Hiking the Red Hill trail outside Carbondale

We found out on Tuesday of this week that Jude was going to be playing soccer in Glenwood Springs on Saturday, a three hour drive. It turned out to be lucky for Jude because Denver got 6″ of snow on Thursday night and all games here were canceled. But Glenwood Springs just got a dusting and the game was on. So, Jude and I made the long drive leaving at 9:15am for a 12:45pm kickoff.

I didn’t want to drive all that way without getting at least some time on a hiking trail. So, after his match Jude and I found a hiking close to the soccer ground and did a nice 90 minute hike before heading home. On the way back we stopped at Jude’s favorite restaurant, Chimayo in Dillon.

Getting ready to shoot audition videos

Marcy got her second covid shot on Saturday in Colorado Springs so Anna went along and they did some shopping along the way in Castle Rock. Then Anna went to Defy, a trampoline place, in the afternoon with her old Waldorf friend Reed.

Today, Anna had to shoot her audition videos. She has been taking these acting classes for the last several months and graduation is coming up in a couple of weeks. Before they graduate they need to shoot a few videos of themselves acting and talking about themselves. Anna did a nice job and I helped her get everything uploaded this evening. She is excited to start acting in commercials which will hopefully come later this year.

Anna enjoying her half-birthday donut

Anna turned 12 1/2 this week and as we have done every year on April 7, we celebrated her half birthday with a donut. She chose an apple fritter. As Marcy pointed out this makes her half way to 25.

Anna’s 6th grade class at their school social

On Friday night Anna had a school social, the first organized activity they had all school year. Anna helped organize the event and had a blast doing it. It brought a little sense of normalcy to the school year.

Anna with one of her best friends

On Saturday it was all about Jude’s soccer. He refereed two games in the morning and in the afternoon he played his own game. This is the first game I have watched this season and his team is really quite good and they won a hard fought game 3-2.

Today, Jude and I ran the Donut Dash 5K, the first one of the season. It was good to get out there and a beautiful day for it.

Playing with water balloons on the trampoline

Meanwhile Anna spent a lot of time with the neighbor kids this weekend. For some reason, they decided water balloon fights on the trampoline would be fun.

Easter morning with their packed baskets

Easter weekend was very much a home-bound affair. Although Saturday we went our separate ways with my driving to Colorado Springs to get my covid vaccine (the J&J, one shot!) while Marcy took Jude for his soccer match. I was bummed to miss his match but super excited to get vaccinated. Marcy got her first Pfizer shot last weekend.

My excitement turned to misery today as I woke up feeling horrible. Every muscle ached and I had no energy. I was no fun to be around and I spent the day watching tv and doing taxes. Thankfully, Marcy was 100% and had a wonderful Easter planned. She worked until late last night packing eggs for the Easter egg hunt and also filling their baskets with goodies.

Starting the Easter egg hunt

Anna is still really into the Easter egg hunt and Jude got into it after it started but said he would be ok if we skipped it next year. Marcy included poker chips this year instead of change which made it easier to put together.

Anna and Elsie leading the three-legged race

Anna and one of the neighbors put together a whole program for the afternoon that included a treasure hunt, three-legged races, an egg and spoon race, and egg tossing. I was feeling so horrible that I couldn’t really participate but everyone else had a blast. They put in a big effort and did a really nice job. As you can see it was really nice weather, in fact, it was a record hot day for April 4.

Snuggling with Olive