Adrianna attended “Rock Band Camp” last week. For only three hours a day, she and her bandmates learned two cover tunes and composed an original song together. Last night was their concert. Her band consisted of two guitar players, a drummer, a lead singer, and Adrianna on the keyboard. (And their instructor/mentor filled in on […]
Category: Our Life
Squirrel Nut Zippers
We scored some front row seats to see the Squirrel Nut Zippers in concert at the Arvada Center’s outdoor arena. This was the second time for Greg and I to see them live and Adrianna’s first. At first, I felt quite conspicuous taking videos from the front row, but eventually I got braver and I […]
Shell
When Bree first started riding with Miracles Therapeutic Riding four years ago, her favorite horse was a Fjord named Folly. We were sad when Folly passed away a couple of years ago due to colic. Chris, the owner of Miracles, happily told us this week that they were borrowing a beautiful Fjord horse named Shell […]
American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society was in town for a convention and they invited local homeschoolers to come for an educational morning. Knowing Adrianna’s love of astronomy, I jumped at the chance! Since the event was at the Denver Sheraton hotel in downtown Denver, we decided to take the bus. The Flatiron Flyer is so convenient […]
An African Graduation Party
Our Congolese friend, S, invited us to her high school graduation party. Greg, the girls, and I happily went. Out of about 85-100 attendees, we were the only white attendees and the only ones who were native to America, other than any children who had been born to the other families since their arrival. Everyone […]
Whitney
We got to dog-sit Whitney while Karen and Zach had a fun day in Denver for their anniversary. The girls enjoyed having a dog for the day. She went garage sale-ing with us. 🙂
House Finch Nest
We have a nest of house finches on the back deck. I’ve been hearing lots of peeping but it is so high that I couldn’t see them, so I pulled out a step ladder and held my phone up to take a picture. Looks like there are four or five little ones. 🙂
Five Iron Frenzy
Five Iron Frenzy was one of my favorite bands from the late 1990s. I have fond memories of traveling down to Denver with friends to see them live in concert. Later, when I lived in Omaha, I saw them perform at Sokol Auditorium. Incidentally, Greg was at that concert, too, even though we were not […]
Butterfly Pavilion
We visited the Butterfly Pavilion as a part of their Homeschool Day. Since Bree and Cate have been interested in insects lately, the timing was perfect. They enjoyed looking at all the insects and arachnids there. When we ventured into the butterfly habitat, we viewed the many cocoons and chrysalises. The girls were excited about […]
Bree and Fabio
Bree still does horse therapy every week. Her regular horse is Fabio. Now that she is older and getting a little more confident, she no longer has someone leading the horse. Instead, she tells Fabio what to do and uses the reins. Sometimes she even trots on her own! It has been fun to watch her […]