Sunday, August 17, 2008

Road Trip

So last Friday morning Rick woke up and thought "hey, a road trip would be fun, let's go to Denver, CO." So when Trevor and I woke up we got ready and left. We stopped for treats in Green River, Utah and picked up some brochures about Colorado, and also a map. So just after Palisade, CO there is a scenic tour called the wine loup. It goes up through Grand Mesa National Canyon, which is amazing. Everything there is so green and lush. Then we stopped at a couple of wineries, which are beautiful. Kept driving, and driving stopped at a winery/local store in Paonia, drove up through McClellan pass, which for those of you from Utah who think we have mountains, you have not seen anything until you see a mountain so high no vegitation grows towards the top of it. So we drove to Glenwood Springs, which has the largest hot springs pool, and had dinner. How was the hot springs? Wouldn't know we went and checked into our motel and swam in the coldest pool, until Trevor's lips turned blue, it took about 5 minutes, then we went back to our motel room and let Trevor swim in the bathtub.

The next morning we stopped at a few more wineries, let Trevor play with the animals, stopped at a fruit stand, and of course had to stop in Green River and buy a watermelon, which Trevor loved.

How was Denver you might be asking yourself? I wouldn't know. Our scenic trip took so long we decided to head home instead of keep going to Denver. How close were we to Denver? From our house it is about 7 hours we've been told. We were about 1.5 hours way from it. Guess we'll save Denver for another day.
You can click on the picture to see all the pictures I have uploaded of our road trip.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Fixed It

For those of you who tried to click on the pictures of Alaina and it went to an error page, I fixed it. You can now click on the picture and it will link you to all the other photo's of her birthday party.

Who knew?

So for those of you who know me, you had better sit down. I actually did some canning yesterday. With apricots, hot water, bottles, etc. It was crazy. I didn't think I would like doing it very much, but I must say, I LOVE IT!! There is something so satisfying about seeing your hard work sitting on the pantry shelves. Of course, I am too emotionally invested in my canning, so the chances of anyone actually opening a bottle and being able to use it are slim to none, but it sure looks pretty. I have some pictures and will upload them when I get a chance.