Bridal Shower & First Day of School!

WOW! What a weekend. This weekend was my dress fitting and bridal shower. I had SUCH a fun weekend. I want to thank every single person who made my day so special (even those who couldn't make it!). Pat and I are so blessed to have people like you in our lives. We are excited to put some of the awesome stuff in our home and use it! My sister and my mom did a great job planning every detail of it. I loved every single thing that we got and so does Pat. The thing he has been looking forward to and I think that Pat is most excited for..... THE TRASH CAN! haha. But seriously thanks everyone! We cannot wait to share our big day with you.

On another note, today was my first day of preschool (for the third year in a row). Every year is a surprise. You never know what you are going to get when they walk in that door. Today it was 15 sassy, energetic little girls and two (very outnumbered) boys. But like every year, we survived! It was a very long day. But I know that God was sending me some encouragement this afternoon, because I came home to a beautiful rainbow on my drive home. That is going to be a good omen in my eyes, that today was the storm, but tomorrow will be the rainbow!

"Be though the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beams that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with a prophetic ray."

--(Lord Byron)

CAMPING

Believe it or not, Pat and I have been together for over 3 years and have been putting of a camping trip every summer. This summer we finally made it on our first camping trip together (well since we went in High School...). We ventured to Leadville to Turquoise Lake and it was GORGEOUS.

Funny thing is that during the past three years, I have owned a tent (who knows where I originally got it). But in that three years it has never been used. I assumed it was the big tent we used to use in HS...until we put it up. haha. This tent was barely a 1 person tent. Here is Pat in the tent we ended up using:

Here is us in the drizzle when we got to Turquoise Lake on Day 1:

We enjoyed the Lake immensely. It ended up being clear the whole time we were there. And the water was crystal clear. Gorgeous!

I couldn't sleep in our little tent, so Bear and I took a walk down to the water on the morning of Day 2. I was the only person up in our campground and the only person on the lake, so serene...

We were not big fans of the tiny tent but Bear LOVED the tent. Any time the zipper was open she would find her way in there to lay down.

We took a lot of time to just enjoy ourselves. Us on Day 2:

We sure did love the Lake. I think that we are going to make that a yearly tradition. Anyone who wants to join us next summer, let us know! We are going to plan way earlier in the summer and get our butts camping a lot more.

More Summer Updates...

Some more fun of the summer! We went with Megan and Aaron to see Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley! Like all of the Dierk's concerts that Pat and I have been to, it was amazing. Since it was in WY, he even did a little Chris Ledoux tribute

It was my first time seeing Miranda Lambert. She was also pretty amazing. She puts on a great concert.
Our couple in crime, Megan and Aaron (thanks guys for going with us!)

Me and Pat before the concert started. It was a great time!
Another thing that we got to do is host a the Johnson family for a night at our place. After Kenzie and I went to the zoo, the rest of the clan joined us for a BBQ and some Ladder Golf at our place. Here are Nate and Kenzie kicking butt in Ladder Golf.
Pat and Peyton. Aren't they adorable?
Stryker right after he used that ax to try to cut our trees down.
We have had an awesome summer! Thanks to all who have made it memorable.

Coor's Brewery/Invites

Alright, I know that I am really far behind on updating this blog. It's the last day of summer so I am going to get caught up on posts. This one is about a bunch of the fun things that we have done over summer. We live literally less than 30 minutes from this place and have never been, so we finally gave in and took a tour of Coor's Brewery. (Let's just say that it was no New Belgium, but we had a good day there.)

Another big thing that we got accomplished this summer was LOTS of wedding plans. One of the big time consumer could have been invitiations, but I have a wonderful, sister, mother and friend that helped me stuff, stamp and lick all those envelopes! Mailing them was a fun adventure for Pat and I... Here is the box full of them.
And here is Pat showing off the handy work of my girls and I.

The best part of getting all of those mailed is the RSVP cards that are coming back as a result. We are getting SO excited, and finding out who is able to come to the big day is making it SO real. Can't wait! Hope to see lots of wonderful friends and family there.