The Hazard Chronicles

Compared with last week, this one was downright boring. We'll take it.

Just to follow-up with the car accident (see the last post, if you haven't already), we are still all doing well. It was kind of wild going to the tow lot to get our stuff. The car was even more mangled than I had originally thought, and it's crazy that we all came out of things in one piece. The topper is broken beyond repair, and it was kind of sad driving away from it with all the stickers from our adventures and everything.

We are now in the annoying process of dealing with insurances and looking for yet another new car. I think it'll be months before we finally put this behind us once and for all. It's been super nice of Marissa and Wesley to lend us a car for me to get to work each day, which has made all of this so much more manageable. Because of that, this last week feels almost like life as usual.

Little sum-up: I had a dental conference I went to on Friday. Evelyn and Adalie had a band thing on Saturday. Jack and Lindsey and their friends have been really into Nerf lately. Maren officially paid off her DC/NYC trip that she'll be going in in June. Rachel is back at work, and has also gotten really into hydroponic strawberries, which is random. The three oldest kids had their last ski-club day at Schweitzer and brought stuff to do s'mores with their friends and overall had a good time there. The weather lately has allowed Rach and me to go on some nice walks by the river and I was able to get out on my skateboard a few times.

Here are some photos. Have a good week!

Solo and Ensemble weekend. This is a regional thing, with several schools coming together. The pieces are judged and it has an element of competition to it, which makes it sort of fun. Addy (2nd one in) was part of a quartet.

Here's Evelyn's group. They actually won first place in percussion and are headed to state-level competition this spring!

We have this constant eerie pinkish glow coming from the office windows in the backyard. This thing looks like is belongs in a space ship. These are Rachel's strawberries.

Just another photo of the car. This was at the tow lot where we gathered out belongings.

Saying goodbye. These cars- and that topper- see our family through a lot of good times and almost becomes parts of the family themselves.

Here's a few photos that Ev took:

Schweitzer has these firepits available. Ev and Addy brought s'more stuff to have while on the mountain with friends.

Ev's ski group. Addy has a separate group she hangs out with, and Jack had a different one altogether. Ev is the best at taking photos though, so she gets featured more.

This is kind of a sad picture. Ev is on the end there, with her boyfriend, Josh and a bunch of other friends. This is a band called Solace started around 3 years ago and had a little bit of regional success. It's been a biggish part of Evelyn's life. Last weekend was their last show together. Kids grow up. Life changes. Ev says it was a fun night, but that it was also bittersweet.

The gang. We love these kids like they are our own. Ev is in the front middle.

Another friend group photo. I like that the Durango is in there. It's been a reliable car for us.

Here's an Addy picture. She has been really into embroidery lately, and is putting cool little designs all over her clothes. It's kind of cool.