Happy Anniversary to my Folks

Wishing my parents all the best on their anniversary!

They deserve the best!




Thanks for everything, Mom and Dad!

Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad

Wishing my parents a Happy Anniversary today!

Love you both!

Your Son,
- Michael

Happy Birthday to Mom

Sneaking this in at the almost very end of the day...



A very happy birthday wish (young folk call it a "shout-out") to my mother today - April 7th! I wish I could have said this in person but these days the digital form is just as meaningful as the real thing, ain't it? :-)

Happy Birthday, Mom! Love you lots!

Visit Last Weekend

Okay, a little slow on the updates again. I'm going to try out the scheduled posting thing and go ahead and write up a couple of updates today. We'll see how it works out. :-)

This post I wanted to share some pictures of my Mom, my sister, and my nephew's visit with me and Kate last weekend. They weren't able to stay really long but it was great to see them anyway. They came up on Friday night - which unfortunately was when we'd planned to have our monthly Library Game Night. It turned out not to be a problem, though. Dianna joined us for the gathering while Mom watched over Everest back at the hotel. We managed to get in two (count 'em, TWO) games during the evening, namely Apples to Apples and Wise and Otherwise. A couple of our guests had to leave a little early but a couple of us nonetheless managed to stay up later than we should have. Stil, a good time appeared to have been had by all.

The next day (Saturday) Dianna and Mom brought Everest over to our place. We chatted and let Everest play with some toys we keep upstairs. Everest seemed to enjoy himself quite bit.





My Dad gave us a call that morning to chat for a bit so Everest got to talk to his grandpa a little too.



Afterwards, we headed out to Old Town Fort Collins for lunch. On Dianna's suggestion, we went to Hu Hot, a popular Mongolian grill style restaurant there in Old Town. It's one of my favorites and I'm glad that Mom and Dianna enjoyed themselves too.






After lunch, we wandered around Old Town for a little while. There was a jazz music event going on as well as a big sidewalk sale for most of the downtown stores so we definitely wandered and browsed for a bit. Then we stopped for some dessert at Gelazzi, the gelato shop in Old Town.








After Gelazzi, Mom and Dianna decided to head back home so that they wouldn't be getting in too late. Kate and I kicked back for the rest of the night with a game of Lego Indiana Jones. :-)

It was a lot of fun! Thank to Mom and Dianna for making time for the visit!

And as always, thanks for reading! Hope you're having a great day!