laughing and laughing and laughing

first set of wheels

i guess we sort of like bikes in our family. understatement

spencer and i have been eyeing these "hotwalks" since olive was born. on most of our trips to the bike shop we'd push her around waiting for the day when she could touch the ground and cruise one on her own.

well, she's not quite there yet, but our niece emmy just outgrew hers, so we packed it back from denver in our extra suitcase.

check it out.

i guess it makes for a pretty amazing transition to a real bike. emmy is not quite 4 and she's already pushing pedals with no training wheels.

and some play time too.

when i wasn't working, spencer and i made sure we had time to hit up most all our favorite spots. in between the wedding and the office, the weekend looked a little like this:

panera for lunch: YOU PICK 2:bacon turkey bravo on asiago cheese foccacia bread w/ broccoli cheddar soup

family photos at the highline canal: beautiful

a king size bed: heavenly

nordstrom at park meadows: familiar faces, 1/2 a lime a cilatro chicken salad w/tomato basil soup, a chocolate thumbprint cookie from the ebar, and an hour at the rack

driving by our old apartment: bitter sweet

breakfast at panera: cinnamon crunch bagel, sliced not toasted, 20 seconds in the microwave

a temple wedding: sweet and reflective

photos in sedalia: AWESOME!

tokyo joes/garbanzos: veggie bowl for me, pita for spencer

nordstrom at cherry creek: fancy, fresh air

familiar faces at church: so fun

nate and julie's house: miss them

julie's sunday dinner: delicious!

a walk in the park: relaxing

nate's gigantic telescope, for reals he got a gigantic telescope: rad

checking out saturn and the moon: incredible

little clara suzanne: darling

late nights and late movies: still young, right?

late mornings: wonderful

familiar faces at water for people: inspirational, love this organization!

golden, colorado: quaint

anthony's pizza: tried the sicilian...should have stuck with the original

boulder: top 10 favorite places

university cycles: familiar faces, hippest bike shop ever, rapha gear

salvaggios deli: didn't make it this trip, but had to be on the list as a favorite

two spoons gelato: the perfect treat for walking along...

pearl street: tulips

urban outfitters: new pillows for my couch, yeah!

the mall in broomfield: a new naartje outfit for olive

wahoos: nachos, yum.

9:30pm flight back home: eh. although the guy wearing the "darth tater" t-shirt and doing cross stitch on the plane was semi entertaining

the sweetest baby girl asleep in her bed: nothing better

a wedding in the rockies

i just got back in town monday night from photographing a wedding in denver. friends from our ward there flew me out and it was a blast working with them!

i love that city and didn't realize how much i missed it until i went back. denver is such a great place. the shopping...sigh, the restaurants...sigh, the proximity to so many fun places...sigh.

so, i brought spencer along to help, and to keep me company when i wasn't working. my parents and tanner watched olive for us so it was a nice little getaway.

THANK YOU!

i'm just sorting though the photos now, but i'm really happy with what we got. they were a pretty creative couple so it made the shoot a lot of fun. it rained at the temple just enough to make me nervous, but it cleared up after the luncheon and the rest of the day was beautiful.

and then a roadtrip

speaking of late nights. after the reception on friday, we stayed up until 6:00am. i had planned to drive with my family to tucson, az to visit my sister for spring break on saturday morning, so i grabbed olive, brushed my teeth and walked out the door.

the 9 days that followed were... memorable.

highlights include:
cove fort
the big rock candy mountain
seeing lake powell for the first time
the peterson's
liam's 1st birthday

saguaro national forest

in-n-out burger
owen's baseball game
guitar hero and a giant diet coke
ikea

mesa temple easter pageant

the grand canyon



less than highlights include:
18 hours in the car
olive barfing all night tuesday-wednesday
tanner barfing all night tuesday
being covered in olive's barf tuesday-wednesday
3 packs of diapers and one serious rash
mom barfing for 4 hours in the ikea bathroom on thursday
booking a hotel in phoenix because she was too sick to drive back to tucson
mom barfing at the hotel in phoenix
a 911 call
5 hunky EMT's
an ambulance ride
a night in the ER in phoenix
an IV, serious pain meds and a discharge
dad getting sick on friday
an extra day sleeping in the hotel in phoenix
18 hours home with a barf bucket...on easter

the moral of the story is:
next time you go to tucson to visit alisa...

BOOK A FLIGHT!

a wedding

1 hilarious canadian, 1 dancing high school teacher, 1 spunky mother of four, 1 sassy mexican, and me. all together to party with the bride.

a testament to the kind of friend that cindy is, family members, friends from high school, friends from college, and dozens of others all travelled to boise to celebrate with her and travis.

there was a bridal shower on wednesday night,
a temple ceremony on thursday afternoon,
a luncheon on thursday evening,

a decorating party on friday morning,

and a reception on friday night.

among all the wedding festivities was a little guitar playing, finger nail painting, shopping, talking, late nights, diet coke, eating out, and dancing.

when i die, i hope heaven has a green roof, a fish bowl front window, shag carpet in the kitchen, endless diet coke, and these girls.

my red-headed friend

let's talk about cindy.

cindy invited me to her 7th grade birthday party.

i got her a porcelain elephant from six star.

she must have really loved that awful gift because we've been friends ever since.

cindy and i grew up together. we survived junior high, high school, college, a photography major, a semester in hawaii, and countless other milestones; in large part because of one another.

too bad all my old photo albums are in storage, the 12 year old us was pretty awesome!

cindy and her dad taught me to water ski.

cindy and i had countless sleep overs, late night movies we both fell asleep during, and a few sneaky nights meeting up with boys in the backyard.

cindy and i took our senior trip together to san diego.
cindy dyed my hair for the first time in a beach house on mission bay, and maybe the rug too...sorry aunt patty.

cindy can dance.

cindy can make this crazy noise that sounds just like a whale. (i used to always beg her to do it)

cindy has AMAZING legs.

cindy can make me laugh.

cindy is the most thoughtful, genuine, constant, loving person i know.

and how lucky is travis worwood to now call her his wife.
march 25th, 2010 was a cause for celebration!