Final Wedding Details

Holy cow!! The whole reason for us not to have a big wedding is because I didn't want to deal with the stress of planning it. We wanted it to be a day to celebrate US!! Thus the reason for us eloping. We made the announcement in our Christmas letter last year. It was mixed feelings from family members all around. With this being Dan's first marriage I wanted to make sure he didn't mind not having a real wedding. Well you know men...especially when the fact that we are paying for everything ourselves comes into play. He was more than OK with our eloping plans. So we decided on Mexico at first. And after me pouting a little we changed it to Hawaii and after we looked at our budget for the year we changed it back to Mexico. Then this whole drug lords take over thing comes up...and I am just paranoid as it is. Being a mother I take extra precautions making sure I return home to my kids. Then I am so back and forth on eloping at all after we went to Jan and Tresa's beautiful wedding in Denver. And listening to the plans my future sister in law Elizabeth is making for her and Mike's wedding(another brother...yes all three getting married in 2009) I was wondering if we should do a wedding also. But after talking to various family members and friends I was told we should do what we want to do. And because of the fact that I post everything I do on Facebook (that is a lot of "ands") an old friend from high school that lives in Colorado suggests Estes Park, CO as a wonderful B&B to elope to. She sends me a web site of one that a friend of hers went to and I fell in love with it. We are getting married there and staying there for our honeymoon as well. Its hidden in the mountains and it will be perfect. I just booked it today and I am so excited its finalize. I do have a few or 10 minor details to look into before July 2ND, but I finally feel as though this is what we are meant to do. We still haven't decided whether or not to have a reception when we return. So if your Dan's family and you are reading this shoot me an email or leave a comment as to whether you would actually come this far for a reception. I attached the web site of the Inn and here are some pictures of it. http://www.mycoloradowedding.com/

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Happy 2nd Birthday Ryker

Ryker is my sister Kellee's middle child...and he turned 2 this week...Here is a slide show of his birthday party. Happy birthday buddy we love you!!

Hannah's Gymnastics Festival 2009

Here is a video and pictures of Hannah's gymnastics festival 2009. She is getting ready to compete in a couple years. She is still a little nervous about competing so we have put it off for a year or two, which is fine by us and our wallets. She is getting really good about doing the tricks independently. We are so proud of her!!




Floor routine

Jan and Tresa's Valentine Wedding in Denver, CO

We went down to Colorado over Valentines weekend to see Dan's brother get married. It was such a beautiful ceremony. I have never been in a catholic church before and I must admit it brought tears to my eyes. I made sure Dan didn't want our marriage to be in the church like his brothers. It was an amazing experience. The night before the wedding all the adults split up and went out. The women went to the Brown Palace to eat and have drinks. The food was so yummy...very $$ but well worth it. Elizabeth and I met up with the guys for a little dancing. The next day was the wedding at the Church of the Holy Ghost. And all though I felt a little out of place, I could feel the wonderful feeling of the church that I have never felt in a church before. After the wedding it was off to an Italian restaraunt calle Maggiano's for food and dancing. It was fun being all dressed up and having dinner and dancing on Valentines day. We took Hannah and my niece Kelsie along to help babysit Chloe. They did an great job and had a fun time dancing at the wedding. We took the girls shopping down tow Denver on the 6th street mall. We stayed with our friend KoKo who is the best host ever and should open a B&B cause she could make a fortune. It was great seeing everyone in Denver and I can't wait for our wedding when we can all get together again.

Invisiable Tree House...way cool!!

It is an old architectural trick used since the invention of mirrored glass: covering buildings with the reflective material and declaring that they blend in with the surroundings. Most architects use it to convince wary citizens that it is OK if their building is tall because it will reflect the sky and nature. The rendering always makes the building disappear, and the reality is always a big clunky mirrored box.

But a mirrored box can be elegant, too, such as this treehouse by Swedish firm Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter. TreeHugger loves treehouses (see our roundup of them here) when they are designed to minimize impact on the surrounding landscape. And in this case, it looks like the architects have pulled it off successfully.

Images used with permission of the architects


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unit plans

Designboom says that it is a hotel unit that includes a kitchen, sleeping area, living area and a terrace.

DVICE notes that "There doesn't appear to be a bathroom or a ladder. That could make for a, um, rather uncomfortable night, at least for guests of the female variety."

More information on the website of Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter Warning: slow flash that takes over your monitor

Never Thought it Would Happen

On Thursday my son Preston and I were arguing the importance of wearing a helmet when he is riding around the streets of Sandy. I argued that is was not him I didn't trust it was other people who are pre-occupied with cell phone and other stuff while driving. Driver don't pay attention and I don't trust people anymore behind the wheel. After my best friend had to have brain surgery after hitting her head on the ground when she fell of her bike, the whole helmet thing has been a big issue for me. And my kids think it is so un-cool to wear their helmets. Well yesterday Preston takes off with his friend on their bikes to go around the city. I don't mind it as long as they stay in Sandy. Its better than staying inside playing video games. Well we had tickets to a movie at five so I called Preston around 3:30 to see if he was on his way home. He then tells me that he has just been hit by a car!! Preston is a real kidder so I didn't believe him. I was like "Preston you need to get home now!" He says "I can't my bike is smashed". Then I hear sirens and police in the back ground. And I was like "WHERE ARE YOU!" He tells me that he is down the street and the cops need me to come down. He was talking to me on the phone while he was on the ground. Apparently he was crossing a rode in between two neighborhood blocks. A lady was pulling out of the neighborhood and saw him but panicked and sped up. She meant to put on the break but pushed the gas even more. Luckily he was standing up on his bike when this happened. This caused him to go up over the hood as his bike went under her tire (just writing that again makes me cringe). His bike is so smashed as you see in the pictures. And luckily his ankel is the only thing that got hurt. He is so lucky since he wasn't wearing a helmet. The police and paramedics couldn't beleive he got up right after. And his best friend that saw it happen thought he was dead. When I finally got to the scene and saw all police cars and ambulence I freaked out. I jumped out of the car and hugged him so tight. It took me awhile to realize what had happened and that he was all right. He and I both were kinda in a daze the rest of the night trying not to think of what might have happened. He felt well enough that we made it to our movie and today he is a little sore. But all-in-all he is OK. And his helmet is his new favorite accesory. I am hugging him more today!!

Hannah's Family Party

This is a slide show of Hannah's family party we had at our house 1/30/09! Hannah's real birthday. She was actually home sick this day. We weren't quite sure what she had. But she still wanted to have her part. So I made 3 trays of her favorite food (lasagna) and got her her giant cookie cake. Everyone made it over this time. Despite being allergic to our cats and living an hour away Mike and Mandi made it down for the party and we were so happy they came. Hannah got her first cell phone. And lots of cloLoading…thes.