Soccer

The Carbon Valley Tumbleweeds introduces Kaitlynn Lohmann!!!

I decided to sign up Kaitlynn for soccer at the rec center this spring. She was really excited about it, but Scott was not. Soccer runs in the family and he was worried that she would love it and play well and have to spend all our time with soccer stuff.... well she is good! We will probably look to put her in a more competive program next spring because the rec center for ages 4-6 just practice... no games. In the beginning, she hated it and cried a lot (the coach was not very good at working with kids), but for the last practice they had a little scrimmage playing each other and Kaitlynn was awesome! She got up there against the bigger boys and scored 2 goals!

Kaitlynn also made a new friend, Amber. Kaitlynn and Amber were both a bit shy and wanted to sit with Mommy and Daddy more than playing soccer... in the beginning.
All the kids received medals for playing. Kaitlynn is so proud of her medal, she shows it to everyone. She calls it her "Gold Medal".

Flying a kite with Daddy

For Kaitlynn's birthday, her Aunt Jessie and Uncle Troy got her a beautiful butterfly kite and Kaitlynn couldn't wait to fly it! This is in the open space behind our house.

School

Well, after many asking about me returning to school... I thought that I would give a little information about my career changes. After Mom passed away last year, I decided to go back to school to finish my teaching license. I only had 1 semester to finish and then student teaching.... so I did! I started school up again last fall and continued working at Platte Valley youth detention full time until mid-October when they wanted to change my schedule that conflicted with school.
This spring semester I student taught at an Elementary school near our home. I taught in a 4th grade classroom and realized that I really enjoyed that grade and hope to teach it in the future. I finished student teaching and am now looking for a teaching job close to home. I have been offered a teaching position at a charter school in Denver, but I am hoping that one closer to home will surface (but at least I have a job this fall!)
Now I have my master's to look forward to in the future. We'll see. I am just glad to be finished with this!

Kaitlynn's 5th Birthday

Kaitlynn turned 5 years old on April 8th. I can't believe that she is 5 already. She (again) had 2 parties. We first went to Chuck E Cheese (annual tradition - although that might stop after this year). It is a family get-together that she loves so much.

I love this hat. Grandma got it for her. She is just too cute!

Then she had a princess party with 5 of her friends. The girls made crowns, watched a movie, and played.

Visit to Colorado Springs

In April, my best friend, Sherry Saunders, graduated from college after many, many hard years of studying her butt off. Scott, Kaitlynn and I went down for her graduation and stayed the night in the Springs.

We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and had lots of fun there! The giraffe exhibit is amazing and the animals were very fun to watch.

Sherry graduated Magna Cum Laude (or however that is spelled - it is obvious that I didn't graduate with that title!) from Colorado Tech University. We were all so proud of her!

Easter 2008

Havasu Visit January 2008

Before I started Student Teaching, I flew out to Lake Havasu City Arizona to visit my grandmother, aunt, uncle, cousin and her new husband. I did go by myself since it was a quick visit.

Christmas 2007

I know, I know. I am more than a few blogs behind. I will do a quick catch up for everyone since I have been a total slacker.

Here are some pictures from Christmas of 2007. Kaitlynn enjoyed time with her cousin, Derek. She also was able to go to the Disney on Ice Princess show and then My Little Pony Live on stage. Pretty lucky girl.

I had broken my foot before Thanksgiving, Scott got pneunomia mid-December and then Kaitlynn got it Christmas Eve. She had a fever of 106! She was ok, no hospital, but Christmas was not the most fun.

Mini in the Mountains 2007

In August,

Kaitlynn's first camping trip

In August, we took our first true camping trip as a family. We went up near Estes Park. The camp site was really nice except for our noisy neighbors.

We took a small hike up the very low part of Long's Peak trail. We only went about 1 mile up, but we had Kaitlynn and no preparation for going any farther.

Scott is less than thrilled to go camping, but he was a good sport about it and is willing to try it again next summer.

First Day of School

She just keeps growing and growing! Scott says that we should put a cinder block on her head to keep her from growing - ha ha. She goes to pre-kindergarten Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to 11:00am. She loves it.

All dressed up ready to go!

Kaitlynn with her friends (from daycare now joining her at school too) Addy on the left and Kyleigh on the right.

4th of July

We celebrated our 4th get-together the saturday before since I had to work on the 4th.

The only fireworks that we did at home were the snakes that get long when you light them. Kaitlynn enjoyed watching them. We figured that we could wait one more year before getting more of them at home for us all to play with.

Kaitlynn made her 4th of July outfit at her day care. I think that she makes a great Miss Independence Day, don't you?

Eating ice cream "comes" (instead of cones) after enjoying the day.

Kaitlynn and Scott went to see the fireworks that Firestone sets off on the 4th.

7th Wedding Anniversary

On June 10th, we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary! Can't believe it's been 7 years since we said "I do".

We ate at Outback for dinner, then took a drive in the Mini Cooper up above Boulder. We decided to stop and hit a few softballs for old times sake (Scott and I played on a softball team for Cleo Wallace before we started dating.)


We enjoyed our evening and look forward to having MANY more anniversaries to celebrate!

Mom's memorial service

On May 5th, we had Mom's memorial services. It was a really nice location and for the most part, the weather cooperated.
Gary (my brother) playing "Danny Boy" on his sax. Mom always said that she wanted him to play that at her funeral.

After a brief tribute to Mom, we had a bbq and everyone brought something for potluck. It turned out really well, Mom would have loved it.

Thanks to everyone that came from so far away to pay tribute to Mom. It was really comforting to have everyone there.

Miss you Mama!

Florida in April

In late April, Scott's uncle passed away in Florida... so we flew out there for the funeral. We figured that since we were spending all that money to fly out there, that we should try to have some fun while we were there.

Kaitlynn wasn't real thrilled about riding the bus, but we decided it would be easiest to take the Sky Ride bus to the airport so that we wouldn't have to pay for parking and his family could pick up his car later. She enjoyed it once we got on.

Kaitlynn was very good on the flight. The passengers around us even commented on it. I figure that they were expecting to have to listen to a loud little kid the whole flight.

Kaitlynn was excited to see her cousin Derek and was able to see her great-grandma Barb Lohmann (who lives in Alabama). It was really nice to see her!

At Scott's Aunt Caroline's house. Grandma Lohmann with her grandkids and great grandkids on this side of the family. Troy, Scott, Kaitlynn, Mark, Kristel, Derek, Barb, Kim, and Cameron.

Most of the boys (Scott, Mark, and their dad) went to Cape Canaveral to see all the space shuttle stuff. The rest of us drove down the coast and had a nice lunch and enjoyed the beautiful day.

It was Kaitlynn's first time seeing the ocean and playing on the beach... if you can't tell... she LOVED it!

Dinner on the coast of the bay with the family.

After dinner, we went down to the pier and played in the water. It was so beautiful and even Grandma got her feet wet, literally!

Kaitlynn and I being chased by the waves. We had so much fun. The funniest thing was that Kaitlynn had to go potty real bad and the closest bathroom was too far... so she tinkled for the first time outside under the pier. She was so funny about it, but did great!

The three of us got to play on the beach quite a bit. The weather was perfect. Scott and I did a bit of body surfing in the mild waves, we all built sand figures, and fould lots of sea shells.

After the funeral, we headed up to Disney World. Kaitlynn enjoyed it, but was ready to go back to the hotel and play in the pool by lunch time. Of course when you spend that much money, we spent the whole day there.

The main thing that she wanted to see in Disney world was Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. The first day we went to Magical Kingdom and only saw Mike on his show there. She was so disappointed. The second day we went to MGM Studios and just after we got there, we turned the corner... and there was Sully. They had to take a break and when Sully came back out, Mike had joined him! She was SO excited!

Enjoying the cool. It was very hot at Disney, but nice in all the theaters and covered rides. We had lots of fun... but we aren't in any rush to get back there. If anything, we will go to the beach before anything else.

In memory of Gary Lohmann.