It's been a great weekend so far. Everyone is still asleep, so I thought I would post a note. Mary and Jennifer arrived on Saturday afternoon. Thomas and I were eager to start our weekend and were lucky enough to enjoy some porch time at Daniel and Julie's. We were picking up the grill in preparation of the first meal we hosted for the family at our house. This invitation was, of course, contingent on everyone being able to sit outside and hang out. Otherwise, we would have had to have shifts.
Saturday morning, Thomas and I were fighting for counter-top space as we prepared various parts of the meal. He cubed a couple rump roasts for shishkabobs. I cubed potatoes for shishkabobs and then made pasta salad, bread, and peach cobbler. The kitchen got a quick makeover once we finished making messes. Then the waiting.
We were psyched when the little blue bug rolled in and parked. Poor thing had overheated on the drive down (nothing Thomas couldn't fix once it cooled down), but the girls and their things, a tube of cinnamint fluoride-free toothpaste, two handfuls of beer, and two bags of produce poured out of that bug, and the party was on! We enjoyed showing off all the work that has been done in the last 10 1/2 months since they were last here. And we did put them to work - picking up a picnic table and chairs from Mom and Pop's.
Our first hosting of fun and food was fab! We ate. We drank. And then we watched the stars. I think everyone saw at least a few shooting stars. We got out the constellation map, but the map really lacks our perspective. The map almost suggests that there aren't a million other brilliantly visible stars between constellations, so we played a little of our connect-the-dots. Fantastic! Only thing missing was the Salas family. who spent the weekend in Pueblo for a graduation.
Sunday, after a big breakfast of eggs and potatoes, a tradition of mine on Sundays at the Columbine House, we loaded up the car with water bottles, hats, wind breakers, and sunscreen for the drive to Red River. Any guy out there who has been can already feel sorry for Thomas to be driving to Red River on Memorial Day instead of riding. Yes riding is more appropriate as there is a huge Memorial Day rally all weekend that culminates with a procession of motorcycles out to the Vietnam Memorial in Eagle Nest. Thomas and his buddies have been many a year, but this year it was a little awkward for him to come in on four wheels instead of two. He toured the three of us girls around and pointed out the wussy bikes. He stopped and waited as we checked out classy paint jobs and all the custom details guys were showing off. It was a lot of bikes, to be sure!
The afternoon was more laziness, as the heat sapped us. We had a bite at the St. James and wandered the halls of Western heroes and outlaws. We came home and watched a movie. We braved the wind and walked around Miami Lake, until we thought we couldn't keep our feet on the ground anymore. After dinner we got into Trouble. Yes, Trouble with a capital T. You know the pop it game. Jennifer schooled us all twice, and Thomas came in quickly behind her twice, and Mary after him, and I just got myself another drink. "/
Well, I have watered this morning and had my cereal. The girls are still asleep. They will be headed off to Denver soon, and the weekend will end as it always has to. Bummer! It has been so much fun. Thomas took apart the camera to try to fix it, but to no avail. Maybe Mary will be kind enough to send a few?
Saturday morning, Thomas and I were fighting for counter-top space as we prepared various parts of the meal. He cubed a couple rump roasts for shishkabobs. I cubed potatoes for shishkabobs and then made pasta salad, bread, and peach cobbler. The kitchen got a quick makeover once we finished making messes. Then the waiting.
We were psyched when the little blue bug rolled in and parked. Poor thing had overheated on the drive down (nothing Thomas couldn't fix once it cooled down), but the girls and their things, a tube of cinnamint fluoride-free toothpaste, two handfuls of beer, and two bags of produce poured out of that bug, and the party was on! We enjoyed showing off all the work that has been done in the last 10 1/2 months since they were last here. And we did put them to work - picking up a picnic table and chairs from Mom and Pop's.
Our first hosting of fun and food was fab! We ate. We drank. And then we watched the stars. I think everyone saw at least a few shooting stars. We got out the constellation map, but the map really lacks our perspective. The map almost suggests that there aren't a million other brilliantly visible stars between constellations, so we played a little of our connect-the-dots. Fantastic! Only thing missing was the Salas family. who spent the weekend in Pueblo for a graduation.
Sunday, after a big breakfast of eggs and potatoes, a tradition of mine on Sundays at the Columbine House, we loaded up the car with water bottles, hats, wind breakers, and sunscreen for the drive to Red River. Any guy out there who has been can already feel sorry for Thomas to be driving to Red River on Memorial Day instead of riding. Yes riding is more appropriate as there is a huge Memorial Day rally all weekend that culminates with a procession of motorcycles out to the Vietnam Memorial in Eagle Nest. Thomas and his buddies have been many a year, but this year it was a little awkward for him to come in on four wheels instead of two. He toured the three of us girls around and pointed out the wussy bikes. He stopped and waited as we checked out classy paint jobs and all the custom details guys were showing off. It was a lot of bikes, to be sure!
The afternoon was more laziness, as the heat sapped us. We had a bite at the St. James and wandered the halls of Western heroes and outlaws. We came home and watched a movie. We braved the wind and walked around Miami Lake, until we thought we couldn't keep our feet on the ground anymore. After dinner we got into Trouble. Yes, Trouble with a capital T. You know the pop it game. Jennifer schooled us all twice, and Thomas came in quickly behind her twice, and Mary after him, and I just got myself another drink. "/
Well, I have watered this morning and had my cereal. The girls are still asleep. They will be headed off to Denver soon, and the weekend will end as it always has to. Bummer! It has been so much fun. Thomas took apart the camera to try to fix it, but to no avail. Maybe Mary will be kind enough to send a few?
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