Anna as the maid, Ms. Brill, an early scene in Mary Poppins

This week was the middle school musical at Ricks, which Anna had been working on for six months and had been excited about all year. This was a cathartic experience since the musical was canceled in both 2020 and 2021, it was another piece of life returning to normal.

Anna played the Banks family maid in the musical, with several speaking parts. She did really well and it was so great to see her perform on stage in front of everyone. All of us went to opening night and then Marcy saw the second night when they were even better.

After the second night with one of her best friends, Ella, who played Bert the chimney sweep

Jude was supposed to be playing a soccer game in Steamboat this weekend. So, we booked a hotel and decided to drive up Friday night. We knew there was a storm coming but thought we would be able to make it. We were wrong. Near the Eisenhower tunnel, the roads became really icy and we were stuck for almost an hour as they cleared a jackknifed truck. We decided to stay in Keystone and cancel the hotel in Steamboat.

On a morning hike near Tenderfoot Mountain

Word came early Saturday that they were canceling the game, even though Steamboat only received 1″ of snow. Up at Keystone we had at least a foot and down in Denver it was 3-4 inches. Anyway, we didn’t want to waste our time in the mountains so Jude and I went for a morning hike in the snow near Dillon. Then, of course, Chimayo for lunch.

Snow on May 21 in our backyard

Today, Marcy’s parents arrived and we only saw them for an hour or so before leaving for the airport. We have our big New York conference on Wednesday and Thursday this week so we will be here for the week while Baba and Grampsy look after the kids.