We're doing really well here in Colorado. My meeting in Fort Collins was a success and is now behind me (insert cartwheels and back flips here). The meeting was held at CSU, which was great. We went on a very cool tour of the Vet Med school (a place my youngest sister should definitely check out if she ever moves back West...hint, hint) and had several interesting sessions on our agenda. The board approved salary increases for the first time in four years, contingent upon several things happening in the budget. I'm hopeful we'll get there later this summer or early fall. I'm definitely a tired girl after a couple of 14-hour days but am now looking forward to summer and taking on our housing adventure.
The boys are doing great. They are hugely into independent play right now and politely excuse Justin and I from the room, claiming the "need space". They're always playing together, which of course means that conflict often arises. Justin and I are trying to give them time to learn how to sort things out by themselves without automatically intervening (unless things get physical, of course). We've been reading The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe with them in the evenings.
We decided to take the boys out of preschool for the summer. Since Justin isn't working and we're trying to buy a house, it was the best decision. I definitely shed a few tears during the decision making process, but I think the boys are going to have a great summer with Justin. The school is holding a spot for Morgan in the fall. Jacoby will be finished with his preschool career next Thursday, after a field trip to the zoo with his class. He has a graduation ceremony next Saturday. It's safe to assume I'll be shedding tears then as well.
Tomorrow we look at more houses with the realtor. I think we've narrowed down a lot of our priorities in finding a house, the location, etc. We've got some good choices on our list, and I sincerely hope we can make an offer on a property soon. It's nice to have choices, but also makes it a bit overwhelming. We've been learning a lot about new construction, old construction, fracking, drilling, land fills, school districts, finding out who lives in the neighborhoods (the good guys and bad guys), floor plans, square footage, etc. The real estate market is crazy down here, and I feel like we've just stepped onto a very fast-moving merry-go-round. But in the end, it's going to be really good for us.
I'm running the 10k BolderBoulder on Monday with a group of colleagues from work (including my boss). It's going to be tons of fun and I can't wait (just hoping my knee holds out...it's been complaining the past few weeks). We're going to a birthday party on Saturday, and the boys are very excited about getting cupcakes for the occasion. Jacoby had a dexa bone scan today down at Children's. He's quite proud of the picture they sent home of his skeleton. We'll be doing this annually, since he's on steroids for EoE. He has an eye exam on Friday at the recommendation of our GI doc (also because of the steroids) and our pediatrician because of some things she was seeing at his last well-check. We'll definitely have a mini-Justin running around here if the child needs spectacles!
That's about all from our neck of the woods. Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!
Here are some Mother's Day pics...love these boys!
