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Primping...

Rehearsal Dinner

Our Rehearsal Dinner was hosted by Dave, Melsie, Jon, and Kati Glock and held at their home.

Weekend Activities

This past weekend my parents came to visit. We worked on the house - my mom loves projects - we played games, went to a movie, did a little sightseeings, and visited Wrigley Field for a Cubs vs. Astros game. The game was awesome - the Cubs were down 5-0 but came back to win it 7-6! My mom at Wrigley during batting practice

Jason and I

29...my last birthday ever!

I am now 29 and I will stay that way for the rest of my life. My mom gently reminded me that I may eventually need to become 39 for the rest of my life. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. At least I'm not as old as my husband...hee hee! Jason and I are postponing our celebration to a later date when we have time to go to dinner and a movie. Last night I celebrated with the girls and went to a movie and then to Starbucks.

Sherri, Grace, Jenna, Me
We stayed way too late and left right before they kicked us out...typical.

I love this picture! Grace is suffering from brain freeze. Notice Seth, the Starbucks employee, behind her laughing!

Steph's cool blog

My friend Steph posted some great pics of our wedding day. Visit Matt and Steph's blog for a gander!

Happy Birthday to my hubby!

Jason turned 32 yesterday - I think he would say that he had a great day! We had a yummy dinner and then invited some friends over for cake.Notice the Cubs cake :)Jason, David, Grace and AJ Keith, Shin, Dave GlockJenna and Elias

Donnie Patten had *the nerve* to wear this jersey into my home.

These two monkeys are Jason's biggest fans: Garrett Keith and Jonah Patten. Jonah calls Jason "Grandpa"...it's hilarious!

Melsie, Grace, Ange

Silly kiddos - Jonah, Leah, Garrett

A Little Taste of what's to come...

courtesy of Graeme Pitman at Pitman Photography!

Honeymoon, Part 3

Well, this is it for now with the Honeymoon photos! Our camera battery died halfway up the mountain on Thursday of our Honeymoon and I have been unable to locate the charger. We bought a disposable camera, but according to the lady at Walgreens, it will be 2 weeks before we get those back! I'll post them later as soon as I get them.
On Thursday, we headed into Rocky Mountain National Park and drove to the top on Trail Ridge Road. The scenery was beautiful. God's creation is amazing! We stopped several times along the way to take it all in. We saw several elk and marmots (I'd never seen them before, but they look like beavers!) but never saw any big horned sheep. Jason was a little disappointed about that! Apparently we just missed them when we stopped here, below:

We climbed up here for a photo opportunity. It was scary climbing back down!

The camera died right about here...just as soon as Jason stuck his bare feet in the snow! I'm bummed I can't post baseball game pictures but I will get to it later.

Honeymoon, Part 2 - The Haunted Hotel and other sites!

Wednesday morning, we set off "early" (9:00 AM) on a hike. It was kind of funny, you could tell we were amateurs at hiking because we actually stopped at Starbucks on our way to the trail and headed up the mountain with our coffee cups in hand. I'm sure we looked like major tourists to the real hikers that passed us! We didn't make it very far. Not because of the coffee, but because someone had a hard time with the thin air. Okay, it was me. I felt like a major wimp, but my husband was patient with me!

Gorgeous blue skies!

I am still breathing at this point.Beaver Creek

Up the mountainDown the mountainView from the "top" - or the top according to us!I get the feeling we are being followed

A rewarding lunch at Blue Moose Pizza - their cheesy garlic bread was the best!
Estes Park, CO
The Stanley Hotel and Rocky Mountain National Park
Thursday morning we headed to Estes Park to spend a night at the famed Stanley Hotel. Most of you know that I was a little freaked out at the prospect of staying in a "haunted" hotel. To get myself good and scared, we took a ghost tour, which Jason labeled as "hogwash"...but it was fun! The hotel is very beautiful and yet creepy at the same time!

Hey, you guys, get out of our picture.

Nestled amongst the Rockies

Front of the hotel including a very comfortable front porch complete with rocking chairs

You may recognize this from the movie Dumb and Dumber...this is where Jim Carrey pulled up his Lamborghini and started passing out $100 bills! Actually, all of the outdoor hotel scenes were filmed here at the Stanley.

Lobby

Beautiful split staircase

The Stanley Steamer

According to our guide, a little girl ghost "Katie" lives here in this tunnel!

The famous Stephen King room - where he stayed and got his inspiration for "The Shining"...Mrs. Wilson is the ghost that lives here. Apparently she likes to unpack for you and put your things away. If I could just get her to repack my things, I would be fine with a ghost like that!
The staircase on the way up to the scary fourth floor. Apparently those little circles of light on my pictures are "ghostly orbs"...now I am starting to agree with Jason!

The most haunted room at the hotel. Also the Bridal Suite. Ironic, huh?

The fourth floor hallway where the ghost children play between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 AM. According to our guide, they get pretty rowdy.

That's enough of those pictures.
The pool is not haunted. But it is gorgeous!

Our room at the Stanley. Nothing special, and definitely overpriced - I'll just leave it at that! We still had a great time here, and it was worth the experience.

Coming up next are pics from Rocky Mountain National Park and the Rockies game in Denver!