Halloween post (a little late)

For Halloween this year, instead of our typical night of house parties...we all dressed up and went out downtown instead!

the birthday girl!

Within our group, we had two different "Big Bang Theory" costumes... too bad we don't all get along ;)

 

Big Bang couple #1

Big Bang couple #2

Jay and I went with a Dia de los Muertos/Voodoo couple vibe.  It was quick, easy and cheap! But a lot of fun! Jay lent his creative hand to my lovely "la calavera" type mask (which allowed me to not have my face painted all night long)

Jay and I

One of the crowd favorites was Brandy and Drew's costume.  They were "Flo" and "Mayhem".  It was hilarious and awesome.

the pink hand weights were key!

All in all, in ended up being a great night. Now to think about a costume for next year...

Fall in Colorado

Fall Hiking

So the girls and I are hoping we can continue hiking into the winter, buckle on spikes will be the next purchase! But... a couple weekends ago we had our first "cold" weather hike. It was chilly, but I know we'll have much colder days coming up!

We went hiking right near Brandy's house in Golden, there is a great trail that was only about 4 miles round trip, so it was perfect on that windy, cool day.

 Loui, Brandy and Drew's happy chocolate lab, was loving the hike.  He even found a giant puddle of water to play in. That was one excited dog!

 The three of us! Going hiking is such a wonderful way to spend part of the weekend.

 Colorado can just be so gorgeous!  I am glad we've been taking advantage of what there is to do here

Halloween Party

This fall has passed far too quickly. I can't believe its already November.  Regardless, lets catch up with the month of October....

A couple weeks ago, Julie hosted a lovely Halloween/Pumpkin party at her place.  We all brought pumpkins to carve, there was chili, hot cider, beers, and all sorts of yummy treats!

Which pumpkin do you think was mine?

 I made the Cheshire Cat!!! It definitely made my hands hurt, but I was really proud of my work!!

 Heeeyyy! I love these two girls to death!

Perfect pumpkin picking

What do you do to cap off a weekend of beer? Go pumpkin picking!! Jay, Stacey and I headed out to the pumpkin patch after a breakfast at Denver Biscuit Co. Yum!

It was a beautiful day for pumpkins!

We will be carving pumpkins tomorrow at Julie's fall party. Pictures for sure...so stay tuned!

GABF 2013! It's beer season

Last weekend was the Great American Beer Festival. It is one of my favorite times of the year! Not only is it some of the best craft brews in the U.S., but it's also my anniversary with Jay! 4 YEARS AND AN ENGAGEMENT! 

Anyway, the weekend was great. Beers, great friends and soooo many people! Stacey rejoined our team this year, and Pontus got to join in the melee.  Merrit even made an appearance... It was awesome!!

Pictures of the weekend:

See you next beer!!!!

Playing catch up

So, I have been horrible about blogging lately. No specific reason...except where in the world did this year go? Seriously? 

So to start: the beginning of September meant a feis! It was the first feis with all new steps. So, while I was pretty disappointed in my placings, I was equally happy with the fact that I got through all the new steps!! Placings will get better as I clean the steps up and get more comfortable with them.

Next up...Jay's birthday!! I didn't take many pictures, but I took my handsome man out for a sushi dinner and made him a huge chocolate chocolate cake! He loved it!!

That following Sunday was another hike day with the girls. I am hoping that we all invest in some ice spikes and go out in the winter. Keeping my fingers crossed for that!!

The next weekend saw mom and I on a road trip to Texas to visit Andy. Random hours (and hours and hours and hours) with mom turned out to be a lot of fun. While we were in Texas, we hit up the Texas state fair! Hello cowboys and fried food!

While mom and I were in Texas, Jay played in his first real golf tournament!! It was with a couple of good guy friends who work for Nestle/Purina.  The theme was crazy golf attire... This is the outcome:

The guys ended up winning the whole tournament! There now rests a trophy in our dining room.

My September mushed right into my October with a trip to Sidney, NE with the Denver and District Pipe Band.  It's a big shindig in Sidney and the pipe band and it's dancers are the main attraction.  The weather this year waylaid a few shows, the parade and created some injuries.  Despite all that, or because of it? The weekend ended up being a lot of fun!! 

A short but sweet catch up from the last month. I promise to be better...especially since the next thing on our calendar is the Great American Beer Festival!!!