Last Week Events

This past weekend Christine came to town. It was really nice seeing her. We went out on Pearl Street Friday night and watched some the street acts. On Saturday, we took a quick hike before she headed to Denver. On Saturday, Chris and our carpenter friend Tim put up a house fan. It has really helped keep the house cool at night, which is great! On Sunday, we celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary by going to see the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing as part of the Colorado Shakespeare festival at CU. We have a picnic dinner before the play on "the Green" and they had string music playing. It was really neat and funny! We have also been working hard on the kitchen planning. I think we are going to do the darker color paint on the cabinets with a green back splash. Then a granite countertop and re-staining the floors a darker stain. I also got a really fun early birthday present from my friend Melisa...a hula hoop. She even made it in orange and blue for Auburn!!

NKOTB & Happy Birthday Melissa!

Last night me and my friend Melisa went to the New Kids on the Block concert down in Denver. We had so much fun! I was impressed by how they still had it and the crowd was really into it. The lyrics of their new songs were a little much, but good for entertainment. I had many memories of the time I saw them in the 4th grade at the Civic Center in Birmingham. I had been sick for a few days but wouldn't tell my mom because I didn't want to miss it. At the concert, I was so sick and actually end up missing two weeks of school afterwards from illness! I also remember my cousin Paige screaming and about to pass out when they came out on stage!

Happy Birthday Melissa! I might have picked you up a momento from last night...maybe it will make up for them cancelling the Bham show...:(

Chris took a few days off work this week and worked around the house. He took off the baseboards and put up molding in our offices. We are going to have the floors re-done pretty soon!

This weekend we headed up to Keystone for a Wine Festival with Kevin and Julie. We had a really fun time sampling all the different wines...maybe a little too much fun. We stayed in a nice townhome and had a fun birthday dinner with Amber and Josh.

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th! It has been a while since our last post. We went on a mountain bike ride a while back and have been a the road bikes alot while I train for the Tri. We also went on the Thursday Night Cruiser ride that takes place in Boulder every week. We went with our neighbor with the "original founders". It was so much fun. We met up at a warehouse and then picked up some more groups as we cruised around Boulder saying "Happy Thursday" to everyone. People in the neighborhood were all out of the driveways waving to us and flashing their porch lights. During the middle of the ride, we stopped at the park to shoot fireworks and have a dance party...only in Boulder! Last night, we went and saw Wilco at Red Rocks. We rode to it on a school bus with some friends. It was fun as well!!

Here and There

Ms. Slaughter has been visiting with us for the past couple of weeks. It has been rainy and a little chilly, but the sun finally came out today and it looks like it is going to stay. During the week, Chris got back on his mountain bike for the first time since the shoulder injury. We took a ride up at Walker Ranch, which has about 160 steps you've got to walk up with your bike. I had my second stroke and stride, but they had to cancel the swim portion due to the weather. However, we still need the run portion.

Random Thoughts and Happenings

Last Friday, our friend Melisa moved into a new house that has all new roommates. They threw a birthday/housewarming party. When the moved in, they found all these random hula hoops in the basement and when Melisa googled the address it appears that a professional hula hooper by the name of "Dizzy Hips". I included a picture of him to give you an idea. If you have some time, you should You Tube him...it is quite interesting. However, by the end of the night we were all hula hooping and I am looking into getting my own professional hoop to burn some calories while I am watching TV.

On Saturday, we went to the Farmers Market then headed down to Castle Rock and camped out at the fairgrounds for the Elephant Rock ride. Chris did 62 miles and I rode the 34 miles course with our friend Becky. We took several photos with her camera, but I am stil waiting on them. We both rode well, which was suprising since we only got three hours of sleep the night before. It was very difficult to get any sleep between the loud campers next door (of course the only ones in the entire place), trains blowing their whistles through town, coyotes yelping, and trucks on the highway. I don't think we will ever be camping out there again. However, it was worth it since the ride was beautiful with Pikes Peak in the background.

This week as been some crazy weather. There have been thunderstorms like crazy including some with hail.

Also, I did my first Stroke and Stride this week. I did pretty decent on the swim for it to be my first time in open water and think I would have done better if I had started further up in the pack. I finished my 750m in a little over 17 minutes. My 5K was a good time for me (32 minutes), but still slow. I have 5 five more to go!

Road to Victory

Chris was in Utah this week for work, but it wasn't too bad since the place where he was staying was beautiful. On Thursday night, I did the girls mountain bike ride at Heil Ranch. Chris came back into town on Friday afternoon. We hit up happy hour and then went to see Neko Case at the free seats at Chautauqua. On Saturday, we ran some errands and went to friends for some burgers. The big event of the weekend took place on Sunday. We did the Road to Victory charity ride. It was really fun and I rode really well. Chris was nice enough to ride with me through out the day. I ponied up and did the 60 mile course that included both hill challenges! All and all, we rode about 70 miles during the day and I felt pretty good afterwards. However, I did fall asleep on the couch for about an hour. We cooked out again for dinner with another friend, Joel. He is staying at his boss' house on the river by Eldorado Springs. It was the coolest house, but I was so tried and hungry, I forgot to take photos.