Java Junkie

800 Miles

We pulled out of our driveway this morning at 6 am.  After dropping Xander off in the big city, we headed west.  Eight hundred miles and 12 hours later, we pulled into Havre MT for the night.  I don't remember ever driving the highline of MT before, but boy is it some desolate country.   After that many hours in the vehicle, we were glad to stretch our legs...Trey stretched his by swimming.

Tomorrow morning we'll continue west bright and early.  We can't wait for our first glimpse of the mountains, and Trey's reaction to them.  By tomorrow evening, we'll be in beautiful BC!

 

Little Dennis

A lot of our conversations lately have revolved around vacation.  We seem to have vacation brain...one of us is even keeping a count down calendar on thier desk, but we won't mention any names.  Last weekend when we were out for a drive and discussing hotels, Trey piped up from the back seat.   Below is the conversation between us:

Trey..."Mom, we wouldn't even need to get a hotel.  We have lots of room in here, we could just sleep in the back of the car.  It would be cheaper."

Mom..."Umm, no, I don't think we'll sleep in the back of the car (we have an crossover/suv but still).

Trey..."Are you scared?"

Mom..."No, I'm not scared, but the car doesn't have a bathroom to use in the middle of the night or a shower to use in the morning."

Trey..."So?"

It was at this point that I decided any further discussion on the topic was useless...my final words to him were..."You are such a little Dennis".  For those of you who know my dad, you will totally understand.

 

 

A few more play outtakes

Better late then never right...here are a few more pics from Trey's play last week.

Did you know Cavemen wore Nike flips?  True story!

These are the CUTEST Elephants I've ever seen!  Love these costumes.

 

A tired caveman in the "Congrats" line after the play was over.  I'm so glad he participated again this year.  I think he enjoys it too, even though he has to pretend sometimes that he doesn't.  I have to jot this memory down here too since my memory is horrible.  I want to remember looking back at these years, his aversion to girls (or at least the aversion he pretends to have in front of his parents).  Every night after play practice, we would hear the kids leaving the school.   For the better part of a block, we'd hear sing-songy girl voices saying "Bye Treeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy".  One night he ran into the house, and said, half out-of-breath, "I have to run home every night because those THINGS are following me again."  We chuckled and told him in a few more years, he will wish those THINGS would follow him.  I'm thankful we haven't quite reached those years yet.  Happy to keep him "little" for a few more years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Caveman

Tonight was our summer theater performance.  The kids range in age from third grade to high school.  Two of our (very young) retired music teachers spend the month of May rehearsing with the kids, and setting up the production.  This year they performed "The Jungle Book."  Below is a picture of our caveman...who is desperately in need of a haircut.  He thought the long shaggy look made him a more "believable" caveman...now that play is over, haircut here we come!  Shhh...don't tell him!

I'll post more pic's tomorrow - gotta love vacation days!

Summer?

Summer vacation has finally arrived.  Hopefully summer will arrive before fall too!  It has been a crazy winter and spring here in North Dakota.  Blizzard after Blizzard all winter long.  Then, when the snow finally stopped (it even snowed in May), the flooding began.  The red river hit levels almost as high as 2009 in April...but started receding towards late April.  Then in late May, Bismarck started ramping up for a flood fight unlike anything they have seen for years.  The Missouri river is rising due to increased outputs from Garrison Dam, and is expected to continue rising through June.  The sandbag fight is in full force, and people have been moving out of homes that are right on/near the river.  Minot is also fighting flooding - just yesterday they announced a mandatory evacuation of about 10,000 people.  Definitely a year we will remember for strange and dangerous weather.

On our front - live is busy.  Our little boy (or not so little boy) just turned 10.  So hard to believe he is already 10 - seems like just yesterday he fit in the crook of my arm...now my chin rests on his head without me bending at all.  Next fall he will be a fifth grader!   Wasn't he just in kindergarten?   This summer he'll stay busy with baseball, a few camps, and of course, swimming.  The pool opened tonight for the season - he was ecstatic!    

 After the winter we had, we are so glad summer is here - or at least the hint of summer is here.  We're hoping to milk every memory we can out of it!