My mom, Angel and the kids are getting ready to leave Denver. It seems like their time here went really fast! Hopefully my mom can come back when Nate, Jen and Cyrus are here in August. Yes, the Maui Maydan's will be here in August to celebrate in the union of Brian & Tracey!!! Wahoo!!!!
Some of our fellow croquet-ers happened upon a new pizza place in town which is totally bomb diggity! We had taken my mom & family there once before, she suggested it for dinner last week. "Pizza Public", here we come! What a treat!
There's a stage for karaoke. Jonny was "The Guy", which is what he calls any guy who is on stage performing. He air guitars and says "Look mom, I'm the guy! I gotta take a break, be right back".
What a nerd!!!
Jonny and Triston entertained us. Sweet air guitar!
That weekend we had a special date with some of the Wishard ladies! I do have to disclose that I accidentally forgot to invite someone, and I SWEAR it was unintentional.
Apology #1: Sophia, Shavonne & Deanna - if you are reading this and think, WTF, she forgot us! I promise it was a true brain fart! Maura asked on the way to the place if you where coming and my mouth hit the floor~ I think I may have lost brain cells somewhere in my youth. Please forgive me???!!!???
I had been to this ceramics painting place before with Maura and Sheena.
What a way to celebrate Aunt Tricia's birthday.
I love that lady!!!
From top left: Audrey, Laura, Diana, Tricia, Maura, Micaela & Jessie (me);
Bottom from left: Kiandra & Sheena!
Figuring out what you want to paint is extremely difficult,
especially when there is so much to choose from!!!!
Audrey, Kiandra & Jessie (me)
Sheena, Maura & Audrey
Aunt Dianna & my mom Laura
Micaela & Sheena decided to make glass pendants instead of paint ceramics,
I'm so excited to see how everything turned out!!
Kiandra painted a princess statue!
Aunt Tricia took this photo.
She asked me to be "serious", so here is my serious painting face!
Momma & the birthday girl, Aunt Tricia
Kiandra's princess.
My bowl! I'm so excited about this!!!
Check out these gnarly shards of glass!
Later that night we met the whole family for dinner at Las Delicias. What I love about my family most is that we aren't shy to be who we are, and we don't really care what other people think of us. We sat at a table for 20-25 in the back of the restaurant and played "telephone" while laughing hysterically.
I had a moment where I looked at Maura, sitting straight across from me and said "God, I just love our family! We might be crazy, but there is a lot of love here". "I know" she replied "We're pretty lucky!"
The next afternoon, Jake and I decided to go to lunch. I saw this in the window and had to take a photo. I rarely talk politics, mostly because I'm not too involved. I will however be voting for Mr. Obama again.
On Monday, I ended up going to Water World with Audrey, Jonny, Mom, Triston and Kiandra half day. We didn't get there until 3:45pm so there wasn't much time to get in any rides. Audrey and I did take Triston and Kiandra on a raft ride and over to the wave pool, but before we knew it, it was 5:30pm and the clouds where rolling in.
Here's Audrey leading Jonny by his noodle!
He decided to "Happy Gilmore" the noodle.
He is already such a comedian!~
Monday was also my Dad's 62nd birthday. I woke up that morning with my dad already on my mind. I asked Jake "If dad was here, what would be the birthday gift that we gave him". Jake replied "a wig". Smart ass!
Honestly, I don't know how to answer that question either. With time people change, or at least I can say I've changed. One year you might be into collecting memorabilia, then the next something else. I am constantly wondering what kind of person my dad would be two and a half years later. For the most part I think he would still be that same old guy. Buying Maui Jim's by the dozen and organizing family time. I think if anything- we would be the ones changing, and he would be the one guiding and embracing, while getting a bit more gray haired. He was such a loving and giving person.
He deserved better... he was too good for cancer.
To my daddy, Happy happy birthday! I hope the spirit world is awesome! Come visit me in a dream sometime soon, because I really miss you. A glimpse of your face can always get me through tough times!
Apology #2 in this blog is to Cheryl. I'm really really sorry that we didn't get to have dinner on Monday night for dad's birthday. I guess somehow our lines got crossed. I don't want you to think that in any way you, or dad's birthday was unimportant to us. But I am truly sorry that we may have hurt your feelings. I love you!!
To reflect on things here and past... Sometimes pieces fall apart. Sometimes people forget people. Sometimes plans fall through. Often times when it rains... it pours.
But there is always love.
No matter how often we see you, talk to you or think of you. Know that we love you.
And that my friend, is a promise!
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