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What is a Wordle?

I am not quite sure, but this is one I created and named, Moments.

I'm not sure how I found it or why I was even looking in the first place.

None-the-less, I ended up on Wordle.net, enter the url of my blog, and voila... a wordle.

I'm sure this little algorythym serves it purpose. In fact, my nature to research tells me that Wordle creates visual clouds of words to visiualize what is most prevelant and what is not. Quite clever, actually.

None the less, it is obvious that the 'moments' on my site are, dare I say, equally random.

Hmm, I think I like that idea.

It must be a good thing.

Back to Normal?

We arrived back from our two week trip three days ago. It already seems like so much time has past. Life just picked up where we left off... and then some.

We jumped right back into t-ball season. Both boys had their last games of the season...

This is Dave, William, and Charlie watching Jack play ball. I love this photo because:

1. I know that Dave's hair is sticking up all funny and fuzzy very similar to Elvis because he was a home scrubbing mud off all the vehicles after our trip just moments before the game started. I cropped it off because I love him dearly.

2. You can see how ply-able William is when you hold him. He just forms to you like Posturepedic bed! It's more than wonderful. When he was younger, I've even have mother's put their own kids down to carry Will around.

3. It is clear that William is happy wearing anything that is green. Even if it doesn't match.

4. That despite a stand-off-ish beginning that Dave has come to love Charlie and although his manhood may be questioned by others, is willing to be seen holding a 3.8 lbs Chihuahua in his lap.

We also came home to a new kitchen. How exciting... right?

Well, if you've ever done a remodeling project, you know that nothing goes perfectly. Or, well, even close to perfectly. So we have another week of dust and who knows what to go...

Check this out... the glass door to the basement is new too. Amazing how a change so small (aka cheap) can make such a huge difference. When you walk in now, the whole house has a different feel.

Got a boring, is-this-a-closet basement door? Try a glass door and hopefully, you'll be as pleasantly surprised as we were.

When we woke up our second day home, I was standing in this new kitchen watching William outside playing.

I love this photo because:

1. William reminds me of me... playing so quietly by himself, perfectly content, in his own little world, oblivious to the world around him.

2. And he reminds me of my dad... with his belly, skinny arms and legs, and complete lack of hips or a butt.

3. I am reminded that boys are boys... that they can wear boxers outside without worrying what the neighbors will think... and that they can comfortably go over a week without a bath.

4. And about how much I love Target. I bought this patio furniture set there for a fraction of the cost of the almost-exact-same set that I was going to buy at Restoration Hardware. So far, it's lasted three years including two Colorado winters. Far beyond my expectations. Best of all... when the boys jump on it, or build forts with all the pieces, or drop a baseball bat on the glass top, I don't have to panic. It's truly a blessing on many fronts.

Well, a random post, I know. I'm still a little bit dazed and confused from our trip. You know the ol' I-need-a-vacation-after-my-vacation syndrome.

I was hoping to start posting photos from our trip tonight... maybe next time. 

Nature's Fireworks

We've had more than a few nights like this recently...

 

...where we sit on our back porch and watch the show.

 

Blue lightening.

Nature's fireworks.

 

We couldn't help ourselves...

We all ooooooo and aaahhhh.

Did you see that?

 

Nope, I missed it.

This night it was incredible. This night I got the bright idea to run and get my camera.

And by the time I got it all set up and figured out the right exposure...

I caught this...

 

Awesome!

...all the way across the sky.

 

And this!

My goodness, it was both so powerful and so beautiful.

Some times, the lightening would strike above the cloud cover. The sky turned a pure blue and back lit the clouds quite dramatically.

...that was hard to take a picture of - too hard,

 

That little blue patch in the bottom left is actually blue sky.

Clear blue sky waiting on the edge of the blue lightening clouds.

 

Storms like this roll in...

...then roll out.

Typical for the Front Range. Living here you become accustom to it, then you come to appreciate it, and finally you count on it.

 

My goodness...

...another big one.

Aaahhhh, the end...  well, at least for now.