Birthday Bike Ride

The guys took a mountain motorcycle ride the day after Ben's birthday....it was a gorgeous day! So it was my Dad, Ben's Dad, our friend Javier and Ben. They were a gang :) Their trip took them up Coal Creek Canyon, over to Nederland and up the Peak to Peak Highway to Estes Park, then up Trail Ridge Road, then back down to Boulder. A 7 hour day!

The Pops, up at the top!

Ben's birthday!

It was Ben's birthday on Tuesday, so we thought we'd have a small get together complete with BBQ, lawn games, helium, pinatas, and MAJOR fun! Vanessa, Ben's dad from Tucson, my dad from Nebraska, our friend Whitney from the Springs, our friend Kristyn from Pueblo, Conrad and Jon, and our friend Javier from here in Boulder all came for the shin dig!

The decorations

The MULTIPLE cakes made by Vanessa and I

Whit helping get the pinata ready....through the bull's butt!

Baking away, ready to pop! (she's due in 9 days!)

Birthday boy and the Dad's

Kristyn and Lisa playin some beanbags

Javier and Whitney

PARTY TIME!

With all the helium balloons around...it was bound to happen :)

Got the horseshoes out for some fun game time...Ben and his dad.

Whitney and my dad on the return end...

For those of you who know Ben, you know he LOVES cake....he got two this year PLUS lots of cupcakes!

What's a birthday without a little pinata action????

Ben's present from Brian and Vanessa, a sweet ULTRA light Marmot rain jacket.....he's the jacket/coat king, has about 20 of them now!

Ben's present from me, a shower head with a handheld head attached.....he LOVES those!

What's a party without a little Wii Tennis?

A great birthday

Vanessa's Baby Shower

I threw my very good friend Vanessa a Baby Shower a couple weeks ago at our house. A great group of gals showed up for it. Besides the dogs gobbling up half the cookies I baked, it went off without a hitch! :) Here's some pictures:

Vanessa's Baby shower

Our First Anniversary!

A year ago on June 8th, Ben and I got married in front of our dearest friends and family. It was a spectacular weekend that we all want to do again every year we had so much fun! But since that's a little hard, Ben and I decided to go exploring in the Rocky Mountains for the weekend :) Here's some pictures from our adventures!

First Anniversary

Ben and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

So this is my new ride. I am loving it, mountain roads are calling. I am hitting the road on this gorgeous 1983 BMW R100. Come to Boulder and ride with me!

 

 

Karma payment plan

I did it! I never thought I would, but thankfully my friend Nicole spurred me on....and the salon had a nice glass of wine to give me :). I only got rid of about 9 inches....since the Organization I'm donating it to required at least 8. So yeah, working on my Karma Payment Plan. :)

This will be MUCH easier to handle, as lately my hair was getting caught in everything, I was practically sitting on it!

Our friend in The Denver Post

Our friend Fabrizio was just featured in yesterday's Denver Post...for his upcoming trip to K2 to lead the first commercial climb later this month. Its a great article, we wish him the very best on this endeavor, especially traversing through the war zone area in Pakistan he has to go through just to get to K2. Lisa is going to be researching the weather there and attempt to relay some forecasts to Fabrizio to try her hand at expedition weather forecasting!

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12498707

TV Stars

Ben brought his mom to the Nuggets/Lakers game last night for a birthday/mothers day present. Cheryl ended up styling her hair after Chris Andersen, aka Birdman......awesome! If you were watching the game, you probably saw them, they got a lot of TV time. Just in case you didn't see them...here's a pic :)

"Primo!" Its Kevin Clegg!!!

Our good friend Kevin Clegg (who Lisa went to college with, then we all lived in Hawaii at the same time, now him and his awesome wife Spring live in Tucson again) came for a visit this weekend as he had a series of collegiate bike races up in Fort Collins. Here's a few at the race....he's in the red, white and blue jersey with an "A" on it.

They were riding about 30 mph and when the whole group came by, it was like a semi truck just passed with all the wind generated!

Ben has an amazing salesman ability. Multiple times we have "helped" friends and family buy some new upgrade or gadget whenever they come visit. With Kevin, it was a new phone.....an iPhone to be exact :) His old phone was falling apart, seriously. When he opened it to talk to someone, he had to hold it together!

Ben having fun smashing the old phone to pieces!

Great to see you Kevin, next time...stay longer and bring Spring!!!! :)

A great cause...with awesome benefits!

I'm sure you all have gotten pamphlets in the mail at one time, or many, from March of Dimes and really didn't think about it. I'll be the first to admit it. However, since 2006, I've changed. Why you ask? Because our dear friends Andy and Lisa in Alaska had two beautiful twin girls who were premature and had a dangerous condition called Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome. Because of organizations like March of Dimes, they are with us healthy and cute as ever!
Then.....

Now!!!......
Andy and Lisa are participating in the March of Dimes walk in about a week or so and are trying to raise money for this great benefit. The best thing, is that they are asking people to donate to their cause, and when someone does, they post funny/cute/adorable pictures and videos of the girls. So....if you have some spare change, feel like donating to a GREAT cause and want to see some hilarious and priceless posts....head on over to their blog - http://agsinak.blogspot.com

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Grab some chips, salsa and lots of beer, sit down with your loved ones and enjoy the show!

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Panama, we miss you!

Ok, FINALLY went through all the 900 pictures to pick out a couple (hundred) of my favorites to share with you all. To kind of summarize, Ben and I and Ben's dad and our great friend Kevin of Alaska headed down to Panama for a few reasons......to celebrate Lisa and Hilary's birthdays (they share), to keep Lisa's mind off of turning 30, and to celebrate Kevin's completion of radiation and chemo treatment! Lots of celebrating and enjoying friends, family and life. 10 days later, we returned to the states with amazing memories, a few new friends, a few hundred bug bites and another country to check off our travel list! Thanks Mike and Hilary for making the trip more than we ever could have hoped for.
Click on the picture below to browse through some photos and read what we did!

Panama!