I'm headin to my cousin's house for dinner. This is prob my favorite thing I do on a regular basis in KC. I get to have dinner and hang out with Ryan, my cousin, Kendra, his wife and one of my favorite people, and Baily Bug, my niece!
We're having tacos tonight!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Best Weekend Ever!
Trip to Denver in one word: AWESOME! :)
Basically Lesley and I shopped, ate gluten free meals, went to some amazing resturants, hung out with her family and oh yeah... went Snow Shoeing up in Rocky Mountain Nation park!
Lesley introduced me to some delicious gluten free treats. 1 being her homemade chocolate chip scones, which are porbably the best scones I've ever had. Also this Chai drink by Bolthouse farms, Im offically hooked. So much so that I went to the store last night to get a big honkin jug of it.
A few months ago I hooked Lesley on this amazing game called ImaginIff... While we were out shopping one day Lesley found her own on sale for just $6! So naturally we had to play. Shane, Lesley's boyfriend, was a compliant participant and I think we won him over to the darkside. And I'm not a psychic or anything but I have a hunch that Shane will be playing it again. :)
The much awaited part of the trip was our adventure up to Rocky Mountain Nation Park to go snow shoeing. Let me just tell you, snow shoeing is now probably one of my favorite snow activities right up there with a snowangel and a good snowball fight! :) In all seriousness, this was the best, a must when visiting the montains in the winter.
We started our hike at Bear Lake at about 10,000 ft. From there we hiked, for what seemed like forever, up (seriously UP) a steep climb to the next lake. The next lake was Nimph Lake.
At Nimph Lake we caught our first glimsp of Hallett Peak. I decided to keep my camera out and I proceeded to take the most pictures in 3 hours than I have ever taken before! Dont laugh... I think I took about 300 pictures. If you know my mother, you know I couldnt help it... its in my blood. And Shane, no laughing for you either! All those pics I took while walking turned out Amazing!
From Nimph Lake we hiked up to Dream Lake. Which was sooo beautiful. We were gradually getting closer and closer to Hallett, it was at this point that you could see the Dragon's Tooth. We crossed this lake (the lakes are shallow and almost completely frozen through) and proceeded up the path to Emerald Lake our destination.
We reached Emerald stood and looked in wonder and amazment at God's glory, tooks some pics (of course) and headed back down the mountain, off trail for a bit, which was tons of fun! No worries I fell on my butt a few times. :)
As we headed back down by a different trail I continued to look around a see God's glory, I wonder how people can see these things and not believe in God, or even believe that there is a God. It baffles me... His work is all around us, I didnt need a trip to the mountains to realize that, but it definitely reminded me. He is so amazing and we are so small, yet He loves us with a love that knows no bounds. The mountains glory and splender cannot even match His. It makes my heart quicken just thinking about it. And yet He tells us "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move." Matthew 17:20. Your faith can move mountains! And maybe the Mountain isnt an actual land mass, but a firuative one. Maybe it is an obsticle or a decision or a person. That mountain in your life no matter how big or small if commanded by a Holy God. He can move that mountain. The key of that verse is that it is the faith that you have in God that moves the mountain not you and not your will, but faith, simple and beautiful faith.
Thank you Lesley for a great weekend. Thank your mom and Jon for letting me crash in yalls house again for me. Brian, you are an awesome guide and friend! So glad we were able to hangout with you. Thanks for putting up with my weak lungs and making sure I wouldnt faint in the altitude.
Im so sad the weekend had to end, but I cant wait til I get to go back. :)
Basically Lesley and I shopped, ate gluten free meals, went to some amazing resturants, hung out with her family and oh yeah... went Snow Shoeing up in Rocky Mountain Nation park!
Lesley introduced me to some delicious gluten free treats. 1 being her homemade chocolate chip scones, which are porbably the best scones I've ever had. Also this Chai drink by Bolthouse farms, Im offically hooked. So much so that I went to the store last night to get a big honkin jug of it.
A few months ago I hooked Lesley on this amazing game called ImaginIff... While we were out shopping one day Lesley found her own on sale for just $6! So naturally we had to play. Shane, Lesley's boyfriend, was a compliant participant and I think we won him over to the darkside. And I'm not a psychic or anything but I have a hunch that Shane will be playing it again. :)
The much awaited part of the trip was our adventure up to Rocky Mountain Nation Park to go snow shoeing. Let me just tell you, snow shoeing is now probably one of my favorite snow activities right up there with a snowangel and a good snowball fight! :) In all seriousness, this was the best, a must when visiting the montains in the winter.
We started our hike at Bear Lake at about 10,000 ft. From there we hiked, for what seemed like forever, up (seriously UP) a steep climb to the next lake. The next lake was Nimph Lake.
At Nimph Lake we caught our first glimsp of Hallett Peak. I decided to keep my camera out and I proceeded to take the most pictures in 3 hours than I have ever taken before! Dont laugh... I think I took about 300 pictures. If you know my mother, you know I couldnt help it... its in my blood. And Shane, no laughing for you either! All those pics I took while walking turned out Amazing!
From Nimph Lake we hiked up to Dream Lake. Which was sooo beautiful. We were gradually getting closer and closer to Hallett, it was at this point that you could see the Dragon's Tooth. We crossed this lake (the lakes are shallow and almost completely frozen through) and proceeded up the path to Emerald Lake our destination.
We reached Emerald stood and looked in wonder and amazment at God's glory, tooks some pics (of course) and headed back down the mountain, off trail for a bit, which was tons of fun! No worries I fell on my butt a few times. :)
As we headed back down by a different trail I continued to look around a see God's glory, I wonder how people can see these things and not believe in God, or even believe that there is a God. It baffles me... His work is all around us, I didnt need a trip to the mountains to realize that, but it definitely reminded me. He is so amazing and we are so small, yet He loves us with a love that knows no bounds. The mountains glory and splender cannot even match His. It makes my heart quicken just thinking about it. And yet He tells us "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move." Matthew 17:20. Your faith can move mountains! And maybe the Mountain isnt an actual land mass, but a firuative one. Maybe it is an obsticle or a decision or a person. That mountain in your life no matter how big or small if commanded by a Holy God. He can move that mountain. The key of that verse is that it is the faith that you have in God that moves the mountain not you and not your will, but faith, simple and beautiful faith.
Thank you Lesley for a great weekend. Thank your mom and Jon for letting me crash in yalls house again for me. Brian, you are an awesome guide and friend! So glad we were able to hangout with you. Thanks for putting up with my weak lungs and making sure I wouldnt faint in the altitude.
Im so sad the weekend had to end, but I cant wait til I get to go back. :)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Fly Me to the Moon... or Denver
First Blog so don't judge me to harshly. I've never been much of a writer, this is going to be a new experience... a journey :)
I decided to start this blog to document my travels to Italy in April at the request of some close friends. But why stop there? I will be doing a lot of traveling this year, my first adventure of the year will be to Denver.
So here it goes... I'm heading to visit my best friend Lesley this weekend. She came to see me in August so now its my turn to go see her. We try to get together every few months, so this trip is Long over due. We've been doing some crazy planning for our short 3 days together. When I say crazy, I mean seriously we started responding in different colors to an email thread that has gone back and forth about 6 times... I'm in the middle of responding in Blue to the most recent thread. Our main activity for the weekend is to go snow shoeing in Estes Park on Saturday. Neither of us have ever been snow shoeing, so it should be pretty funny. Don't you worry, I will be documenting this attempt! For the rest of the trip we have packed pretty much every hour with an activity or a plan. Needless to say, Monday I will be sleeping. Please don't wake me.
I was able to pack everything I needed into one bag. One bag that I will be checking. And because I'm flying Southwest, I don't have to pay to check that bag. The amazing packers that only need to bring 1 carryon never have to worry about paying extra for their bag (I'm actually really jealous of their skills). The concept of having to pay for something you are ultimately required to bring, is incredibly backwards. You have to bring a bag (whether you check it or carry it on), if you don't they assume (which makes an a** out of u and me) you're a terrorist, but you have to pay because you brought a bag. Which is why I try to always fly Southwest, Bags Fly Free! Love it! I mean do those other airlines want to deter people from bringing a bag or are they just greedy and want to nickle and dime you until you realize there are other airlines and you don't have to fly with them. Its like they're trying to loose business.
So anyways... I fly today.
I decided to start this blog to document my travels to Italy in April at the request of some close friends. But why stop there? I will be doing a lot of traveling this year, my first adventure of the year will be to Denver.
So here it goes... I'm heading to visit my best friend Lesley this weekend. She came to see me in August so now its my turn to go see her. We try to get together every few months, so this trip is Long over due. We've been doing some crazy planning for our short 3 days together. When I say crazy, I mean seriously we started responding in different colors to an email thread that has gone back and forth about 6 times... I'm in the middle of responding in Blue to the most recent thread. Our main activity for the weekend is to go snow shoeing in Estes Park on Saturday. Neither of us have ever been snow shoeing, so it should be pretty funny. Don't you worry, I will be documenting this attempt! For the rest of the trip we have packed pretty much every hour with an activity or a plan. Needless to say, Monday I will be sleeping. Please don't wake me.
I was able to pack everything I needed into one bag. One bag that I will be checking. And because I'm flying Southwest, I don't have to pay to check that bag. The amazing packers that only need to bring 1 carryon never have to worry about paying extra for their bag (I'm actually really jealous of their skills). The concept of having to pay for something you are ultimately required to bring, is incredibly backwards. You have to bring a bag (whether you check it or carry it on), if you don't they assume (which makes an a** out of u and me) you're a terrorist, but you have to pay because you brought a bag. Which is why I try to always fly Southwest, Bags Fly Free! Love it! I mean do those other airlines want to deter people from bringing a bag or are they just greedy and want to nickle and dime you until you realize there are other airlines and you don't have to fly with them. Its like they're trying to loose business.
So anyways... I fly today.
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