US Pro Cycling Challenge

My family and I had front row seats to the last leg of the US Pro Cycling Challenge.  The race went by right in front of my parents/grandparents houses! 

We had a fun day...Nanny made brunch and we all sat out in Papa's nicely decorated yard and waited for the race to go by.  It was insane how fast they were going.  Like a true photographer, I saw the whole thing only through my view finder! Haha!

Golden to Denver!

I stole a "Course" sign as a souvenir 

We invited some people to join us!

 Papa and me being Smurfs!

Here they come!

And there they go!

Byebye Balloons

Daisy cheesin' it up!

And my big-nosed beagle!!

What a fun day!

(Too bad it was so freaking hot though!)

Passing By

Yay! A mirror picture!

Driving up the canyon to Blackhawk to gamble our money away!

Hello World!

Once again, poor neglected blog!

Greeley, Colorado

Love

For the past 3 years, Nate and I have ventured to the mountains to check out the Perseids Meteor Shower. We always have tons of fun! This year, we decided to go to Gilpin County to "camp", picnic, and watch the show and, although things didn't go exactly as planned, it was a perfect night.

So...It was a full moon.  Needless to say, this cemetery (with the gate wide open!) totally gave me the heebie jeebies!

Lightened it up and dropped the contrast...check out the orbs!!! Whew, goosebumps!

You can kind of see them in the black and white one if you look closely, especially the one in the tree

The full moon kind of ruined our chance to see many meteors but it was still quite beautiful

Yeah...we had boxed wine :) 

Our 2 year anniversary gift exchange! Nate gave me the beautiful necklace (obviously!) and I made him a scrapbook of our adventures from the past few years!

We had such a fun, random, amazing night!!

Thanks again, Nate. 

I love you!

Brick Wall

Hello to you, too!

Is it winter yet?

Daydreaming...

Girls Day at the Fair

My friend Renee and I spent the day Sunday at the Denver County Fair! 

We had lots of fun looking at all the animals, checking out the booths, even rode the ferris wheel and saw quite the interesting fashion show...sorry, no pictures of it though!

They were best buds

Haha! Apparently the baby was more appetizing than the oats or whatever they were feeding!

View from the top of the ferris wheel!

What's a fair without ice cream?!

:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday to the beautiful, Jihee!!

Seriously, this girl is amazing! She's my best friend, sister, partner in crime, random night drinking partner (back when we used to drink...ha!), favorite person to go on random mountain drives with in the middle of the night, fav travel buddy/guide (she showed me how to do New York in a day!!)... I could seriously go on and on...but I think you get the point. She rocks. And I am so lucky to have her in my life :)

We've been through some stuff, maaan! (In my best Stewie voice)

Happy Birthday, girl!!

 Love and Miss you!

(This was the most epic night ever. And no one will ever understand why except us :D )

Summer Nights

Wine+Fire=Perfect Summer Night

Shoes!

Stressed Out Kitty

Truffles is SO over the stormy weather!

More Nutty Weather!

The past few nights have been crazy! Tuesday, Nate and I walked to the grocery store (which is two blocks away) to get a few things for dinner.  The storm was just arriving as we left the store.  A little bit of lightning...maybe some wind, nothing too serious.  By the time we were half-way home, it had turned into the most insane storm I have ever seen.  We ended up sprinting the rest of the way through pouring rain, wind, and freakishly close lightning!  We got upstairs, made sure the cat hadn't had a heart attack, and continued to watch the storm. It was wild. Constant lightning accompanied by that type of thunder that sounds as if the sky is shattering. I was pretty scared to be quite honest.  

Anyways, enough rambling! Tonight was round two of the storms and luckily most of it was way south of us.  So, obviously I had to shoot some photos!

Here it comes!

 This is my fav :)

Fire Breathing Boyfriend

Rawr!!

Capitol Building

"...Cause I'm just a bill, on Capitol Hill..."

Oh dear, Cherry Creek is flooding!

Its true!

Nate and I took a walk down to the creek after the insane rainstorm that tried to ruin our happy hour patio time. The news said that parts of the Cherry Creek Trail are under four feet of water! I didn't venture out to see how deep it was...but I believe it.

Cherry Creek...raging

What trail?

Sorry for the back to back river posts! I like raging waters though...haha

Raging River

Yesterday, my momma and I had lunch in Golden and then went for a walk down by Clear Creek.  It is so crazy how high and angry the river is right now! Pretty scary actually..

:)