Grandma Arnold Easter Get Together

April 25th, 2021.

 Grandma had a get together in her condo, and the kids got to hunt eggs in her backyard. 

The kids got bored pretty quickly, because her yard is small. So we only stuck around long enough to sing happy birthday to all the Jan, Feb, March, and April birthdays. Then we left. Headed home to get some chores done.

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Game Night at My Parents

April 24th, My mom set up a game night with her group of friends and family. So it was quite crowded. How we ended up doing the night is we split into six groups, while the kids played downstairs. Each group had like twenty minutes to play, and then when the timer was up we moved to a new table and took over someones spot and someone else took over our turn at the table we just left. Then at the very end we played a "Neanderthals."

 

Goodbye Banjo

April 20th

Banjo's health had gotten so bad. He was unable to eat well or go outside. Jake and I had to multiple times a day had to help him down the stairs to be able to go outside. Our dog was in a lot of pain and suffering, so we decided it was time to see him off. Covid lock-downs were still high though and we wouldn't be able to be with him if we did it in the office. Fortunately, we found a vet that was able to do at home euthanasia. We kept the kids home from school for this. We told the kids and spent the morning saying our goodbyes.  Before the vet came the kids and I took Banjo's paw prints. They all really wanted a copy to put on their walls to remember him. The vet came and talked to all of us about the process and what it would entail. He didn't hide any details from the kids. They got to watch as he gave Banjo the injections and watched as he slowly went to sleep. We chose the combined cremation option, otherwise it was another 150 bucks to get his ashes back. So the vet informed us, that depending on whose turn it is, various people deal with a combined bucket of ashes. And Banjo was up for his turn to be taken up in an airplane and have his ashes scattered along the Rocky Mountains. The kids found comfort in that.

We took these family pictures the night before.