Spider in the ash

On Tuesday it drizzled ash during the afternoon.

Smoky Sunset

This was on Sunday. Since then it's just been hazy/smoky. I ditched the bike riding this week b/c my asthma was kicking up.

Fire in the Sky

Yesterday I took the kids to the Browns Lake Trailhead and wanted to hike 2 miles to Crown Point. However, both Maya and Aden did not feel well. I think it may have been altitude related as they both had ear issues. In fact - yesterday evening Aden had severe ear pain and had trouble sleeping until we went out and got him some better medicine. Maya was fine when we got home but on past camping trips she has complained of not feeling well. Oh well... guess we'll move to Florida.

On the drive up we noticed a small wisp of smoke south of the canyon. On the drive down a massive cloud of smoke could be seen. For a few miles on the way down the sky was orange.

Last Day of School

Yeah our dining room light is super pink...

Fox

Hanging out in neighbor's backyard driving many dogs insane.

April Update

Since I am a slacker for both taking pictures of my children and posting updates to this blog I thought I'd share some of Carrie's artwork from her Fibers class. Fibers is her favorite art class and she works hard at it.

In other Watkins related news; Maya scored her first soccer goal this weekend. She had been wanting to do this since the fall.

Pinewood Derby was also this past weekend. Cale had a Thor-themed car and raced other Bear scouts. Maya had a Muppet-themed car and Aden had a monkey-car. They raced other scout siblings. How did they do? Well not so great but they didn't seem to mind. I think I was more bothered by the poor performance than they were. I have a Masters of Engineering so I feel as though I should be able to help the kids build amazing cars. Of course my degree really has very little to do with actual engineering so that might explain it.

Finally, we have a brand new car. A 2013 Mazda CX5. It's awesome. Now that we have two cars I still plan to ride my bike around but reserve the right to take a car when snow, rain or wind create tough conditions.