Colorado

Here are some much anticipated photos from Lucas and my trip to Colorado this summer! :) Thanks again to Jaclyn and Andy for hosting and entertaining us while we were out there. It was fun to hang out again - it had been forever! We took over 800 photos... so, I will only be sharing a few of my favorites from the beginning of our trip, there will be more to come... Enjoy!

Below is our first picture together in Colorado; it was taken at a scenic pulloff alongside the highway on our way to Boulder.

The Tea Shop was at the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory. If you have never had Celestial Seasonings Tea, you are missing out! This tour was free and super fun!! If you are even near Boulder, CO, I encourage to take the FREE tour... and don't skip out on the peppermint room! ;)
This one was taken on our hike in Boulder... honestly... none of these pictures compare to how beautiful it actually is!
One of Lucas' favorite things to do is golf... when we decided to fly out to Colorado rather than drive, he was a little bummed because that meant he wouldn't be bringing his clubs... So, when we ran into this AWESOME mini golf course... we couldn't pass it up! It was BEAUTIFULLY landscaped and the four of us had such a great time!
This picture was taken from the top of Pike's Peak... we took the Cog Railway both up and down - an absolutely breathtaking experience. One interesting fact about Pike's Peak: the song "America the Beautiful" was written at the top of and in regards to Pike's Peak.
I can clearly see why!
More to come soon!!

Busy? I think so!

Clearly, I have been out of the blog world for nearly 3 months! Reason being I am just too darn busy - then again, who isn't busy?!
So, what have I been up to?

• Working: My practicum experience is going well; it was a little rocky to begin with but is beginning to smooth itself out.
• Visiting Eau Claire: Every other weekend or as often as I can because I miss everyone out there so much!
• Planning: For my wedding!!! Lucas proposed to me on September 26. :) :)
  
• Uploading: So many pictures!! From Zeke being born (Teddy's new little brother) to Colorado to engagement ring to food for my other blog that I share with my sister: Mom Taught Us.
• Cooking/Baking: Again, for the other blog. Check it out! : http://momtaughtus.blogspot.com
• Working Out: My mom, sister, aunts and cousins are taking an exercise every Thursday called 20/20/20. 20 minutes of cardio. 20 minutes of Abs. 20 minutes of strengthening. I also try to walk as often as possible with my mom.
• Homework: Even though I'm working full time, I do have assignments/quizzes/projects for the classes I am enrolled in throughout my practicum. I suppose they figure if they keep us busy enough we'll stay out of trouble! ;)
  

So, you can look for updated blog posts of all the things I've listed above in the near future! :)

Happy Birthday to Me! :)

My birthday was on Saturday and I got lots of great gifts! :)

They include:

• Digital Camera ... for my love of picture-taking and just in time for Colorado!
  
• Luggage ... which will come in handy at the end of this week when we fly to Colorado!!
• Cute new clothes ... which will be nice for my practicum starting on August 24th!
  
• A gray/blue pin striped suit ... this will be nice for my practicum and also when I begin interviewing for jobs
• A scrapbook ... that will be used for pictures of our Colorado trip!
  
• Gift cards and money ... I have already put some of the gift cards to good use by purchasing... a cute camera case for my new camera, a nice lunch bag to take my lunch in for my practicum and luggage tags for the trip! The camera case is pictured below. :)
  

Thanks to everyone who helped to make my 22nd birthday so wonderful! :) Love you all!

Pike's Peak

I just reserved our train seats for the 3 hour and 10 minute ride through Pike's Peak in Colorado! :) I'm so excited! I also found a $5 off coupon so it will only cost us $28.50 each!

It's going to be one of the first things we do: Monday, August 17th.

Next week I plan to book our White Water Rafting Adventure... which I'm also very excited for!

Overall, this trip will be relatively cheap because we won't have any hotel costs and a lot of things to entertain ourselves can be done for free!

Some other things we plan on doing are:
A tour of U.S. Mint which is where coins are made.
A brewery tour (Miller/Coors)
State Capitol
Parks
Denver Zoo

... and many others!...

Country Jam!

Jaci got free 3 day passes from her neighbor so she shared them with Lucas and me. :)
We had a great time! :)Blake Shelton

The three of us on Thursday night.

Tim McGraw!!!

Jaci and me on Saturday. :)

Concert in the Park

Every Thursday night at the beautiful Phoenix Park in Eau Claire there is a Concert in the Park. The past couple weeks, I have gone with some friends and last week we even had a delicious picnic. The following photos are from last week. :)

One Reason I Love the Farmer's Market!

I got this BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers from the farmer's market for only $3!! Other goodies I got at the market yesterday were raspberries, zucchinis (green and yellow) and 3 pounds of red and yellow potatoes. My entire purchase only cost $10. I like to make a trip there weekly - they have it three days a week at Phoenix Park. :)