Aunt Becca & Uncle Larry to baby Matthew Clark Henry

Well, we got the call at noon today that we're aunt and uncle now... Craig and Kristin have a healthy baby boy - Matthew Clark Henry. He weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces. Kristin had a somewhat short natural labor, and was up walking around by the afternoon and eager to return home.

Aunt Becca will be able to visit her nephew in October and can't wait to meet him!

Celebrating September Birthdays - girls day!

My dear friend Sherrie and I decided to spend the day together to celebrate our birthdays this year. We began the day with coffee to go as we drove up Left hand canyon to Ward, CO and then picked up the Peak to Peak Highway t get to Brainard Lake State Park. We decided to go somewhat near to town instead of Summit County; where we knew the crowds would be for the holiday weekend.

We chose the hike that starts at Mitchell Lake parking lot. We passed Mitchell Lake on the first mile of trail, and then ascended to Blue Lake at 11,600 ft. It was a perfect Colorado day - sunny, close to 90 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky. It was quite cool at our destination due to the elevation and wind, but what a place to have lunch.

We mt several dogs on the trail, but our favorites were two Golden Retriever brothers, a Whippet puppy, and a Veishla. All were friendly and eager to sniff you. There was one family as we neared the end of the trail that had a complaining teenager wit the. They jokingly asked us if we would take their daughter. I had to laugh, cause I used to complain as a child. I told her the view was spectacular and to enjoy the time with her family. Just suck it up and have fun!

We both came home and rested before continuing girls day with dinner. We tried a wonderful restaurant in the posh, and popular Highland District of Denver. We ate outside on the small patio at Bang. Which was odd, cause the kitchen was exposed in the front of the building so passer bys could watch what was cooking, and the restaurant was in the back of the old house, including patio. Sherrie and I split a spinach salad with bacon, hard boiled egg, and buttermilk dressing. And also had a homemade fried mozzerella served on arugala and served with hot pepper jelly for an appetizer. Both were Yummy!
I decide to have the Grilled salmon for my entree, and it was out of this world delicious! So, the entree arrives with a wasabe cream suce on the bottom of the plate, with jasmine rice topped with the grilled salmon and cucumber salad as the garnish atop the salmon. Perfect with a Frech glass of Sauvignon Blanc!
Sherrie decide to have the penne pasta dish, and clearly noticed that she chose incorrectly- longing for the salmon dish.

We ended our day by touring the neighborhood nd capping the evening with a glass of wine at a wine bar called TASTES. It was small and uncrowded when we arrived. I decided to have a late harvet white wine and Sherrie had champagne. Again, she wished she had ordered the Late Harest. Though we did find out that they serve Naspresso - which Sherrie fell in loe with on her trip to Switzerland to visit her sister this past spring.

It was a perfect evening too! Not too cold nor too warm. We even stopped at the local ballroom dance studio to checkout the open dance. One of these days, I hope Larry and I can get back into dancing. We decided to have a hiatus this summer due to his teching schedule.

So You Think You Can Dance - Top 4

Click on the title to view the Top 4 dancers - dancing to a string quartet of Hallelujah

So You Think You Can Dance - Jashua and Twitch

Click on the title to see the video of Joshua and Twitch dancing the Russian's Dance of the Nutcracker. I love this series and hope that Katie and/or Joshua wins.
~Rebecca

21 day of over 90 degree temperatures - no air either

Well, we're experiencing our 21st day of 90+ degrees. Actually, the past three days have been closer to 100. Needless to say, Larry and I are highly contemplating purchasing an air conditioner for next summer. we thought we would see how this summer is coming along, before making the investment. These subsequent days of this heat has sold us on the idea. We're hoping we can get a discount by purchasing it off season. We'll see...

Fall is being wished for by many, and I look forward to cooler breezes and the crispness of fall.