The Hazard Chronicles

 I am currently sitting in my office looking out the window. It is a beautiful spring day. Seriously- I can already feel the trails and bike paths beckoning. I am excited for kayaking, and rollerblading, and walking down Sherman on warm summer evenings in search of live music. It all sounds so lovely. Seriously.

But...

...But also, I just now looked at my photo reel for pictures this week, and came across one that I took of me and Maren and Lindsey. We had been skiing together and our faces were a little red from the sting of a cold wind the joy of physical exertion. Those are really good days. 

Spring is a time of newness. But in the everlasting words of the band Semisonic- Every new beginning is some other new beginning's end. And, while I am excited for what is to come, I'm not quite emotionally ready to let go of what has been. It's a bittersweet time.

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I'm doing this quick mid-week post because we have some bigger news coming up. Rachel is interpreting Hamilton tomorrow, and she has been working super hard on it, and a bunch of her family flew in to hang out with us and watch her, and it is a good time. That will be next week. For now though, things have been pretty chill. We did ski last weekend, but just a little bit. Rachel and I got the bonus room all cleaned up in Wallace and are ready for carpet. Evelyn seems to be at a different concert every other night. Jackson went to a sweet-sixteen party for a friend. Lindsey had a big night where she presented a project about robot programing. It's been a good one.

Have a good week!

On the way to the party Rachel stopped at a random farm to take photos of this guy. Looking good!

Lindsey at the STEM night. She made an obstacle course for the robot, which was actually really cool. She was a little bit disappointed that only one person successfully completed it (that was me), especially since she gave up the chance to sing the national anthem at a minor league baseball game for this night and she was really excited about it. I'm including that little bit in here realizing that it kind of puts a damper on the night, but also because it highlights this amazing kid and how much she is involved in. She will be singing (solo) in the upcoming school talent show, but she has to give up the next choir performance because she will be dancing instead with a select group from the studio where she does Irish as a sort of opening number for Riverdance in Spokane. This girl is non-stop!