Colorful Colorado

School dismissed for summer vacation on May 18th and Jentry, Mason and I immediately headed west. We picked up my parents in Orleans and drove to Pine, CO for my cousin Marissa's wedding. 

1. Overnight in Limon, CO

2. Cabins onsite Mountain View Ranch wedding venue near Pine, CO.

3. Time to celebrate Joshua and Marissa, the new married pair!

4. Breakfast at the Muddy Buck in Evergreen, CO.

5. Lunch and shoe-art craft at Aunt Cindy's while the snow piled up outside. A wintery start to our summer vacation.

6. Sunnyside House VRBO in Arvada, CO. Fantastic accommodations even without power.

7. Denver Museum of Nature and Science

8. Dinner at Annie's Cafe and Bar - Mason won over the waiter and scored ice cream for dessert.

9. Rockies game at Coors Field

Colorful Colorado did not disappoint and we got to experience all types of weather.

Last Day of School Pics

Here are the last day of 2nd and 8th Grade school pics!

Oh wait, I didn't take any!

Work was ridiculous for both Nathan and me this Spring and then I got sick the last week of school. 

We left immediately after school dismissed to my cousin's wedding in CO. I was doing well just to get clothes thrown into the car. 

Fantastic!

So, I guess this will just have to serve as the record for the completion of the 2021-22 school year. 

Both Jentry and Mason finished with straight A's and we celebrated their accomplishments with ice cream treats.

Dance Weekend

Jentry had another weekend filled with all things dance.

She attended her first junior high dance with a few of her besties. Friday, after track practice, they all got ready at Addison's house. I requested pictures and surprisingly got a few!

Addison, Kyla, Lincoln, Kaci and Jentry

On Saturday, she performed her Jazz and Hip Hop routines for the last time of the season at KSD's Spring Recital.  

Cousin Karlee, Jentry, Grandpa Stenger, Aunt Jessica and Mason

Not Pictured: Grandma and Grandpa Boye

My hope is that Jentry will continue dancing through life!

Easter With The Boys

Our Easter weekend broke tradition.

Our celebration was much smaller than usual.

Jentry was with her Stenger family, Nathan and John were busy working the mad April rush of planting season, my parents were in Florida, and the Hamiltons were with the Hamiltons in Columbus.

This left me and the boys. My sweet, loud, busy, loving, crazy, naughty, adorable boys.

We enjoyed two wonderful days at the cabin. 

We fished.

We took a drive to Kansas. (Mason's request)

We hunted eggs in the Alma Park.

We dug in the sand.

We took in the Holy Saturday sunset.

We had sunrise service in the hot tub.

We attended the Alma Berean Church where the boys joined the children's hand-bell choir. We got to witness cousin, Margi Ehrke, vulnerably share her story. A testimony that God is still in the business of changing lives!

We found Easter Baskets in the yard.

We stood in ah at the glorious clouds dotting the turquoise-blue sky. 

No matter our traditions or ways of celebration, nothing will ever change the story nor the meaning of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

He is risen indeed.