Pumpkin Patch Pickin'

Changing Colors

The official day of fall was September 23, but I think it is just now hitting its peak. We are enjoying these few short weeks until it is hello frigid air.  This is when I like to go into complete hibernation mode. To take it all in we took a drive up Boulder Canyon to see the changing colors.  We drove a new route that looped us around to Estes Park. It was magnificent. We discovered an aspen grove that glowed bright with yellow leaves. Ohh it is so beautiful this time of year, please stay as long as you can!

That's what friends are for

Ryan was gone all weekend long on a leadership retreat for school, which would have left me home alone. My good friend Katie came to my rescue. Katie and I went to college together; I will always cherish our friendship and it had been too long since we had seen each other! She’s never really been to Co, so I served as her tour guide. We toured multiple museums, ate at some local eateries, hiked the flatirons, shopped, and reminisced on the years past. Katie I love you and thank you for making the trip out!

Skiing and Rockies

Last weekend we had some family come in town. We went boating Saturday afternoon surprisingly for September. In the evening we went to the Rockies vs Giants game. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! We stayed up late every night roasting s'mors, playing rock band and enjoying each others company.

Kimball Kitchen: Lobster Roll & Pizza

Whole Wheat dough from Sunflower Framers Market, San Marzano Tomatoes, Mozzarella Company mozzarella slices, Boars Head pepperoni, Basil

Lobster bits, mayo, chives, dill, salt, pepper, celery, sesame roll

Maci McKenna

Maci I love your little freckles that dance across your face, I miss you!

as of late...

One of our new year resolutions was to compete in an OLYMPIC (me)  and HALF IRON MAN (Ryan) distance triathlons. We've done a few Sprint distance and were up for a new challenge. We had such a busy summer, it was hard to stay consistent with our training. Signing up at the beginning of the summer made it hard not to back out.  At the end of August we competed in the Bear Lake Brawl, and can now check it off our list.  Feels good to be done! I am so proud of Ryan he did awesome for the little training that we did.  Swimming is definitely his strong suit, he was third out of the water!! Thank you Janelle, Kent, and Mason for cheering us on for 6 straight hours, and Dennis and Camille for letting us crash at their house!

In other news Ryan is now in GRAD school! He started his first day embarking on his MBA from the University of Denver. Like any good mother/ wife would do, his first day of school pic:

This weekend we hiked to the Royal Arch just above Boulder. I LOVE where we live!