Updates

     It took the whole season, but Charlie finally made some points in basketball. She was playing at her first tournament game this week and made two baskets and, one of two, free throws. She made some great progress throughout the season and her team is currently undefeated with one more game to go. Fun times!

    Here's a photo of the cool ring and earrings I got in St. George, my belated Valentine's gift.

    And I had to re-share this photo of Reese when she was here several weeks ago. This is the cute face I see every time I open my iPad. She's adorable!

        Not much else to share from this past week. We got a little snow today, the clocks spring forward this weekend and I'm still in a bit of disbelief that we're really in the month of March already. Bring on the longer days!

Let us welcome March with another gem!

     Who's excited to see March arrive, and even more excited to see March's calendar photo!?

Let's hear it for striped socks and ripped arms!

  

      And before we move on to our St. George adventures, here's my bright, fun, metallic nails.

This week Greg and I got to get-away and spend most the week in St. George. Greg had his water conference to participate in but we still had plenty of down time.

First night, dinner at Joe's Rusty Crab. $$$ Second night, George's Corner. $$$$

     

    Then the gun-shooting event, that is always fun. This time Greg brought Carter's shotgun and didn't end the night with a black & blue shoulder. 

He still didn't do great but free ammo and clays is a win no matter how well you shoot.

    

    I failed to photograph our dinner and activities Wednesday night, catering by Costa Vida and gambling hosted by one of the big venders. It's always fun, and again, free is always a win!

Our hotel is across the street from DQ so that means at least one dilly bar stop.

    At the last full day of the conference, Greg finally won a prize from the raffles he put in for. 

Thirty years working for the city, and who knows how many water conferences, and he finally won something. Pretty cool/cot-tent.

    And for our final dinner, Longhorn steakhouse. Yum.

    I also failed to photograph my morning walks and Greg's evening treadmill walks, but we had to work-off all the yummy food we had.

    Now back to reality. LAME! 

P.S. Just as a side note, Greg had a very interesting and odd experience at the water conference with a woman having a complete nervous break-down. It's a story to be shared by him and in person. 

    I also picked up a new ring and earrings as a belated Valentine's gift. I'll share a photo another time.

Piano bars are fun!

     We had a fun Valentine outing, one day early, with great friends. First, the Hunters Expo, no photos, but a fun time. Next, a bar/grill for dinner, then, lastly, another bar/piano bar, for fun drinks, entertainment and the best 'people watching'. Bonus, our very kind and generous friend put dinner and drinks on his tab, so a fairly cheap date night, too.

Paul's our very generous friend and the reason for the fun 'bar-hopping' night.

Some very talented piano players and some wild music and performances.

A selfie at "Keys on Main" is a must.

    

    Then we had two silly, matching boys, headed out to the gym that I insisted on capturing in a photo.

    We also, finally, got a little snow and Greg had a very long day, Wednesday, but it's done for now. 

    Next stop, St. George water conference and a small break from reality, for me, anyway.

Best Wednesday night of 2026 so far.

     We had the best request for Wednesday night, "Can you watch Reese for a few hours?" ABSOLUTELY! That's a no brainer. She is just the cutest, craziest and fun girl. We love every second we get with her. 

She wasn't sure what to think about Carter in her space.

She found 'her' brush.

Charlie was happy to help keep her entertained.

She wasn't here long before she remembered she needed 'her' glasses. (And kudos to Small's for the great photo bomb.)

Dinner and a stool obstacle course to finish the night.

And one last minute with Papa before he had to leave for young men's.

    Such a fun visit with sweet Reese. No other highlights to share. Happy Valentine's day!

Not much

    New nails, taxes done, another win for Charlie's basketball team and another week with no snow but, instead, strange spring like weather. That's it.

A cute array of hearts on the white nail and a sprinkling of pink glitter over all the nails. Happy love month!

    Now on to a fun weekend with yummy food and some of our favorite people.

Bring on February

    Here comes February and another great calendar photo! 

 

     And at Charlie's latest game she had the cutest fans in the stands!

Charlie’s biggest fans.

    Our cute neighbor returned from her mission in Mexico and they had a fun setup to celebrate her homecoming.

Greg and Charlie are ready to party.

    And here's photo evidence of Charlie playing basketball this season.

#32

 

    There you have it! Good-bye January, it's been interesting.

Final birthday fun

     Brock is all done celebrating his birthday and to begin his adventures as an adult he got his first speeding ticket this week. Welcome to adulthood, it's going to be fun!

Ice cream cake per his request.

    And Sunday afternoon we enjoyed a very unseasonably warm visit on the 'Sun-Porch' with our great neighbors. It was so warm it felt like a day at the beach so Sombreros were needed.

 

    We also had Charlie's first basketball game on Saturday that I have no photo evidence of. Her team is tall and did great for their first game together. I'll try to get photos at her next game. 

    Only a few days left in January and still no snow in the forecast, what is happening!? Anyway, next week I'll be dropping the 'calendar-photo' for February and you won't want to miss it!