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When my brother Marty came to visit with Diane, he repeatedly gushed over the beauty that surrounded me  and kept saying  "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE THIS?!?" then he quickly added, this opportunity for Clay must be amazing to leave THIS ! Diane told him to stop it :) Of all places to receive validation was in my Boden womens clothing catalog. It comes naturally for me to look forward and not back.  So naturally I was like, "yes! I am doing this moving thing right!" Setting my scope out to see the horizon of our landing. But it also comes naturally for me to get completely neurotic over all the to do's :) Moving has a way of stripping all of your comforts away.  But also revealing what you are made of. Which is like a self induced constructive criticism session with yourself, haha.       Everytime I move I feel I have unfinished business about me or potential that wasn't fulfilled.  Moving strips me of seeing your kid

Glenwood Springs Here we are on a quickly decided trip to California. Clay forgot to book his ticket in all the chaos of finishing the Milkbarn, so we drove out with him in one shot.  My plan was to visit schools and see homes and have the kids visualize where they will be living soon! some excitement, some trepidation frisbee stretch gross! exactly After driving the first 10 hours, we switched seats and I got to look at those desert clouds I love clouds and have been contemplating for sometime to make a mixed media selection of work with clouds.  Lucy the 16 year old! While checking everything out we got a dose of reality with temps hitting 107.  We aren't in Kansas anymore :) good thing we had a hotel pool Buenavista Beach We had a day in between school visits and home shopping, so we headed an hour to the beach! It was a nice local stop and clean and fun a couple blocks from the beach was a great frozen

Starting off Lucy's 16h birthday hiking up Chautauqua! It was a gorgeous morning in Boulder. After lunch we headed down to Denver to the Denver Art Museum to check out some new exhibits. 14 year old wrangling :) Being goofy She is, at her core, an artist took her out alone to her favorite noodle shop on Pearl Street  Zoe Ma Ma Totally ready to date now   lololol although Dad keeps saying 26 is a better age for him  Here she is at one month I remember those days like it was yesterday. I was over the moon excited to become a mother! She made it thrilling for me. exploring at 4 years old adventuring at 5 learning away at 6 Lucy, we love you so much💕  Sixteen years has gone by much too fast for me.  I hope you will be able to look back on your childhood with fondness and love, support and kindness, fun times and hard times. Happy Birthday (It is your birthday.)