We love having visitors!

We had a special visitor the end of August, my friend Jenn came to visit from California. Her first night here, we hit up D Bar...so delicious. She loved it as much as we do.

Paul got the "Ice Cream Sandwhich", which was heavenly. We picked a good night to go...Keegan was the pastry chef that night, and he actually made our desserts!

PBD Bar, my dessert! Good, is an understatement.

Jenn got the classic "Cake and a shake", it is so hard to choose!We took her to Boulder to see the Flat Irons and the view of downtown Boulder.

Then we went to Estes Park to eat, shop and walk around. We drove through Rocky Mountain National Park, it was so pretty.

It was so fun having you here! You are welcome anytime so please come back soon!

Hayden

I just wanted to post these pictures of Hayden because I thought they were cute. Enjoy!

I forgot to pack Hayden a hat when he spent the night at Nona and Papa's so Nona improvised with a Doo Rag! I love it!

Hayden loves to wear my shoes. Amazingly, his shoes are about half the size of my shoes already. Daddy predicts his feet will be bigger than mine by first grade!He was walking around with his "baby" with his hand in his pocket. (He pulled it out just as the picture was taking).

He wanted to show Siena all of his "babies". He is fascinated by her.

Goodbye Ropers...we will miss you!

We had the pleasure of spending one last night before our friends move to Kansas City. We are excited for you and your new journey, but we will miss having you "down the street".

It was very cute to see Hayden and Siena playing together. I just loved this picture of Hayden.

I just love this picture that Ryan took of us. Thanks guys, but we need one of your family!

Wings Over the Rockies

Paul's company picnic was held at the Air and Space Museum. It was a great time to talk to everyone and see some really cool planes. With a great food, drinks, a photographer for family pictures, and actual military planes to sit in and admire, we had so much fun.
All Hayden needed was the bounce house. At first he was a little skeptical about getting in, but then we couldn't get him out of it, Paul actually had to go in and get him.

We had a great time! It was so nice to spend the night together as a family. Thank you Jeppesen.

Five years

July 23, 2009, was our five year anniversary. We celebrated by taking a trip to Northern California. We started in Sausalito, a cute little beach city. We walked around the town and had some really good fish and chips. It is such a beautiful and artsy little town, there were people painting as well as sculptures all around the gardens.

There was the craziest huge yacht in the bay...

This guy was stacking rocks next to the water, it was so weird?! but amazing...

That night we went to San Francisco. We walked around Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39, we drove up and then down Lombard Street, we filled our clam chowder and sourdough bread craving and had such a good time.

I absolutely love hydrangea, and they were all over Lombard Street. Paul said they were bigger than my head!

The next day we drove down the coast. We stopped in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Pebble Beach, Carmel and even drove to Big Sur. It was so fun. We saw a lot of sights and enjoyed the quality time together.

At the marina in Monterey.

Paul surprised me by renting this convertible. Even though we had to fold Paul up to get him in and out of it, it made our trip so much fun. From Monterey we did the 17-mile drive through Pebble Beach to Carmel-By-The-Sea. It was a beautiful drive.

You can see the Lone Cypress Tree in the background. It is 350 years old, and still standing.

Leaving Carmel, going to to Big Sur.

On Monday we went to Muir Woods. We hiked 4 miles, and saw the amazing trees.

We were standing next to the "Kent Tree". William Kent named the tallest tree in Muir Woods after himself after donating his time and money to the park for 25 years.

Paul is standing inside one of the trees, it split, but is still standing.

After Muir Woods we drove up to Napa, it was another beautiful drive.

We took a tour of the vineyards, winery and wine caves at the Clos Pegase winery.

While we were in Napa and Sonoma, we went to several wineries including Simi, Clos Pegase, Franciscan, Ravenswood, Goosecross and a champagnerie, Domaine Chandon.While in Sonoma we rode bikes 15 miles through wine country. It was so beautiful, and the weather couldn't have been better our entire trip. We had a great time together and were able to celebrate and reflect on our first five years of marriage. Hayden had a great time with all four of his grandparents, even though we couldn't wait to get home to see him, he didn't want to come home!