Happy Valentine's Day

Just a quick post to say hello and Happy Valentine's Day to all of you. The boys had fun parties at preschool and were so excited to tell me about the Valentine's they received from their friends. You can read more about it here thisjourneyofours.wordpress.com -- a new place I'm using to write specifically about food allergies and other issues we live with every day. I was so proud of them today and how they handled their food allergies during the parties...definitely sent up more than a few prayers for them today. (:

Here they are going through all of their loot. Morgan's teacher's sent out a note encouraging parents to give non-food/candy items, which was much-appreciated. He got play-doh, socks, a necklace, and some other trinkets. Jacoby definitely received more candy, so we went through all of it together, tossed what they couldn't eat, and exchanged it for safe candy Mommy has stashed away. Then they enjoyed a silly supper with Curious George.

Justin and I enjoyed breakfast together and a relatively normal day until he called to tell me what he discovered when he got back to the car this evening (a big dent and the entire front bumper torn off):

Yep, this is what a hit and run looks like--when your fellow man or woman doesn't have the decency to do the right thing after damaging your property. That's about all I'll say because it's just not worth the time or energy to say anything else (especially when it's not nice). I feel really blessed that no one was hurt (presumably, although Karma may not be kind to this person in the future). The damage is minor compared to what an accident on I-25 or 70 would be, and we've been incredibly fortunate in all of the years Justin's been commuting to Denver that he hasn't had other car-related incidents. So, just a little update on some excitement in our week. We're good though and our trusty Honda will be as good as new soon (hopefully).