Mat & Amie Levine

The evening before J-P and MA and family left to go back to AZ, we had a bbq out on mom’s new patio.  It was fun to break it in and make chicken shish kebabs.

Afterwards, we went to Mat’s first demolition derby.  It was called the Rabbit Rumble because it was put on by the High School football team to raise money.  It was pretty fun to check out.  Here are some photos from it.  When I figure out how to put video up, we have a pretty sweet video of it as well!

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On May 11, I called my mom to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day on Mother’s Day and found out that my dad was in the hospital because he hadn’t been able to eat for the past week without throwing up. Mom and Dad were hoping to come home that evening after getting tests done. Dad wasn’t able to come home until Tuesday evening. I flew into SLC on Tuesday and my sister, Juliette, was nice enough to get me from the airport.  Dad arrived home just before we arrived in Delta.  We spent a couple of nice days with my dad.  On Friday morning, my father passed away.  He was an amazing man and if we didn’t believe it, we had lots of visitors to make us aware of how much he had done for the community.  Although I no longer live in such a small town, it is very nice to see the community and members of the church show love and compassion towards my mom.  Everywhere we went someone would come up to speak to us about our dad.  Even though my dad will definitely be missed, I think it shows a nice tribute to my dad and it brings me hope that my mom will not be too lonely in Delta.

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     Wednesday morning I wasn’t sure if we were going to be able to get on the road or not.  We were waiting to hear from the Tire Shop to see if our wheel had arrived.  They told us that it probably would not arrive until around 1 p.m. by UPS.  Around 9:30 a.m. we got a call letting us know the wheel was there and that we could come by anytime to have it put on the car.  Yeah! 

       We decided to take Maddy to the doggie ranch first without all of our stuff packed into the car, so she would not know what we were up to.  Mat took Maddy for a walk and I put Maddy’s food and dog bed in the car.  Then we loaded her up for the trip to Crested Butte.  We dropped her off and went back home to pack up our stuff then got on the road by about 2:30 or so.  The trip went pretty quickly to Delta as the roads were all clear.  Luckily, we didn’t end up taking any detours on our trip unlike the other travelers of the day, Sarah & Rachel.      Thursday we got to hang out with Sarah and Rachel for awhile while the parents’ were at work and then Sarah and Rachel drove Dad over to Richfield so that Spencer could check on Dad’s leg pain.  Mat and I barely finished up our taxes by the time Mom got home from work.       On Friday, we borrowed mom and dad’s hometeacher’s van and Mat drove us all to SLC for an acupuncturist appointment.  After the appointment, we went to Provoto play with the Scoville Family.  We had loads of fun at the park playing with Lily and Oscar.  They knew lots of the little kids there.  After a nice spaghetti dinner with french bread the family loaded back up in the van for the drive home.  Mom, Dad, Sarah and Rachel were able to watch a movie on the way back.  (We found it was easier to keep them out of each other’s hair and stop the fighting by providing this distraction! J)  Joking, it was just an extra luxury that was in the van.        Mat and I ate lots of delicious cinnamon rolls while we were there.  Thanks to Jonene for such a delicious recipe. Sarah, Mat and I went to Leo’s and had a shake. Mat hadn’t ever been to Leo’s so we wanted to have him experience the pleasure of a Leo’s shake. Then we headed out to the Gunnison Bend Reservoir for the 2008 Snow Goose Festival. It was a pretty windy day and cold, but we did see some. Not up close though and we didn’t have our binoculars along.     We had a great time visiting with everyone and were sorry that we couldn’t make it to Henry’s baby blessing where we would have seen the Muir and Spencer Scoville families.        Mat and I hope to see everyone (from Utah, at least) on our next trip.  The plan right now, is to leave the Crested Butte area on the 29^thafter checking out of our place and driving to the Canyonlands area where our friend Sam is a Park Ranger.  If he is around we hope to visit with him for the night, then head to Delta on March 30^th.  Then we’ll be camping out in the yard with Maddy until Thursday or Friday.  Hopefully, the weather will be nice so that we can all hang out in the yard.  Barbara, dad’s secretary, was also really nice and offered to let us put Maddy in their dog kennel.  I am just not sure how Maddy is going to feel about hanging out in someone else’s yard.   

     At the doggie ranch, Maddy had a great time all day playing with everyone, but in the evenings when she was put in her own room, she barked a bit.  She definitely likes to be with people and wherever the activity is going on.  Luckily, they had a bark collar that emitted a citronella spray.  So…she’d stop barking and start whining.  And then they plugged in a high pitched noise maker that only she heard and she was fine.  She is welcome to come back to the doggie ranch, but without those items on hand I don’t know if we should have her sleep over in someone else’s yard for them to have to listen to her. 

     We are really looking forward to seeing out house in Asheville again and getting our garden ready to go for the summer.  It has been a nice winter out here in Colorado and it has been awesome getting to be able to hop in the car to head out and visit the parents a few times.  

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