So. Much. Fun.

Even though Chicago is crazy cold, it is such a fun city. I am so happy that Josh and Drea welcomed us at their wedding celebration, it was truly an amazing evening. I thought I was doing a decent job taking snapshots, but it turns out I was wrong. I don't have a picture that captures how stunningly beautiful Drea looked, how handsome and happy Josh was, how perfectly the space was decked out. Thank heavens for professional photographers, right? Be sure to check out Josh and Drea's blogs for good pictures. Here you will find funny pictures:

Drea and Josh's well-executed first dance, I guess I failed to see the tree blocking my view?


My new friends Frannie and Maria from LA. Note, self portrait does not work well with tall folks
Me at the end of the night:
Drea at the end of the night:

Yeah, we all had fun. Please be sure to check out other folks' pictures to see how stunning Drea looked when she wasn't being molested.

Our new pastime

After all the dog walking and yard cleaning, that is (walking the dogs is a near full-time thing now that Peekay is too old to keep up and the puppy is too young to behave). The old SciFi series Firefly. Seriously. Netflix recommended it as 5 stars, but it sat way at the bottom of my queue for a few years because, come on, it's a SciFi original series. But I was in Portland a couple weeks ago with my customers and the entire dinner conversation revolved around this T.V. show. So I bumped it up on the queue, where it then sat in our house for a month because of a cheesy opening space war scene. But once we finally got past that first scene, we were hooked! If you're looking for a new show to watch on DVD, give Firefly a chance. We love it.

I'm such a slacker

I'm really going to try to avoid this in the future, the huge post capturing highlights of the month. But this month has been a bit of challenge. Of the 6 days I've spent at home in the past 4 weeks, I've been sick for 5 of them. Did I mention I've been traveling? Mike and I got a free week stay at any Rock Resort courtesy of the wedding extravaganza. Since St Lucia was out of budget (airfare was not included) and we live in Colorado, we opted for the Snake River Resort in Jackson Hole. When we were packing our bags on Saturday night, the temp in Jackson WY was -32 degrees. That's right, 32 degrees BELOW zero. It was an icy drive through Wyoming. Once we got there we had so much fun, it truly was like a second honeymoon. We lounged around in the room. We skied. Well, Mike skied and I read. I was saving my energy for Vegas. We tried out yummy new restaurants and enjoyed some beers in the Cowboy bar. All in all, a great trip.



















Ah, the timed portrait from the trash can. Always a classic.



We came home, I exchanged long underwear and wool socks for push-up bras and patent stilletos, then hopped a flight to Vegas. We had so much celebrating Drea's bachelorette party. I finally got to meet Gina, spend some quality time with Drea, Jill and Katie. Lots of gambling, drinking, and laughing....everything a trip to Vegas should include. I don't have a ton of pictures, Drea's camera saw most of the action, but I love this picture of Jill trying to eat her nutella crepe. You can't see it, but she even has nutella in her hair.



And then guess what? I came home, exchanged my skinny pants and hot dresses for trousers and blazers. DIA, my home away from home. At least my Monday morning trip took me to Newport Beach California. Though it's always a challenge dressing myself when I'm starting the morning in the 20s and ending the day in 85 degree weather. Can't complain, we had a lovely customer dinner at Javier's in Crystal Cove overlooking the ocean, rumor had it the Real Wives of the OC showed up after we left.

And last but not least, we're loving our new BIG baby.