Chhhhh-changes...

Well, it's a done deal.

Kate has been living in her residence hall at Colorado State University for one week. She's in college now - studying technical journalism. Interning with a local weekly newspaper.

David is commuting for the year attending Front Range Community College to attend to his core classes. He plans to transfer to University of Northern Colorado or Colorado State University. He wants to study Information Technology/Systems Engineering.

Both started classes on Monday and seem to be pretty happy about their courses and professors. Here's to a good year - I hope they conquer their worlds!

Oddly, they've abandon our family tradition of the first day of school photo....

However, Jane has not - woohoo! This is what pure radiant joy looks like on the first day of fourth grade. I wish I could bottle this to share with anyone who has forgotten what happiness looks like. Ahhhhh, Janey B......

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This happened two blocks from our house!

Day 1: "A bear cub wandered into Old Town this morning and settled into a tree outside the Avery House. Department of Wildlife officials are monitoring the situation but are responding with caution because the cub appears to be sleeping high up in the tree."

Day 2: "Officials from the Division of Wildlife removed a two-year old male black bear early today from a cottonwood tree it had climbed at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Meldrum Street. With the help of a bucket truck from Poudre Fire Authority, the cub was tranquilized and lowered from the tree about 3:30 a.m. The bear was first seen Thursday night, and wildlife officers worked Friday to get the bear down. The bear made several trips down from the branches, but was scared back up the tree by curious bicyclists. About 8:30 p.m. Friday the bear descended the cottonwood but then returned into a neighboring tree. The bear was tagged and relocated to the mountains west of Fort Collins. If the cub returns to the area, it could face eutha-nasia by the Division of Wildlife.“If he comes back and gets into a conflict situation… then that would be the second strike and that’s when we’d put him down,” said Dave Clarkson of the Division of Wildlife."

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