Crunch!

This past Saturday morning, I was innocently sitting at a red light when all of a sudden...

I was in the far left lane, when a Cadillac in the middle lane totally slammed into a Civic that was also in the middle lane. The Cadillac then ricocheted off the Civic and into me.

The good news? No one was hurt. The Civic was totaled and the Cadillac was pretty beat up too. While I was able to drive home from the accident, we currently can't open the back passenger door and there is a really awful sound whenever I turn left. I guess it's drivable- so long as I am willing to drive in circles.

Diamond has never been in so much as a fender-bender, yet I somehow I manage to get in accidents while at a COMPLETE STOP at a red light! Other accidents I've been in:
-I hit a deer (Officially that's considered an act of God. Makes a girl wonder...)
-I hit a power lawnmower that was randomly careening across a six lane road.
-I hit our mailbox (OK, that one was just me being stupid.)

I've spent a ton of time on the phone with insurance companies today and Diamond is currently driving a rental. While it's been a pain, I'm truly grateful we weren't just one lane over (makes me shutter to think -both big boys were in the back of the car.)

The woman driving the Civic called her boyfriend to come and get her. His reaction was the best of all. "MAN! I just WASHED that car!!!"

King Solomons Choice

Here's the problem:
2 tickets to a Colorado Avalanche game
1 Diamond is going
2 sports fanatic boys that would DIE to go

See the problem? 3 people wanting to go, 2 tickets. What do we do???

I suppose we could make it a date, but it seems like a waste for me (not a sports enthusiast) to use the extra ticket.

Diamond could always invite a friend, but going to an Avs game is such a rare treat - it seems at least one of the boys should be able to go.

The tickets are from work - we can't just buy an extra ticket and still sit together.

They would love the experience equally.

Any ideas???

Three!

The Caboose just celebrated his third birthday last week. Being three, he wanted to help make his birthday cake (read, eat the batter):

We have a 100 piece Superhero/"scary guy" puzzle that the Caboose has been fascinated by lately. So, for his birthday he received all sorts of puzzles. Here he is opening a wooden puzzle set from Grandma and Grandpa Smith (thanks!):

After gifts was the train cake - who says I can't be domestic???:

If you were ever wondering why multi-million dollar companies market to three-year-olds, here's your answer: Despite our efforts to talk him into some tastier cuisine, the Caboose single-handedly cajoled twelve people into going to McDonald's for his birthday dinner. (Below is my sister and her family - thanks for celebrating with us!)

The Caboose loved his special day. While he has loved all of his gifts, one of his favorites has to be these:

A train cake and Spiderman undies? What a life for a three year old!

Look What I Found

My favorite season of the year has to be spring. I love those early warm days, seeing buds on the trees, enjoying the lengthening daylight, and watching the world wake up again. At the beginning of March I usually start combing the ground for signs of spring. Earlier this week I found this:

I realize it may sound silly, but that little half inch of green gives me such pleasure! Add to that the amazing weather we've been having (we're on day three of 70'+ temps) and I am so excited for spring!