Wednesday, July 11, 2012

July 4th



This 4th of July was fabulous. It involved rock climbing in the mountains (even little Brooklyn), BBQ and pool day with good friends, and a night on the lake. A prefect day in my book. The only downside was the lack of fire works due to the fires all over our great state. Crazy to think that this time last year I was waiting to go into labor and wondering how our life would change once Brooklyn got here. It has been the best year of our lives and we can't imagine life without her. Thank you for making us smile every day, Brooklyn! 6 more days until she is 1, and no, I don't want to talk about it.

Thank you to all the wonderful heroes serving around the world to protect our freedoms!



I have never seen her this tired. She played hard!
           




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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Kansas City & A Half Marathon

A few months ago my sister-in-law Tausha asked me if I wanted to run a half marathon with her in Kansas City, where she now lives while her husband goes to Medical School. Somehow she convinced me to do it. After I ran the NYC Marathon I swore I would never do another race and well, after this race I thought the same thing, ha! I was excited to go to Kansas City and was also excited to have something to train for. I work out much harder when I have a race. We went to the expo the day before and I casually asked one of the workers how many hills there were in the race. She laughed. She proceeded to tell me that it was 80% uphill and Runner's World ranked it as the hardest half marathon in the U.S. Boy, oh boy was she right. It WAS uphill most of the time and it was very very hard. Luckily I had Tausha to run with and we had a blast. We never stopped and beat our goal of 2 hours. It was so much fun to see Kansas City, eat lots of food, and do some good shopping. The best part was getting to visit Tausha and Jacob! My mother in law was such a help with Brooklyn, and was so sweet to let us go with her on the trip! We got to see all of Kansas City (oh how green it is) and Liberty Jail. Liberty Jail was wonderful to see and made me so grateful for all of the amazing men and women that suffered so much so the church could be restored. We had a blast and miss Tausha already!











Sunday, June 10, 2012

I finally did it.

I have been saying for years "I'm going to start my own travel agency and a blog with travel tips and reviews". Trevor has been encouraging me for years, ever since I decided to major it in. Well, I finally became a travel agent and I finally got my own blog/website! I am very excited about it. It's still a work in progress but I wanted to get it out there! Check it out @ lifesatripptravel.com. Thanks!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Dad!


My dad just turned the big 5-0! He still looks like such a spring chicken. I remember last year when he came into Nordstrom and one of my coworkers said, "who was that cute guy with you?" to which I replied "my dad!" Boy did she feel awkward! Anyways, I love my dad and couldn't ask for a better example. He does so much for us and Brooklyn sure loves her papa. I am so lucky to have him as my running buddy. We have probably logged over 100 miles together. I may look like my mom, but my personality is exactly like his. We went to Benihanas for dinner as usual and ate ourselves sick as usual. It was delicious. Happy Birthday Dad, we love you!

Memorial Day (Weekend)

We decided to take full advantage of the 3 day weekend. Trevor's little sister graduated Thursday night, and between parties, family dinners, and hiking, we didn't have much down time. Brooklyn didn't make it to bed before 9 all weekend but she had so much fun. The older she gets, the more curious she gets and the more she loves the world around her. Being outside so much made for one happy girl.

Yesterday, on Memorial Day, we woke up early and drove the 20 minutes to get the best donuts in town. That was followed by a perfect pool day with our good friends the McCabes and some serious house cleaning. That night we had a going away party for two of our good friends, the Reeses and Gross'. It was so much fun to have so many good friends together, but so sad to think they are leaving. I didn't take any pictures, I have no idea how I forgot. Emi- if you have some, send them my way. We are so sad to see the Gross' go to Oklahoma and are going to miss having them a stones throw away. Brooklyn will miss harassing Owen and definitely miss his carseat that seems to be her favorite thing. We are excited to meet in Dallas this fall and visit them, that is, once we forgive them for leaving us :)

It was such a fun weekend, but Brooklyn and I are definitely excited to do a whole lot of nothing today and to not drive anywhere! I am grateful for Memorial Day so we can celebrate all of the wonderful heroes that have served and are serving our country. You truly are heroes.

Brooklyn loved Grandpa Winston this weekend and kept asking for him.
 Brooklyn snuggling Aunt Kim who came to visit.
 Brooklyn had her first donut (only the healthiest for our little one)

 and she loved it and kept signing "more"
 This is what she looked like Sunday after a long weekend 
 My mom bought her a new north face hat (the only one she will keep on her head)

Such a fun day at the pool! 
 Brooklyn and her BFF Ashlyn
 And now finally time to clean my house and watch this all day. Bliss.
With Skippy at her Graduation, congrats Tay, we love you!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Rockies Game

Last weekend we decided we wanted to head downtown and go to a Rockies game. It was B's first game at Coors Field (she went to Spring training in AZ) and she loved it. We found cheap seats some kid was selling outside the stadium, loaded up on peanuts and Diet Coke and headed to our seats. She loved watching everything that was going on and most of all, she loved being outside. I think that girl would sit outside all day long. It was a great game and perfect weather. It was lots of fun to take her downtown and have a night out on the town with the 3 of us. The city girl in me loves nights like these. Our little Denver girl is going to be a sports lover! 








 I was pretty proud of myself. I parked the car like this in the middle of traffic on my first try. Trevor didn't believe it until he saw it.