Memorial Day weekend

What a busy weekend! Jen had Saturday off (nice suprise), so we took advantage of it. Saturday morning, we worked in the yard. I mowed, and she took care of some weeds. Some weeds (unfortunately) were 3 ft tall and had thorns, so I yanked those out! Our yard is finally starting to look decent. I'm embarassed at how brown it is. I know how to take care of Texas lawns, but I've struggled with our CO lawn!
Later Saturday afternoon, Jen and I headed to American Furniture Warehouse to look for a china cabinet. After about an hour of browsing around (the store was like a theme park), we finally decided on one. To our suprise, they said they could deliver it to us on Monday! Sure enough, around 10:30 on Memorial Day, the china cabinet arrived. FINALLY, we got to unload the last of the boxes and put our china away!










Sunday, we headed to the mountains with some friends from work. We decided to go to Guanella Pass, which we heard was less crowded and had better views. Unfortunately, we only made it about 2 miles into the 20-mile pass before the road was closed due to snow. We decided to park and hike around. We ended up hiking about 4 miles and got some great pictures.

After getting home, I took a much needed nap, then worked in the yard some more and cleaned the house. Spring Cleaning was full force!
Monday, we got our china cabinet and Jen spent most of the morning arranging dishes in it. I had soaked some steelhead (similar to trout and salmon - caught by a neighbor) in a brine solution the night before, and smoked it all afternoon... it turned out great (despite being frozen for a year!) I have most of it back to him, but I kept a good-sized chunk... it was tasty!





This past weekend, we went to a company picnic and watched the Rockies play the Reds. We sat way out in the outfield (the night before I went to the game and sat right behind home plate... you can see it in the picture!). Overall, it was a fun game, but we left in the 7th inning with the Rockies trailing by 4 runs. By the time we got home, the game was over, and the Rockies won!

Goopy-eyed Ernie

We got back from our Texas trip late last night, to find a goopy-eyed Ernie. His right eye is all squinty, and the conjunctivia is swollen and the cornea is cloudy. Unfortunately the clinic I work in is closed today, so I took him to another Banfield (eye problems can get bad in a hurry and I didn't want to wait!) today. He's got a big corneal ulcer, but thankfully it's very shallow so it shouldn't leave any long-term damage. We'll never know for sure what happened, but most likely either Emma scratched his eye during some vigorous playing, or he got something (litter, etc) stuck in there and that scratched it. It looks like it already starting to heal a bit, but the meds I got today should help significantly. They do make his eye extra-goopy though, and his new nickname is Blinky (I know it should be Winky, but that reminds me too much of the Harry Potter character and doens't seem as cute). We're all hoping he gets better soon!

Tremblay Family Reunion

While Jon and I were in Texas for a wedding, we were able to spend a couple of days with his family. His brother and family and his sister and her son all drove up from College Station and Houston. We all stayed at his parents' house and had a great time. We finally got to meet our youngest nephew! We had a great time - lots of yummy meals (including Mexican!), visiting with Jon's grandparents, the boys catching tadpoles, playing Acquire, and hanging out by the pond. Thanks for everything M & D!

Julia's Outdoor wedding

I flew home to Texas this week for a friend's wedding. I took the whole week off so that I could spend time with my parents and my grandma (in town for the wedding). It was a great vacation! We went out to eat, went shopping (I bought 4 pairs of shoes!), and I bought a cowgirl hat! I flew in Sunday, and the wedding was Friday. Thursday the MOB (mother of the bride for those of you not acquainted with bridal lingo) treated all of the bridesmaids to manicures and pedicures. I got French for both mani and pedi. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing before the big day.

Thursday evening was the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Trust my mom to be the first person to actually shop during a wedding rehearsal! =) The rehearsal dinner was at La Hacienda. which is one of Jon's parents' fave restaurants (it turns out they actually had dinner there that night too!). It worked out well for us - we had to get in as much TexMex food as possible while in the Lone Star State (Colorado Mexican just isn't the same).

Friday we met my dad for lunch at his favorite Thai restuarant - another cuisine we haven't really found in Colorado. The wedding started at 7pm, but as a bridesmaid I got there at 5pm, dressed and ready for pics. I got there just in time to see Julia finish getting ready - her dress was amazing and she was gorgeous! We took some fun pics on the stairs (only a couple of trips, and no one fell!), and then it was back to the bridal suite to wait for the big moment. They had the wedding at The Tribute, a golf course/hotel in The Colony. It was gorgeous - and the weather was great (apparantly it thundered right as Julia, the bride, walked down the aisle, but the rain held off until later that night). We had a great time, and we wish Julia and Jeremy all the best! Have fun in Jamaica!!

1st Farmers' Market

So this Sunday was the first Highlands Ranch Farmers' Market of the season. It was a little strange. Only one of the 15-20 booths actually sold fruits and veggies. (Of which we purchased a tomato and 3 zucchinis.) The rest sold a variety of goods including: beef jerky, rice, bread, plants (at least close to veggies!), crocs - the shoes, and hats. There was even a magician! Definitely strange, although our tomato and zucchini were quite tasty. We also noticed that a lot of pregnant people seem to frequent the farmers' market. And we saw a Baylor bumper sticker - the first I've seen up here!