Hiking with Lilah .......Fall 2019, 20 months old

 

 

Meredith, Valerie, Lilah, and I took a hike on a beautiful day with Clyde at Lovell Gulch in Woodland Park.  Lilah enjoyed her back pack and loves oat bars.  She did really well and we were able to go almost 5 miles.  All in all a very enjoyable day followed by brunch at The Pantry in Green Mountain Falls. 

Meredith's Bachelorette Adventure Sept. 2018

On a Friday before the wedding we went to Buena Vista for a night of fun.  A couple of the girls went on a mountain bike ride.  We met at the local brewery and then headed to our vrbo for thenight.  we rented a house on a 300 acre property.  A couple of us even got a tour of the property.  After a hike we enjoyed a delicious Greek dinner and then made a big fire in the pit and made smores.  Of course we enjoyed a few cocktails too. It was fun spending time with Val, Lilah, Julie, Heidi, Allysa, Mere, and me!

Meredith turns 30!

Little Meredith turned 30 years old Feb. 1st.  It's so hard to believe.  She had to work on her birthday so we met she and Tim at Alchemy in Old Colorado City for a some dinner at an Irish Pub.  There just happened to be live music that night too. 

Boise Road Trip............

Meredith and I just returned from a short road trip to Boise, Id.  She wanted to check out a school there and did come away with a few answers.  We made the drive there in one day and checked out the town.  An artic storm was on it's way so we did not get to stop in SLC but decided to head home and did get to experience the storm in rural windblown Wyoming.  It took us two days to get home and the weather and roads finally got better when we hit Laramie. We spent the night in Rock Springs after I had a spaz attack. We also spent over an hour and a half sitting on the highway due to an accident caused by stupid people going too fast.   We've decided we now have a couple more towns that we don't care to visit again.  Rawlins, Wyo. and Rock Springs.  It was cold, long, and treacherous but we had some good bonding time. 
We did get to  check out Boise, Camelback Park, the Basque area of town, try some new food (basque), and also saw a herd of pronghorn trying to keep warm in the frigid temps.


Just  little info on the basque people...........They are from.a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.
They usually are sheep herders and ranchers which explains why Boise has one of the largest Basque populations.  We had lunch at a basque bar and tried a lamb grinder and croquettas.  They were delish............

Bar Gernika

Boise, Id.

Camelback Park Trail

Nordic Ski with Mere and Clyde Feb. 2013

We went up to Crested Butte this past weekend to ski a couple of days and to see Meredith since it was her birthday.  We skied two days and also went cross country skiing on Sunday  in Washington Gulch.  We all had a good time , especially Clyde.  We tried the new place to eat in the Plaza - the Iron Horse Tap. We thought it was great.  Sure wish we'd get some snow at home.

Happy Birthday Meredith Ann!

Today is Mere's 25th birthday. It was really fun skiing with Mere, Tim, and Mia and meeting them at the Avalanch and having Avy PainKillers? and Horny PainKillers?.  Looking forward to dinner tomorrow night, seeing 'big baby', and cross country skiing on Sunday. 

Happy Birthday Meredith Ann!

Meredith is 23 today! Happy Birthday! She's in Crested Butte and we won't get to see her for a week or so. She did get some birthday chocolate chip cookies! Hopefully she's going to do something fun and make a few runs and celebrate tonight. When she was little she had to carry the baby in the picture all over the place and later her favorite item was a white stuffed kitty named Fluffy (which we still have). She's always been adventurous and hopefully she'll get a new camera with some birthday moolah!

DenBot!

Last Sunday AM I met Meredith at the Denver Botanical Gardens to check it out. We don't know why we haven't been there before. It is beautiful. Good thing we got there early since it was pretty hot by the time we left. Mere knows alot about plants so it made it even more interesting. Enjoy the pics.

A Party for the Graduates

We had a party for Ty and Mere the day after graduation! The weather could have been better but we did have a good time. Lots of food, family, and good friends. Even Luke came down from Breckenridge. Chris and Maren came down from Vail and spent the night too. Val had to return to North Dakota on Sunday (Mother's Day) but it was nice seeing her for the short time she was here.

Graduation Twofer!

This past weekend was very busy! Arn turned 59, Meredith and Tyler both graduated from CU/Boulder, and it was Mother's Day. Val flew in from ND for the events. Meredith received a BA/Biology and Tyler received a BS in Architectural Engineering.
The smaller graduation ceremonies were on Thursday, May 6th. The weather was iffy but it was great that we had the handicap card which gave us great parking place. Meredith got to say a couple of sentences of thanks at hers (held outside in a tent). She got the summer job she wanted which is a lab research assistant. She'll get to do a little traveling to collect field specimens to Flagstaff, Az. and Woodland Park, Co. She will also still work at Whole Foods til it closes. Tyler's small ceremony was in the evening. He's taken a job offer with Schumberger, an oil company, and will start this fall. Houston, Oklahoma, and Louisanna willl all be explored. I think his title will be Jr. Field Engineer. Both ceremonies were very nice and I'm glad they both chose to participate. We went to The Med in between for drinks and apps. Friday morn was the large deal at Folsom Stadium at 8:30 in the morn. Arn and I stayed in Longmont. Stacy and Bea had come up on Thurs. and took Grandma back to Monument that night. We had some ice and snow but the weather warmed up. It was a great ceremony but we're glad we got a two for one. We hit the OPH afterwards and then back to Monument. The next day we had a party at the house. The Lenski's, UJ, Lahnerts, Banks, Stan and Bea, Miranda, and Chris and Maren all came. The weather was cool but the party was fun. So proud of all my kids! Watch for a hulahoop post later!

Happy Birthday Meredith!

Meredith turned 22 yesterday! We went up to Boulder and went out to Sushi Tora for a birthday dinner. My kids are growing up! Watch for another post soon about her birfday cake - Tres Leche cake....so good. Mere celebrated with her friends at a pot luck dinner. Hope she took pics since we forgot Sunday eve....

Road Trip to See Val!

Last week we took a road trip thru Wy, SD, and ND to see Val in Dickinson, ND. Along the way we stopped at Mt. Rushmore, Spearfish Canyon, Roughlock Falls in the canyon, Devil's Tower (was in Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind), Teddy Roosevelt NP (Badlands), and spent a couple of days visiting in Dickinson. It's a cute little town in a part of the country we hadn't been before and the people are so nice. Everyone had a good time and it was nice to see Val and Eric.