Denver Work Trip and Father's Day

 The weather was cold (for summer) last week and continues to be so with today having a high of 68 degrees. That is not swimming outdoor weather! Luckily we have gone swimming at the Y several times. Lucky also that I've gotten to go on two trips to resort hotels with hot weather and a lazy river! At least I have gotten to experience some sweet summer times. 

I had to go to Denver for an AVID training last week. I will be teaching one class of AVID next year. AVID is a class that tries to teach students critical thinking, note taking skills, stuff like that. Helping students to be better students for future success. 

I was lucky/unlucky to be part of the group that got to Denver at 8:30 in the morning on Wednesday for a convention that did not start until Thursday morning. Lucky for us they let us check in and we had a day at the pool all to ourselves. The rest of the North team arrived around 6:30 that night. I was very worried about who my roommate would be since I am a crazy, can't sleep person. Long story short I met someone who would be new to North next year who I chatted with about my needs for a cold room with white noise to which she responded that she too liked to sleep like that. We decided to go rogue and switch roommates. It made more sense for me to stay with someone from North who I will work with rather than a stranger from a school I may never see again. My stay with Kellie worked out well! I think I made a new friend at North which will be nice. There were 7 of us from North that came to the training and it was fun to spend time getting to know them more. We had separate trainings but when trainings were done we would eat and hang. A lot of people went to the Rockies Baseball game Friday night and I bailed. I had already bought a ticket but I was tired and I knew it would be a long night. I think I missed out on some party times but that's okay. I got to rest, workout, have dinner with Jenny and go to bed early. Now that's the life! On Saturday I ended up spending a lot of the day with an assistant Principal from Frank Church. We were on the same flight so after training we went to the pool and later to the airport together. It was nice having a buddy and not being alone. The hotel was HUGE and nice but it was kind of a long and tiring trip. I am happy to be home! 

Today is Father's Day! I show love through food so I made some Scott favorites for dinner and dessert today. Other than that Scott has spent the day with his plants! He also put up a tree swing. I am SOOO excited about it.

Ryan checking out the trees. It's cold outside.

Tree Swing!

Cute!

Piper smelling? Checking out the plants.

Mulberries. 

Scott working with his beloved plants.

Jenny lives in Colordo Springs so she came and picked me up for dinner. We had THE BEST Mexican food! It was fun to see her again so soon.

Check out that resort! Crazy!

So flipping cold! Trying to endure some park time with my kids.

An old Facebook Father's Day reminder. Cute!