My boot has been off for a whole month now. So... I feel as though now that I can move around without that monstrosity, I have been taking advantage of the Colorado summer!
This past weekend, we kicked everything off with a little family picnic/BBQ at my aunt's house. My cousin was in town for a visit... and its always great to see him!
On Saturday... Jay and I headed out the
Bandimere Speedway for the 2011 Mile-High Nationals. For those of you not in Colorado... Bandimere is a drag racing track set in the foothills near Redrocks outside of Denver. It lends to some beautiful scenery! It was a hot, hot, hot, scorching day. But Jay and I slathered on a ton of sunscreen, grabbed our earplugs and hunkered down to watch some fast, not-so-fast, and ridiculously fast cars. We even got to meet up with some friends!
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| standing behind the starting line |
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| old school racers |
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| Jay and I... feelin' hot hot hot! |
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| the LOUD racers |
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| never heard a crowd cheer for clouds before |
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| friends! Sam and Mary-Margaret! |
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| this is the empty shell body of a car. It popped right off during the race! |
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| carrying the body off the track |
A little sunburn, some definite exhaustion... but a fantastic day out in the sun! We followed it up with food... and happened upon some TRIVIA! Jay and I love playing trivia. Team Strange Brew was lurking in the middle the whole game... and at the end...
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| Second place!! (photo courtesy of geekswhodrink.com) |
We totally swooped in to Second place! Missing 1st by 2 points. An exciting way to end our long, hot day!
Sunday was definitely more of a lazy day for us. The only thing on the agenda? HARRY POTTER!
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| HP is awesome |
Jay and I just couldn't wait to see the final installment of HP. After part 1 came out, Jay was intrigued to know what happened next... so I gave him the whole series to read. And he did. Now he's an official Harry Potter fan/addict. The movie was fantabulous. Go. See. It.
To round out the summer weekend (although it really was a work day) Monday night we headed out to Redrocks for
Film on the Rocks. They show a different movie (new or old) out at the amphitheater every week. Monday night's movie? The Goonies!!!!!!
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| a little pre-movie entertainment |
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| Jay and I are ready for the movie |
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| GOONIES!!! |
All in all... I would say we've packed in a lot of things. And we still have a month of summer to go!!!
HOW DID I MISS YOU???!!! We were at Film on the Rocks too! Wasn't it fun?! Iwas in the middle with a large group of people and I thought it would be impossible to find you :(
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you saw Harry Potter!!! I've been so busy! Let's chat about it and come up with a Harry Potter Marathon sleep over!!! I can't wait!
It looks like you guys would get sunburnt no matter how much SPF you lather on! That's the gift of being from the British Isles and Ireland :) Haha!
Congrats on 2nd place! If you go this week, let me know! I'd love to join!