Denver Road Trip, Part 1

Ok, so we took a road trip to Denver during Valentine's Day weekend, it was so much fun! There are a million pictures, so I'm starting at the end and working my way up, so here are the pictures from the nature and science museum we went to, it was awesome! They had a natural disaster exhibit so Chris really wanted to go! We weren't allowed to take pics in that exhibit, but it was cool, just take my word for it :)



Those butterflies were freakin huge!

Ok so they had this heat sensor camera and when I lifted my arms my armpits were all red, which means that they were reall hot, and Chris couldn't stop laughing so he made me take a picture... :(


This was so cool to me, it's like a porcupine. It's a huge gemstone and every little piece sticks out

I'm a ghost, no the flash was just REALLY bright

This is the largest Topaz on earth, it is 10,500 carats

This was a sample of what we would see in the natural disaster exhibit, it's a telephone pole that's been through a hurricane

Chris Loves Bears :)

This is a model of the largest Grizzly Bear on record, it's like 10 feet tall


Aren't the baby seals so cute!








Garden of the Gods







Colorado is so pretty!

You like that butt shot??




Woo woo!


A little harder Chris, you almost got it!




This is my seductive look, just kidding, it was just super bright


This is called the balancing rock, pretty sweet

My 21st Birthday! Yea, I'm Legal!

That morning I woke up around 5, because that's what time Chris got up. I told my boss the day before that I'd be coming into work late cause I wanted to sleep in, but that didn't happen. I went back to sleep after Chris got up, and he'd come in and check on me every so often, and give me kisses and tell me Happy Birthday, but as the morning continued onto 6 and 7am I could smell the most delicious smells! I thought I smelled cake, and eggs, and all sorts of delicious things! So at 7am Chris came back into the bedroom and told me to get up and see what he had made for my Birthday dinner! He made me wait around the hall until he had everything just right, and then told me to come in. I was so happy!! He had baked me a cake, frosted it, and put some lit candles on it for me to make a wish! I was in Chris's over-sized clothes when I woke up, and he immediately sat me down and made me take a picture and make a wish and blow out my candles. I had just woken up moments before, so the pictures aren't the cutest... Anyway, he had also made me breakfast! He made me French Toast, yumm! I love French Toast! And I taught him how to make it the way mom makes it, with cinnamon in the batter, and he made them just perfect! He also made mom's homemade syrup! I am so grateful for Chris! He is so wonderful and amazing to me! I'm so lucky to have a sweet, handsome, and caring guy like him, who would get up at 5 just to make my birthday special! Thank you Chris! I love you so much!!




Bowen made me a floral arrangement from his floral design class, pretty good huh?

We went to Red Lobster for my birthday dinner the weekend before, and they basically gave me free Snow Crab, it was so good!

This is at 7 am on the morning I thought I was going to be able to sleep in, but it was worth getting up! Chris is so wonderful!

I'm so tired! I can barely open my eyes :)

We went to Denver that weekend after my birthday, those pictures are coming up next!

A Colleen Moment

Ok, so I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything in a long time, but I have a lot coming! I have some birthday pics and stories, as well as a trip to Denver Chris and I took a couple weekends ago, so lots of stuff is coming! I just have to get through my 2 biggest midterms. Anyway, I have a story to get you through the next week until I post something else.

Chris and I now work at the same place, and we try to carpool as much as possible. One day we carpooled, and in the middle of the day I had to leave for classes, and then I would come back to pick up Chris. Chris and I met in the break room to share a sandwich for lunch, and when we were done I told him I was leaving, and he said that he was going to the bathroom before he had to clock back in. He began to walk to the other side of the breakroom, so I assumed he was going to the individual bathroom on that side of the building to do his duty. So I went back to my desk and clocked out, and got ready to leave for school, and was almost out the door when I realized that Chris still had the car key. So I went back to his desk, and he wasn't there, so I thought that he must still be in the bathroom. So I walked over to the bathrooms (it is just an individual bathroom, 1 toilet) and I waited for everyone to clear out of the hall, and then I loudly said, "Chris" to see if he would answer inside the bathroom. No answer came, so I proceeded to repeat myself a few more times, a little louder and louder each time, still no answer! So then my boss came walking down the hall, he was leaving work, and he said, "I thought you already left" and I told him that Chris was in the bathroom and that I needed the key! So he told me to knock, and then left. So I thought, it has to be Chris in here, so I knocked and said "CHRIS!!" and then I jiggled the handle. Right then I got a reply text from Chris ( I had previously asked him to open the door and give me the key in a text) that said, "Colleen, I'm at my desk, come get the key!" Oh, crap! I ran away from that men's bathroom as fast as I could, and then took a different way out of the building. I hope no one finds out my husband's name is Chris or I'll be the crazy lady who almost knocked down the door trying to get a key from a man I don't even know. Anyway, that's my embarrassing story of the week, be back soon! :)

Living it up at the Gparent's Cabin!

Chris and I love to go up the gparents cabin! They have 4-wheelers, snowmobiles, tubes, and sleds! It is up in the mountains and so there are tons of fun sledding hills and trails for the snowmobiles! Chris and I found some trails that go on for miles! They climb huge hills where it feels like you're going vertical and some fun jumps! I love going up to the cabin!



Chris, cousin Brad, Aunt Katy, and Bowen

Uncle Ron (No intro needed :) )

Chris is trying to look tough on the 4-wheeler

That is my bum, Chris was pulling me on the snowmobile. It was so much fun! He went super fast, and I almost fell tons of time, but I stayed on!

Chris is pulling Bowen





My face looks so much better when it's not pushed down by goggles

Uncle Ron loves to be pulled by the snowmobile! He is so crazy! In fact we went down this huge hill that has a total drop off on one side with a few trees; Uncle Ron wanted to go on the big tube with someone, and I didn't want to do it cause I wasn't strong enough to control both of us. So Brad went with Ron, and as we watched them come down this huge hill, they started to curve towards the edge of the cliff, and sure enough, woop, they went right off!! They disappeared into thin air! So we all started running as fast as we could up the hill to see if they were ok. Of course I had to stop about half way up, because I was out of shape! Plus it's at a high altitude! Anyway, Brad and Ron fell right into a little nest of trees! It stopped them about a 1/4 way down the cliff. Poor Brad didn't want Ron to get hurt, so he swung himself around and hit the tree with his ribs to stop the impact (rather than Ron's body) we think he cracked a few ribs, cause he couldn't move much after that. Uncle Ron had a few cuts, but he was ok, Brad took the brunt of the fall. So Uncle Ron is still making crazy stories! He sure is fun!



This is Chris on the big tube coming down that big hill. Brad & Ron fell off the edge about half way down.


Chris pulling Bowen on the tube! It was so much fun!

Sorry!

Hey Everyone, sorry that I haven't posted anything in forever! I've been so caught up looking at Ella and Kelly's blog that I figured she'd just take over for a while, which I've loved! I'll post some new pictures soon, I promise!