Girls weekends

Sarah came to Woodland Park for the weekend we had a great time hanging out! She is such a blast!! Here are a few hillarious pictures of us. Just being sisters...

For Diane's birthday the girls all got together and went to Fort Collins for the weekend. We had a great time hanging out despite the rain. It was really fun to reconnect with my old roomies. Here are a few pics.

We had a great hotel that Diane picked out. The beds were SO comfy!!

We got margs from the Rio.

Then we did a little shopping when we walked through Old Town.

Aren't we cute! haha

We had dinner at Coopersmiths....sooooo good.

We went dancing at Washbar, it was hillarious.

We had a great time. We went to breakfast the next day and did some shopping. I love my girls!!

After hanging out with the girls I met up with Jeremy and his brother Chris. Chris is about to graduate and go to the Navy!! We are gonna miss him!

snow, Snow and MORE SNOW!!

The snow storm of the year! It started about 5pm on Thursday with hail, lightning and thunder. Then it turned to thunder snow. It was incredible. Huge amounts of snow and the mountains shaking with the thunder rumbling through it. This is our little house that we rent from Jeremy's dad in Woodland Park.

We went for a drive Thursday night and this is what it looked like out in town. We live in such a beautiful town!!

The roads were crazy fun to drive on. The snow is heavy and wet with a layer of ice under it from the hail. It was great fun!

Jeremy out shoveling for the second time on Friday. We got a SNOW DAY!! It was so great to not have to go to work. We had a great day! We did our fit test for our new work out and started our diet! Taking before pictures can give you A LOT of motivation.

This is on Friday on our back deck. There is about 16 inches on Friday night. And it is still coming. This is after the sun came out for awhile and started to melt things too. Both Jeremy and I shoveled and shoveled and shoveled....and shoveled some more.

There is our little Oscar bean out in the snow. He hates it!! We have shoveled a little path for him to go outside and go potty. We have to shovel it every time we let him outside because the snow is so heavy and so deep!

Jeremy out shoveling again. This is a really long and big driveway. It is A LOT of work and A LOT of snow!

There is our Oscar baby out in the snow again. Isn't his sweatshirt so funny!!

Here is the table on our back deck Saturday morning at about 22 inches and STILL SNOWING!!

When will it ever stop.

Its Saturday night and its been snowing and windy most of the day, I would say there is at least 26 inches or more. Its still snowing and I am wondering if I will be stuck in the house forever!! Its been a good weekend to get a lot of Masters work done. Only a few classes left!! Hope everyone had a nice weekend!!

Spring Break

So we didn't plan anything major for spring break this year but just getting to relax, sleep late, and so some needed catch up on my masters classes was refreshing. Here are a few highlights from the week.

We celebrated Sarah's sweet sixteen...isn't she a beauty!

The guys and the gals

We had dinner at Bennihana's the chef was really funny and got Sarah up to do some tricks. It was perfect for our aspiring little chef!!

Here is the family and the little buddah that Sarah's dessert came on (haha). Poor Matty has Mono and was pretty miserable the whole time.

Jeremy and I did the Incline in Manitou Springs. This is a hike that goes up 2500 feet in less than a mile. It is the most intense and gnarly incline I have ever done. When we started out, it goes up so fast and so intense that I immediatly thought I was going to throw up. I had had a big breakfast and thought I was going to puke my guts out. But with a lot of breaks and a slow pace I got to the top on my very first try!!

Jeremy is a pro because he is has been doing it a few times a month with his friend Dalton. He was a good cheerleader for me!

When we made it to the top it was the best feeling!! The hike was an awesome accomplishment!! We are going to try to do it once a week to get ready for our backpacking trip in Italy!!!

Birthday Present

Ok so first I have to say that I have the most wonderful, thoughful, caring hubby in the world!! For my birthday he got us tickets to go and see Phantom of the Opera at the Buell theatre in Denver. I have always wanted to see it in the theatre and when it came to Denver around my bday I totally wanted to go. So Jeremy planned this whole fun date. My family gave me money to go shopping for a cute outfit for the show. Shanna and Mom and I shopped all day looking for the perfect outfit. I found the cutest dress at Anthropologie.

Jeremy and I got all fancied up and drove up to the show in Denver. I felt all glamorous in my new dress and adorable shoes :) It was an amazing show. Our seats were like five rows from the front dead center. The phantom was incredible. It was such a powerful show with amazing effects and music. We had so much fun.

After the show we walked to the Cheesecake Factory downtown and totally pigged out!! It was sooooooo good!! I am so thankful that I can tolerate gluten in moderation again. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! We had the best time!! I love my sweet hubby!!

CT Results

I can not even begin to explain the journey that this has been. I had a CT scan on Tuesday to check for any regrowth or spread of the nasty cancer. Going into the scan I felt like my whole life was riding on it. I didn't realize how much I want to do and have going for me right now until I am faced with the possibility of getting it all taken away. I was SO anxious in the days leading up to the scan. I got it all done...which is a miserable process. You have to fast, drink this NASTY goop that they call a smoothy...its filled with dye. Then you have to have an IV put in (I somehow always end up with the crappy IV person who misses before getting it). Then you lay on the CT bed and the zoom you in and take a few pics. Then they inject this iodine dye and oh my goodness it is bizarre! It makes you feel like you are having a hot flash, sucking on a bucket of pennies, and peeing your pants all at the same time. They take the pictures then you are done. And you get to wait. No one describes waiting better than Dr. Seuss in "Oh, the places you will go."
"Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to coem, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for Yes or No or waiting for thier hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting."
In my anxiety Jeremy went down to the hospital and got the report for the CT. We didn't understand all of it and again had to wait for the doctor to call. She did and said "Its clear."
I was SOOOOOO relieved! Two words changed my life for the better in one instant.