prom

My high school friends were right. It is so fun to go to bed with your date after prom. Last night I pulled out the pinkilicious prom dress of 1989 (minus the ginormous butt bow) and Tony and I went to Cheney for my Aunt Clara's annual Gold and Green Ball. We danced to the night away and I counted myself lucky to have found one of the very few men in the world who both likes to dance and is not addicted to pornography. My Uncle Ray was also there visiting from California and got roped into serenading Grandma Abuelita. Amazingly, my Mom and Dad were there too. I want to look like (not feel like) my Mom at age 60. She was beautiful.

The second highlight of the evening was watching Eliza's eyes nearly pop out of her head to see her mother coifed in such satin and lace. She gave the prom dress a little try on but sadly, only the bustline was her size.

Cooper had a birthday celebration to remember on Tuesday. Tony took he and his friend Braeden to see the Harlem Globetrotters in Spokane. Coop loved the show, loved the donughts, loved the soda, loved the undivided attention. Cooper would have made a wonderful only child.

Wilson woke up Wednesday night (Tony was inevitably on call at the hospital) with a temp of 103 and babbling incoherently. He was so sick for about 48 hours. Not wanting to risk the spread of the plague, I marched everyone down to the clinic for flu shots. "Not Daddy," they all cried, "we want Margaret!" Tony's nurse is so amazing.

Saturday was spring. We took the kids and Callie and Audrey to Rattlesnake Road for a hike. The sun was out and we all just soaked it up as much as we could. Cooper spent the day with Don and Kaleb fishing at Garfield pond. Fish not biting, oh
happy day.


Tony took the three big kids and Kaleb skiing on Monday for the holiday. They had perfect weather. I spent the day at Jill's with Marcos and Max where my true intent was to be helpful. I vacuumed a little, helped sort clothes and really just spent time remembering why I admire and like Jill so much. Plus my boys got to play with their cousins and I got to hold that sweet baby.