena ran around inside with her balloons. it was a great party!
since then we have stayed around home, gardened, enjoyed the fresh vegetables from the garden, and finally started painting the yellow room a more palatable color. not done yet, but it will be.
we drove to colorado the end of august....stopped in hastings and met kari and family for dinner and then got to see the newly redecorated family room and saw the choice of surface for the counter tops....which have now been installed. then on to ft collins where we were treated to dinner at megan's and got to see griffin and meet macklin, saw aaron (briefly) and ashley as well as jack and liz of course. the next day jack drove don and i up to estes and then on up trailridge to the top....we hadn't done that in years. a real treat! then we went to the volleyball match and watched nebraska lose to csu. we did not love that, but as jack said, it probably would not hurt ne, but would give the csu program as huge boost. i tried to believe that was a good thing. :( the next day we went to jackson's the sports bar showing the nebraska football game against tn chatanooga....that turned out better and we were able to be crazy fans with rest of the red clad fans.
we drove to denver the next day and spent a couple of more days with patrick. it was great to see him and we took another drive with him....through a canyon and into boulder and around in that direction. then we headed east and north to home and a couple of days of r and r.
we have been to one game against washington and that was fun.....the next one in against ohio state and we will go a day early so i can have a day with friend prenty who will be in omaha for another event. we go back the next weekend for rob and deanne's wedding and then the game with mn the next weekend....plus the husker huddle prior to the game. the next day jack arrives to spend a week with us.....have to get the painting done before that! we have various ideas for road trips and restaurants to visit. busy fall, but really enjoyable!
now it's been several months since our visit for siena's second birthday. this time she was clued in to the need to open presents with gusto and even started singing happy birthday which was very sweet. the house lisa and jean rented was perfect for a family party. the boys and siena had a blast running around in the yard and siena ran around inside with her balloons. it was a great party!
since then we have stayed around home, gardened, enjoyed the fresh vegetables from the garden, and finally started painting the yellow room a more palatable color. not done yet, but it will be.
we drove to colorado the end of august....stopped in hastings and met kari and family for dinner and then got to see the newly redecorated family room and saw the choice of surface for the counter tops....which have now been installed. then on to ft collins where we were treated to dinner at megan's and got to see griffin and meet macklin, saw aaron (briefly) and ashley as well as jack and liz of course. the next day jack drove don and i up to estes and then on up trailridge to the top....we hadn't done that in years. a real treat! then we went to the volleyball match and watched nebraska lose to csu. we did not love that, but as jack said, it probably would not hurt ne, but would give the csu program as huge boost. i tried to believe that was a good thing. :( the next day we went to jackson's the sports bar showing the nebraska football game against tn chatanooga....that turned out better and we were able to be crazy fans with rest of the red clad fans.
we drove to denver the next day and spent a couple of more days with patrick. it was great to see him and we took another drive with him....through a canyon and into boulder and around in that direction. then we headed east and north to home and a couple of days of r and r.
we have been to one game against washington and that was fun.....the next one in against ohio state and we will go a day early so i can have a day with friend prenty who will be in omaha for another event. we go back the next weekend for rob and deanne's wedding and then the game with mn the next weekend....plus the husker huddle prior to the game. the next day jack arrives to spend a week with us.....have to get the painting done before that! we have various ideas for road trips and restaurants to visit. busy fall, but really enjoyable!
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