Weekend with the ladies

Maryel and Sandra came to Denver for a visit! We had a fun, interesting and memorable time - as usual!

Holiday fun in Chi Town

Another New Years Eve together, this year makes our third!

We checked out the egg in Chicago, which has been under construction every other time we've gone - but this time we got to go under it!

The inside of the egg...

Dan was dressed perfectly for the evening...

holiday pets!

This is Flounder, the cutest little terrier/beagle mix. He's only 8 weeks old and is doing really well at potty training already!

Shammy, the family puppy - 7 months old and full of energy!

Brulee, Shammy's mom - It was great to see both dogs, but Bru has mellowed so much with Shammy around! She used to be the spunky dog - ready to chase a ball at any moment, now she hardly even bothers noticing the ball when Shammy's around. It's funny to watch the two dogs together though, Brulee gets annoyed by Shammy's energy and hides behind you to get away from her!

Jazz, our favorite family kitty

And look how cute flounder is!! So tiny!

christmas time

Jazz is helping wrap presents...


Andy and I went to Zoo lights at the denver zoo

Grandma, Grandpa and Jonathan

Sisters

The girls: Jen, mom, Abbie, me and Grandma

little jonathan...not so little anymore!

Student Life Christmas Party

We had our first Student Life Christmas Party last weeked and it was great fun!

pumpkin time...

We had a little pumpkin time for thanksgiving! Lindsay, Lina (and her hubby) and I did some carving! We also had a halloween carnival and you can see the pic of me with one of my student's kids - they are SO cute! Bella and Lucy. So cute!

Mt. Evans

So this weekend we took a trip to Mt. Evans and experienced the strongest wind we had ever felt! Wind so strong that we had to lay down behind rocks to keep from being blown over! It was awesome! We were only out of the car for about 10 minutes, but in that time my toes had gone completely numb and started turning WHITE!

trip to california

me, Andy, Angie and Ryan down at balboa





Maryel, Melissa, Sandra, me and Chiraphone!


Sandra's engagement party! Isn't she lovely!

an evening at the zoo

We got free tickets to this thing called "Brew at the Zoo", and they had the carousal running! SO of course we needed to take a ride! It's a great event...made me want to be the person that got to coordinate events at the zoo!

birthday fun

Well, another birthday, another day into my thirties. It was a great day yesterday though! Andy pulled together a group of people and took me to a restaurant i love! Good day all around, thanks to the people who made it special!

the parking lot smash

My car was just sitting there...and it was attacked by three other cars...


This is the mustang that pretty much got the worst of it - hard to believe this happened in a parking lot. $2500 later...my car will be back to itself. =(

Meet the parents

So, the parents met this weekend, and here are some pictures! We had a lot of fun! These pictures were taken at the botanical gardens here in denver.