March 1996

1 - Naomi, Stephen & I drove up to Estes park & Rocky Mtn. Natl. Park with his folks today. We stopped at Estes Park to eat. While we were there we went into a chocolate shop and got some candy. Then we drove up to Bear Lake but we didn’t even get out because the snow was so high & it was snowing so hard. When we came home we had to rush Naomi over to Moby Arena. The Girl Scouts were watching the women’s basketball team play. It was very exciting for her because the CSU team won & became the WAC co-champions.

2 – Mom & Dad Barr came up for the play. Dad worked on getting Michael’s closet in. At 2:00 we went to watch Naomi’s Jazzercise performance. It only lasted about 5 minutes. This evening we all went to see Peter in Guys & Dolls. He did a very good job. He went to a cast party afterward and doesn’t expect to get home until the wee hours.

3 – Stephen’s folks went to church with us this morning. Afterwards we were all so tired that everyone took naps. Then later in the afternoon we celebrated Naomi’s and my birthday. Mom & Dad had purchased a strawberry shortcake that we had instead of a regular cake. We said goodbye to them tonight since they are leaving first thing in the morning.

8 – Stephen went to the doctor today. His blood pressure is down, but not enough to please the doctor. He wants to put Stephen on medication but Stephen would really rather try the exercise & deep breathing route. He must get it down or he can’t go to Philmont.

9 – I am teaching Spanish to the group that will be going to Nogales this summer. Today was the first day and I wish I had it to do over again. All we did was learn the alphabet, choose names & sing a song but I feel like I could have done a better job.

10 – Stephen & the children played basketball today. Naomi & Stephen beat the boys for 1 game and the boys won 2 games. Then they played Pig and Naomi won. She was really excited by that.

11 – I took Naomi down to Mom’s & Dad’s today. She is going to spend the week with them. Michael is disappointed that he can’t spend the week, too. While I was there Cindy & the kids came over. The kids are so cute but I’m sure glad mine aren’t so little any more!

12 – I took Michael out this morning to get new running shoes. The cost of those things is outrageous!

This afternoon Stephen & the boys went hiking up Arnold’s rock. Stephen carried a pack to help him get ready for Philmont.

13 – We went out and bought a new bike for Michael. Actually, it is a used bike we got from a cons pawn shop. It needs a little bit of work but Stephen thinks he can fix it.

This afternoon Stephen took Peter out on the freeway in the Dynasty and Michael out in the Colt.

14 – Stephen took the boys up to Cameron pass to go snowshoeing. They were out about an hour and had a great time. Peter told Stephen that it has been a good spring break.

15 – We went to Longmont this afternoon for a track meet. It was well run and the different events were even being run a little ahead of schedule. We barely got there in time to see the boys’ first event. Peter scored a point for his team. Afterward we drove down to Mom & Dad’s. today is Naomi’s birthday but we won’t celebrate until tomorrow we we’ll have a big family party. I did manage to get her birthday spanking in though!

16 – We had a combined party today for Naomi & me. Most of it was aimed at me. There was a black table cloth and everyone wore black armbands. Mom made a tombstone cake. Of course, everyone had nasty “old” gifts for me. Naomi got a dress from Mom & Dad that is quite a bit above the knees. It’s really cute but I wish it were longer.

17 – Stephen (and the kids and the life group) planned a surprise birthday party after the evening service today. It started out with the final NOT question being “who in the congregation will be 40 on Wednesday?” Then we all adjourned to the lounge where we had cake, nuts, punch & balloons. Stephen also borrowed pictures of my childhood from my folks and put together an album for people to look at.

19 – Last Saturday Stephen & I went to the mall by Mom & Dad’s to get a present for Naomi. While there I answered a survey a was given a pan of rolls to try by today. However, I left them in Mom’s refrigerator, so today Naomi & I went down to get them. We spent about an hour there & then went over to Cindy’s. Her kids are so cute! Naomi brought UPWORDS down so we played that and Cindy won again (the first time was Saturday after Naomi got it).

20 -what a day! At noon Stephen cam home and took me to Caninos for a very nice Italian lunch. At 3:30 Naomi had Girl Scouts and we just left her there for Basketball practice at 5:00. At 5:00 Stephen dropped me at Poudre and picked up the boys for dinner. I started parent-teacher conferences. Michael started wrestling while Stephen joined me for conferences. At 6:30 we had to get the boys and go pick up Naomi and go over to the mobile home park where the Girl Scouts put on a play and had an awards ceremony.

21 – we went to the parent-teacher conferences again today. From the reports you would almost think the boys had switched with each other. Michael had very good grades and all his teachers were saying things like “he’s really a hot student.” Peter on the other hand is not doing so well and all his teachers are wondering why. Classes he should be acing he has C’s in and in chemistry he has an F!

23 – Today was Naomi’s first basketball game. It’s easy to tell that she has never played before. Still, if she has fun and learns then it will be good for her. I missed the first part (I was teaching Spanish) and Stephen & the boys weren’t sure of the score but I know her team lost.

28 – Naomi had her registration at Boltz today. She started at 8:50 and ended at 1:15. I didn’t know what to do with myself. She took math tests (which she thinks she did well on) and leaned about band and other classes. This evening we took Naomi to see Anything Goes at the dinner theater for a birthday present. It was a cute show and we all enjoyed it. We embarrassed Naomi by having them announce she was celebrating her birthday.