Reunion Weekend!

After a 4-year hiatus, six of my college girlfriends and I are getting together for a LONG OVERDUE weekend reunion. The last time we were together, I was pregnant with Mason. I can't wait to see each and every one of them....to catch up on each other's lives, reminisce about "the good old days", and laugh until my gut hurts. Here are "then" pictures of the 7 of us. Stay tuned for a "now" picture after the weekend.

Delta Gamma House, homecoming 1996

(L to R): me, Ronette (Korman) Simcox; Jill (Trask) Raleigh; Megan (Cox) Simmons; Nici (Vance) Wanek; Shawn (Jackson) Swift

The Rhino (our favorite Missoula bar back in the day), 1996

Shawn, Megan, Nici, me, Ronette, Jill

Vegas, 1998

Megan, Amy Eagle, me, Jill, Nici, Shawn, Ronette

Cannon Beach, OR, 2004

Shawn, Nici, Amy, Ronette, Jill, Megan, me

(and Talulah, Amy's adorable snoring bulldog)

Mason's Tulips

My friend Megan Simmons has inspired to me, through her own efforts at starting a blog, to refocus on "My Many Colored Days" again. I mean really, how the heck have 3 months gone by since I last posted??? I'm so ashamed. And it's not like we haven't been doing anything. T-ball, my mom's 75th b-day in NYC, spring break in Sun River, a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Kola, Run For the Arts, ballet class, the tulip festival...need I say more?

Speaking of tulips, Mason is obsessed with tulips. Ever since enjoying a fun-filled day at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, OR, she has been drawing them over and over and over. My house is inundated by drawings of big tulips, small tulips, pink tulips, black tulips, green tulips, yellow tulips, and lately, rainbow tulips. Behold and enjoy: