What a wonderful weekend with Chelsea's wedding. My sister is a great example of God's timing and learning to completely rely on Him. She was beautiful. And, her outside beautiful only showed her inside beautiful all that much more. She had a calm and graceful presence on her wedding day that showed her loved for Drew. There was tears of joy, laughs, hugs, and plenty of good cake. Their relationship is truly God inspired. I am so excited for them. Now there is a lifetime of marriage bliss ahead of them. :)

On a side note, every day while I'm in traffic, I think about the effects one car can make on the rest of the traffic. For example, on days that are sunny, the traffic is worse. Why? When that first peak of the sun hits, one car taps the breaks and puts down their visor. That 3 seconds of braking causing the car behind them to break, causing the car behind them to break, and so on. Now, for the sermon illustration. (Thanks dad.) Is there one quick sin that seems harmless in our life that is effecting our whole being (or the rest of traffic)? If so, it creates a stop or slow down from our destination. 

Weekend Warriors!

After the last two weekends, It's a good thing Jake and I both have the weekends off. Two weekends ago, we went to Fruita, CO to camp and mountain bike. Don't let the name fool you, it's as dry as it can be out there. We were biking in the desert. But, the world class status lived up to its name. It was great, fun biking. After our day of biking on Saturday, we went back to camp and started to set up. We were approached by a couple who asked if we were going to the big country music festival that was there that weekend. We said no, we were just there to bike. They asked us if we wanted to go and offered us their VIP tickets, which included free parking, free all you can eat food and drink, and free seats. The tickets were a $600 value and they just gave them to us. The bands that night was Uncle Kracker and Kid Rock. It was a fun time. Not the greatest bands, but worth the free tickets.

Last weekend, we went to Estate Park, CO. It was another weekend of camping and exploring. We went into Rocky Mountain National Park, which has great views and a road that takes you up and down over 10,000 ft. The highlight of that trip was having a moose come into our campsite while we were eating dinner. (See pic on FB). But wait, there's more. In the middle of the night, I woke to a heavy breathing outside our tent. My heart started pounding and I was silent. After it left, Jake rolled over and could hear me breathing heavy. He said it was a hooved animal and not to worry. When we woke in the morning, sure enough, it was a baby moose right by our tent and next to my head! It had run around in circles then came over to sniff us.
I can honestly say Jake and I both like Colorado more than we thought. We are excited to move into our new place tomorrow! And, I'm excited to go to Kelsey's wedding this weekend and gather with all my college friends next weekend! Ahhhhhh......summer!

Colorado or bust......

Well, here are on a new journey in Colorado. When I was little and we went to Colorado for vacation, all I could think about is how much I wanted to move to Colorado when I grew up. Little did I know, over 2 million people also wanted to do the same thing. I think that's the biggest "culture shock" here. People are everywhere. Don't get me wrong, there are still mountains, and the fun things we can do in the mountains, but geez-lots of people. Jake and I are going camping this weekend and hopefully we can find somewhere that doesn't involve lots of people.
We are excited that we have found a place to live in Golden, CO. We move in July 5th. That's where Jake works and it's a town that doesn't have the big city feel as much. Maybe I'll be able to keep up with my blog here in the mile high country.......