Unpacking & Boulder

The movers are now long gone- and we are left with this scary scene:

We have been powering through and are getting there... slowly but surely. Unfortunately for us, Ace Ventura was apparently one of the movers since we received a few boxes that looked like this:

 

I guess those large, red FRAGILE stickers don't mean much. 

We also put together the drafting table which my mom generously handed down to me before we left. I was very excited about it... until I realized how difficult it was to build. I told Wes to smile for this picture... and it might be the only time he was smiling during the big build.

Now we just need to get a tall chair so I don't look like a midget sitting at a giant's desk...

In other news, we had dinner with the Boulder Erich's tonight. Amelia was supposed to have a swim meet which unfortunately got canceled due to lightening. Wes was sad because he couldn't be that aggressive triathlon guy cheering abnormally loud at the 5-6 year old swim meet. Instead we got to go back to the house and play a few games which included but were not limited to...

-Toilet Tag - didn't get a picture of this unfortunately 

-Toss your Cookies, which I'm pretty sure the Friends episode with the game show Bamboozled was based on this game.

-Doctor - Wes took on the role of a Russian doctor making it just slightly more creepy than he already looked wearing a pink Barbie stethoscope. 

Wes, you look so nice as a blonde...

Bye Gussy!

Just another beautiful sunset in the Rockies to end the day. Can't complain!

Cherry Creek

Yesterday we got home and there were some beautiful flowers waiting for us from Leigh & Tyler! They are definitely brightening up the apartment! Thanks Leigh Leigh!

We also got to have dinner with Jen last night who is in town for business. She was staying at the JW Marriott which is only 3 blocks from our place. We had some celebratory Mangoritas in honor of the fact that we both live on the West Coast now! (Well, Denver is at least closer to the West Coast...)

So despite the 80's decor of our place, the most amazing thing about it is that we are within walking distance to nearly everything. Cherry Creek is home to a very swanky mall (similar to the Westchester) and tons of other shops - everything from  furniture stores, to small boutiques, to big box shops. There are also TONS of amazing restaurants - I can't wait to eat at every single one!

From 3rd Ave up, it is beautiful residential, tree-lined streets. I have been drooling looking at all the houses. All different types of architecture- which is fun for us since all we saw at home were capes and colonials.

Here are some houses on our street:

Once you get to 3rd - then all the shops begin... this could be dangerous...

 

You can see the mall in the distance here... it has a Container Store which is the most exciting:

 


There are pirates sitting on a lot of the benches- we have yet to figure that one out yet.

I just got back from my walk and the movers are here..

Goodbye Air Mattress!

Time to find out if all of our stuff will fit!

Chinese Fire Drill

This was meant for the post last week. Changing drivers every hour towards the end of Kansas was the only way to stay sane!

Weekend 1 in Denver

It's safe to say we will be sleeping well tonight after a busy and fun first weekend as Colorado residents. We left Thursday afternoon to head up to Beaver Creek for Bernie & Cara's wedding. Bernie was a teammate of Wes' at W&L who lives in Boulder. We were so happy to be a part of their big weekend!

The rehearsal dinner was in Vail at a place called Bol- a swanky, non- traditional bowling alley. Amazing food, great music- a very cool spot and such a fun idea for a rehearsal dinner. Wes had the highest score of the night- which he is still bragging about. I keep reminding him that it isn't necessarily the coolest thing to be the best bowler.

Wes' form in action:

Followed by Pete's form. Can you spot the differences? The form is similar, but Pete (after a couple beers at altitude) likes to bowl shirtless.

On Saturday, we spent the morning hanging out by the pool and enjoying the beautiful Colorado mountain weather! The wedding was in Cordillera (just West of Beaver Creek)- so we all took shuttles there around 3 PM.




Sunflowers, pinecones, aspen trees - cute theme for a summer mountain wedding!

 

Washington & Lee Alum

Congrats to Bernie & Cara!

On our way back home on Sunday - Wes dropped me off at Katie Walker's baby shower. She looks AMAZING and only has a month & a half left to go. It was so fun to see the family and spend some time with everyone. We decorated onesies - which was such a cute idea. I was going to make one that said FREE TEQUILA! but since that didn't seem like the most appropriate phrase for an infant- I went with "THE little BIG ONE"

507 Detroit

We are officially in Denver now and "moved" into the apartment. "Moved" in quotes because it basically means we inflated an air mattress, set up some folding chairs, put a picnic blanket down as a "rug" and put our Kirkwood bakery items in the fridge.

Here are some pictures of the place. While it certainly isn't the style I would choose, we lucked out with this place. Its clean, spacious, and most importantly- in a great location (more pictures of that to come tomorrow).

The kitchen & entry way to the downstairs bathroom & bedroom

 

The downstairs bathroom & bedroom... Wes said he felt like the downstairs shower was something out of the Austin Powers Gold Member movie. The doors in the downstairs bedroom go out to a little patio/porch.

The main living area with a gas fireplace thingy & the most special part of the house- the concrete cut out wall. The first time I saw it, I nearly fainted due to its ugliness, but we haven't been here terribly long, and I already don't notice it. That is also the side door- which is the main door we use.

 

The stairs & the master bedroom- which is the entire second floor. Its very spacious and has enough for a sitting room & bedroom. There is also a big walk in closet & full bathroom up here as well.

 

Master bath (notice the special cabinet designs circa 1981) and our washer and dryer... which will be replaced this week since the dryer sounded like a "jet engine" as Wes described it.

And Wes' favorite part of the place... the GARAGE! 

So far it has been great- and the location makes those concrete cut-outs non-existent. Once we get our furniture- which is supposedly arriving Tuesday ( I will believe it when I see it!) - I will take some more pictures. It's 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms - so that means we expect visitors!!! Hint, Hint...

We made it!

We have safely arrived in Denver! After spending Monday night in Dublin, OH - we grabbed a quick free breakfast (obviously a requirement wherever I go!) in the lobby and were on the the road by 8:30 to head to my birth town, St. Louis.

Of course I was driving first- so naturally the weather looked like this:



Luckily it blew over by the time we reached Indiana so Wes could sharpen his photography skills.






We stopped for lunch somewhere in Indiana or Illinois... They look the same. Corn fields everywhere. We chose a Sonic, naturally. You can't beat tots and a cranberry lime aid!






We ate lunch at about 1, but then shortly after we traveled into central time.... Which pushed the clocks back and hour. This was very confusing for us East coasters - neither of us have ever really driven through time zone changes... We felt like we were in the DeLorean and Doc was sending us back in time. This gave us a solid hour of pondering it. Conversations went something like this-

So, if I live in this town, but it's on the border of a time zone change, how does that work? Can I have an appointment at the same time in both places???

The Andrew's girls went to school in a different time zone... So it would take them 3 hours to drive home but they would get there in 2 hrs???

Luckily this conversation took up a lot of time, and before we knew it we were crossing the Missouri border into the home of the Cardinals!



The gateway to the West!!



Go Cards!!



When we got to Bomma's house there was a tornado watch. So we unpacked the rooftop carrier- only for the sun to come out an hour later. We were just thankful not to experience one of these crazy tornadoes that have been passing through the midwest!

The Andrews stopped by after dinner to say hello. It was great to catch up with them and Nellie made some delicious cookies that Wes consumed in about 10 minutes.

We had such a fun time with Bomma, and she sent us to Colorado with 3 loaves of cinnamon bread and some of our favorite sugar cookies.



Wes doing the "Erich lean" outside the house... He has yet to fully master it... In due time...,




We left St. Louis around 8 AM and spent the majority of the day in boring Kansas.


I will never be worried about a shortage of corn after driving through there. We stopped in a town called Hays - spelled withOUT and E!


We made it to Colorado around 6... And this is where all of my credibility for photography went right out the window.




That picture should have looked something like this: http://0.tqn.com/d/geography/1/0/x/D/co1.JPG

We made it to Denver around 8:30- just in time to catch the last bit of the sunset behind the mountains. We arrived at Magoo & Boggie's house and were happy to finally make it to our new home state!





Now its onto meet our landlord to see our new place for the first time! Fingers crossed it isn't a total dump!!

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