Special Moments

I have been rather absent from my blogging activities for quite some time. However, I can summarize what has been going on to catch you up. We have been staying busy and having fun.



• Garage Sale to help with adoption expenses. My parents as supportive as ever came out to help. My Dad getting in fine and my Mom getting stuck at a random airport. It was pretty much an 18 hour trip for them. WE LOVE YOU GUYS!
• Rapids game to watch our friend Brian Mullan play and share the fun times with Eric and our God son Jeremy.
• Lots of running. Some bike rides. Lifting. Belly dancing for me.
• Denver Oyster Race with our buddy Eric. An urban adventure race around downtown Denver on foot and bike. Solving clues and puzzles to find the location we needed to run or bike to. Numerous fun activities (only 3 examples) a cool dip in the pool at the Denver Athletic Club swimming relay style, the 3 of us hooked together at our wrists and searching through Coors Field baseball park looking for picture clues to get us to our next location and another memorable one...an obstacle course in the Pepsi Center parking lot- climbing over hay bales (Mat & Eric), dumpster diving (Mat & Eric), keg walking (me), turning over large tires, carrying sandbags and finally a slingshot to hit a bell (Eric). Running- approximately 8 miles. Biking approximately 10 miles. We finished in just over 3 hours and placed 6th in our group.
• Pro Cycling Challenge. The race was all over the mountain cities in Colorado and ended in Denver. Racers included the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place men of the Tour de France. We stood on the side of the road on Speer Boulevard to see the amazing bikers. Lance Armstrong helped bring the race to Colorado. It was pretty amazing.
• 30th Birthday party for Jon Graffam, other birthdays celebrated, Adam Rodriguez and Jason Boyd. Chatfield Reservoir for games, food and fun times on the boat. We did some swimming and enjoyed the surprisingly quiet water over Labor Day weekend. Jeremy did not get in to swim with us off of the boat but was more comfortable on the shore where I took him in and got wet up to his belly. Yay!
• Overnight with Jeremy and a trip to the park to play on the playground and run around and play soccer with me, Mat and Momus (nanny fam dog we occasionally take care of).

Picture Time!

Oyster Race



"Take a picture of each team member doing a different yoga pose."

"Take a picture of each team member wearing their clothes inside out."

"Take a picture of 3 team members with only 2 legs on the ground."

Soccer Game!

Professional Bike Race!



Our umbrella was on television 6 times.