Aside from my OCD manic search for the PERFECT Easter outfits, our Easter was extremely low-key. So low-key that we skipped dyeing eggs and kept Easter baskets and Easter dinner sweet and simple.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
365.5: WEEK FIFTEEN
APRIL 11th - APRIL 17th
Pretending my cat is a therapy cat (he's very much not). Battle of the Books (tied for second). Taking a very timid cat to the vet for a check-up. A very timid cat becoming a very curious cat on the car-ride home. The District Honors Band performance at the Ikeda Theater at the Mesa Arts Center. Plant therapy. Hiking Camelback with the best of the best. Saturday morning family Easter breakfast (the first in over two years!). Easter morning.
365.5: WEEK FOURTEEN
APRIL 4th - APRIL 10th
New growth on our tree. Haircuts for the girlies. My dad with some of his best friends of nearly 50 years. Hiking Hole in the Rock on a whim. My crazy kids enjoying their first swim of the year.
365.5: WEEK THIRTEEN
MARCH 28th - APRIL 3rd
Hiking Brown Mountain with my better half. My euphonium playing attending District Honors Band rehearsals. Last month of picking bands for braces. Elementary school band concert.
HERE
I thought, when I last posted about my struggles, that I was through the worst of it. It turns out that I was wrong. And while I am feeling better TODAY - more so than I have in a long time - I am learning that this and every day process that is requiring endurance, self love, and patience. Throughout it all, though, I have somehow picked up my camera more than I had realized. I have so many images and events to share...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
NEW MEXICO. When the older two missed out on Texas, I told them that I would make up for it by taking just the two of them to Carlsbad Caverns. So with maybe a week's worth of notice and planning, we set out over the weekend for the longest short roadtrip ever (or shortest long roadtrip ever?). 2 days. 34 hours total. 18 hours of driving. 1,174 miles. 2 national parks. So many memories. Things I want to remember:
"VROOOOOM" (my oldest was a little slap happy while in the car) * speeding ticket at the NM stateline (oops) * our little car-bee friend, Harold Juan Gregory * WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK * finding mountains in NM! * Cloudcroft in all its beauty * seeing snow after playing in the sand * elk * deer * spotting Taco Bell (boys first choice) after pulling out of the drive-thru at Arby's * our awesome hotel room in Carlsbad * CARLSBAD CAVERNS * mountain goats * BBQ for lunch in El Paso * successfully driving over 1,000 miles in two days by myself
