Snow

I looked out the windows of our building today at about 10:00 to see snow flurries. Wow. There is now a dusting of snow in the mountains. From near 80 degree highs this weekend to a high of 48 today. Only in Minnesota Colorado.

Holly and Lilly Weekend

Soccer in a park

Holly and Lilly were in town this weekend. Saturday was concentrated on house hunting. We found a house we both like and are now waiting for the offer on our house to become more solid before we make an offer on this house. We spent a large part of Saturday out and about so that evening we stayed home and played in Beth and Geoff's backyard. We grilled and just took it easy on the deck. Sunday we took another peek at the house we liked and then spent time playing in the neighborhood parks and scoping out the distances to the pool and school.


Backyard

Lilly's new favorite website:

Badger, badger, badger...

Weekend Update with John Rotach

Friday eve: Rockband at home then karaoke at the Hangar Bar


B36 made out of beer cans

Saturday: House hunting in the morning then mountain biking at Mt. Falcon in the afternoon. That's about as technical as I can handle while climbing 1,500 feet over the course of an hour. Ouch. Great views of Red Rocks park and the city from the top.

Sunday: A flat, windy ride out past the airport. Very nice.

Fall Already?

Holly took the neighborhood to a movie, treats and Elm Creek Park. This tree seems to be getting ready for winter a little early:

1st Day of Kindergarten

Today was Lilly's first day of Kindergarten. She said, "School is awesome, Mom!"

Labor Day Weekend

Holly and Lilly were here in Denver for the long weekend. We drove through neighborhoods, looked at houses, walked to the dog park and farmers' market and went hiking. It was a terrific weekend and I was sorry to see them leave. Here are some pictures from the weekend:


Rock Climbing in Stapleton


Fat Sully's NY Style Pizza


Lookout Mountain Park


Balance


Dad and Lilly


The rock snowman


Mom and Lilly

Counting the Days

Holly and Lilly fly out here this weekend. And they're here for four days. I can't wait.

Playtime

A picture from this weekend:


Parachute!

The Loon State Skier

Photos from last weekend's ski with Dave:


Check out those shorts!


Andy Mapple I ain't.

Back to MN

I flew back to Minnesota this weekend. Mostly to see Holly and Lilly and partially to take care of a couple things we needed to fix for our inspection. I also fixed the lid switch on the washing machine.

When I got of the plane there was a surprise waiting for me:


Fairy Lilly

They waited at the bottom of the escalator for me and everyone that went by couldn't help but think it was the cutest thing in the world.

Saturday morning we went on a family bike ride to get the replacement part for the washing machine and to eat lunch at Panera.


Team Mom and Lilly

We played in the river all afternoon on Saturday. What a great weather day.


River kids

Dave Hoglund stopped over for a quick ski pass on the river and we all hit Q-Fanatic afterward. Thanks for buying my ribs Dave! Lilly didn't make it through her meal:


Sleepy fairy

After the Q we headed home and had Neil, Andy and Dave over for a fire.

I opted out of biking with the group on Sunday morning to get the washer fixed and knock off some of the other items on our inspection list. In hindsight I shouldn't have spent all day Saturday lounging around. Sounds like I missed a good ride.

One bummer of the weekend was getting stung by a bee. I must be a little bit allergic as I swell up pretty bad right by the sting.


Which one is swollen?