Valentines Day

Well, we did go to dinner last night. I was mistaken, it was called "The Gaucho". It was very good, and very different. They had a salad bar that also had more than salad. It had like Beef Stroganoff and Salmon, etc... And the main meats were brought to you by "Gauchos" that walked around with meat on a skewer, and they ask you if you want meat, and then they cut off a piece for you. It is a great place to try, but not a place that I want to go very often. Lee and Cherrie also went and I thought it would be funny if they sat us close to them, and guess what, they did ;) HEHE. But I really enjoyed it. Ryan and I hadn't been out on a date in... I don't even remember when. It was great. I'm hoping we can go away for a weekend on our anniversary in May. I hope everyone else had a great Valentines Day :)

Happy Valentines Day everyone :)

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Ryan and I are going to a Brazilian Steakhouse called Gouchos tonight. I'm really looking forward to it. I can't remember when we went out on Valentines Day together. I'll be sure to blog about it soon though :) I hope all of you have a nice evening also.

My FAST paced trip to Colorado

One week ago today, I left with Ollie and Sharon to Colorado. We traveled all day and got to Pueblo, CO. on Tuesday night. We stayed the night and left the next morning at about 9:00 am. and the average time to get to Montrose was about 4 1/2 hours. Not for us that day. The roads were HORRIBLE. Almost 3/4 of the way between Pueblo and Montrose was bad roads. Monarch Pass was horrifying. We slid a little going downhill. And winds were blowing dry snow, so you couldn't see anything but white. The skies were white and lots of snow. The roads didn't get clear until we were 5 miles out of Montrose. It was a very scary day. Our nerves were all tense. But we did make it to Olathe about 3:30 pm. I sat and visited with my mom for about 1 hour and my sister, Peggy, from Ouray called and wanted us to come up and have dinner with her and stay the night. She was planning on going to Kansas the next day so this really would be the only time I saw her. I was reluctant to go back in the mountains, because of the roads. But I went, my mom decided not to go afterall.

I had a wonderful time at Peggy's house. She has a gorgeous house! She fed us dinner and then the kids wanted to get in her jaccuzi. It was snowing outside and was probably 10 degrees or less, but it was fun. Then we all went to bed and the next morning Peg left for work and Kayla left for school. Then the kids wanted to go sledding. In Ouray, they close off a road and make it a sledding hill. I wanted to make the kids happy, so I took them. We didn't have snow clothes, mittens, anything. So we only went down 2 runs and we were all freezing. So we left Ouray to head back to Montrose.

I went to see one of my closest friends, Beth. We had a great visit, I miss living around her and Joe SOOO much. They were definately our closest friends. Then after our great visit, I went to have lunch with my other sister, Sue. Her daughter, Savanna joined us. We had a nice visit for an hour and then Savanna and I went to JC Penneys, where she works. She gets a discount PLUS the store was having 75% off sales. So I got quite a few clothes for under $30.00. I LOVE finding deals like that. Then I went straight to my Aunt Merrell's house. I fear that she won't be here a lot longer. So I wanted to go see her, while I could. We had a "tea party", and the kids loved it. They got to use sugar cubes, which they thought was amazing. HEHE. Then I finally made it back to my mom's house. We visited for a couple hours and then I headed to my neice, Stephanie and her hubby Jeremy's house and visited there for a little while. Then I went to my sister, Sue's house and visited with her and her hubby Steve. They got a little chihuahua puppy that was SO cute, the kids LOVED playing with her! (Chihuahua's are my favorite dog). And finally I went back to mom's house and we all played Old Maid. Blake hated being the old maid, he threw a fit, it was hilarious!!! And after the game, I CRASHED. I was so stinking tired I couldn't see straight.

The next morning, we got up and got all my stuff loaded in the car and headed up to Grand Junction for Betha's funeral. It was sad to know that I'll never get to have another great visit with her again, but I know she is in a better place. I'm so thankful that she doesn't have to suffer anymore. I'll TRULY miss her.

At the funeral I did get to see Chantel, Dale and Andy. I got to see my nephew, Shane, and many other friends from when we lived in GJ. Then as SOON as the funeral dinner was over we left to head home. It was about 3:30 pm, which means that we were only in Colorado for 48 hours. I crammed a lot into those 2 days! We got to caravan with Sylvia and Skylene, which was nice! The roads were great heading home. We stopped in Pueblo again and left home the next day. It was an exhausting trip, but I'm so glad I got to go.

Going to Colorado tomorrow.

Well I didn't see this happening, but it is. I am riding to Colorado with Ollie and Sharon to Betha's funeral. I was really close to Betha, I used to help take care of her when we lived in Grand Junction. She was like another mother figure to me. Ollie is officiating the funeral for her. I am truly going to miss her! But it is such a blessing that she doesn't have to suffer with that terrible affliction anymore. Taylor also had a strong bond with her. This isn't an ideal trip for us, but I wouldn't want to miss out on giving my love and support to her family. I'll always love and miss Betha.

The funnest super bowl ever!

Yesterday, as you all know, was Super Bowl day. I am a Denver Broncos fan, and since they weren't playing, I really didn't care if I watched it or not. But Ryan told me to call Christopher and Melissa and see if we could come over and watch it with them. They said yes, so we went over there. I was going for the Giants (the winners ;) because the Patriots have won too many times in recent years. There were 5 couples (possibly more) and LOTS of young kids there. I would guess there were about 30 people there. The kids stayed in Aiden's play room (well...most of the time) and Kimber G. (who is 2 days older than Taylor) came, so Taylor and Blake both had one kid to play with. But I actually watched the whole game, and actually ENJOYED it! When the Giants scored the last touchdown with 2 minutes left in the game, a lot of people were just going wild then, it was FUN!!! Everyone brought snacks and drinks, so there was plenty for everyone, and it just turned out to be the funnest Super Bowl party I've ever been to!