It’s warming up, the snow is melting. My flowers started blooming. I’m on this down-hill coast to finish off school: just a few thesis edits and a couple of easy classes to finish up. I’ve been reviewing all the work I’ve done over the years and making a portfolio, which has been a lot of fun. And getting ready to move, which isn’t fun when I finally tackle things like the paint that was stuck on the tile since I moved in over 8 years ago.

For Curtis’s birthday, we went to Pizza Pie Cafe, and before that, we stopped at Ogden Nature Center. With friends in tow, it wasn’t hard to convince the kids to do the roughly two-mile walk around the center, and we had a great time. The kids probably preferred stuffing themselves with pizza, but I liked the nature walk.

And as a quick update to the last post, Peter went to the final Fun Shot competition and got second place. Just a couple threes away from winning. It was fun to watch him succeed. Curtis also won a prize by reading a tremendous amount of minutes for school. I love that my kids are good readers, it makes entertaining them a whole lot easier.