Weekly Email

Hi Mom,

A quick early morning update before I head out the door to swim.

Thanks for the anniversary card.  We got it on Friday - but saved it until Saturday to open.  23 years - and still going strong :-)  Hard to believe.  Time flies when you are having fun.

We didn't do anything extra special or fancy on Saturday.  Theresa went up to Estes Park with Megan and Laura Prill for the day to check out the Wool Market.  They enjoyed themselves.  I hung around the house doing chores and then went for a bike ride.  Chloe was baby sitting most of Saturday on two different jobs.  12-4:30pm and then 6-11pm.  She had a sleep over on Friday.  So she had a full couple of days.

Our big anniversary night out was going to see Super 8 (with Megan tagging along too).  That was really good.  So well done.  The attention to detail on the era (late 70s) was amazing.  And of course the storyline was fun and crazy.  Classic Spielberg/Abrams.  I highly recommend it.  We had a romantic dinner of popcorn, nachos, hot dog and soda at the theater (for $35!).

I did my first Stroke & Stride out at the Boulder Res on Thursday night - placed 4th in my age group and 27th overall.  The 5430 Sprint Triathlon is this coming Sunday (on Father's Day) so it was good to have to open water swimming practice.  It's always a fun night.  Megan and Clara came with me.  And we had a free pizza dinner provided by the race organizers after the race.  Clara spent the night.

We do have Miguel lined up to watch Dotsero over the 4th of July weekend.  So, we don't have to bring him along or worry about boarding him.  That's always a relief when we get that sorted out and Miguel is so good at a looking after the house and the dog.

The girls are jealous of Alex's new dog.  They keep looking at the humane society web page and think we need a new dog too.  NO WAY!

Yesterday we had a good day at church.  We closed on the new property out in Erie.  So, now Calvary Bible has 11 acres to build on.  I'm not sure when they think they will start building.  The price of the land was $685,000 and they raised $661,000 in tithes to pay for it - only had to finance $24,000.  Amazing!

We went down to Kohls after church and did some clothes shopping.  We had some good coupons combined with regular store sales.  I think we saved over $350 (we still ended up spending $300).  After that it was hanging out and getting ready for Monday, the work week, and whatever else we get up to.

Happy Monday.

Luv u,

Jeff

PS We did watched "Black Swan" last night.  Oh my.  We didn't like it very much.