Ashley's in town!

A day after Brett and Casey headed back to Missouri, we welcomed another visitor to our home! Ashley was my college roommate and a bridesmaid at our wedding! She's a dear friend who had a work trip scheduled in Denver, so it was so nice to spend a few days together after she finished up with work! It had been years since we had that much time together, so we did lots of catching up and laughing and also fit in a little exploring around Denver!

Boone didn't take long to get Ashley reading to him.

Randomly later in the afternoon, we decided to explore the crawl space under our house! There was nothing down there except what I call a useless, short, half-as-tall-as-needed basement! :)

Monday, we checked out the Flatirons in Boulder! Such a pretty day!

We hiked to the first lookout point and found a pair of binoculars someone 

had left behind, so we had a little fun with them!

Boone along for the ride!

The three of us!

On Tuesday, we decided to venture downtown and check out 16th Street Mall. I didn't really get many pictures, but I did get one of the Big Blue Bear at the Denver Convention Center. 

You can see the people standing at the bottom right of the picture to show how big the bear actually is.

So... can you tell we've been busy?! It has been so fun to have so many people visit us! Lots of excuses to get out and see our new hometown.

Thanks for reading!

The Robertsons

Weekend at Breckenridge

A few weeks after we moved to Colorado, our friend Brett and his girlfriend Casey made plans to come up and visit. We decided to go up to Breckenridge for a few days and ski! We had great weather and skiing and such a fun time with friends! On our last evening up in the mountains, we decided to do something different and try a fondue restaurant! It really wasn't an ideal place for Boone, but the waiters and owners were so nice to us. They even took him off our hands a few times and walked him around the restaurant (don't worry... it was a small place and we could see them the entire time!)

Here's a few pictures of our weekend!

Jeff on the slopes

Brett and Casey at lunch

The Robertsons!

Oh... did I mention these two are engaged now?! Congrats Casey and Brett!

My guys! Love these two so much!

Kisses!

In the middle of dinner! It was delicious! Casey and Brett were sweet enough to treat us to dinner for our anniversary that night. Totally unexpected and we were so grateful!

Our waiter trying to entertain Boone! They were so great to us!

My friend Melissa, that I grew up with in church, lives about 15 minutes 

from Breckenridge, so she met us at the end of dinner! It was so great to see her! 

Hopefully we will see her again soon!

It was such a fun weekend up in Breckenridge! We are so blessed to have friends to come see us!

February Family Visit (Part 2)

A week after Jeff's parents came to help us unpack, my parents arrived for their first visit to our new home. By the time they got here, we had almost everything put away, so we got to explore with them a little and see some things around the area.

On Friday, Jeff had to work, so my parents, Boone and I headed to Boulder. We checked out the Flatirons and then walked around Pearl Street Mall. It was a bit chilly, but it was fun!

In front of the Flatirons!

On Saturday, we decided to head up to Winter Park and walk around the area. We had planned to eat at a restaurant that my family had gone to all the time when we used to ski in Winter Park, but it wasn't open for lunch. We were bummed, but it was still fun to check out the town.

Winter Park added a mini gondola that travels between two areas in the resort, so we took it for a little ride.

We were anxious to ski because we hadn't been yet at this point.

All three of us on the gondola.

Walking around the village at Winter Park.

They had these neat wagons you could borrow to haul your kiddos and ski gear through the village. We decided to give Boone a little ride.

On Monday, my parents and I decided to head down to Colorado Springs. We wanted to tour the Olympic training center and take them by Garden of the Gods. We had a great time at both places.

The Olympic training center in Colorado Springs is the location for sports like swimming, wrestling, volleyball and men's gymnastics. Athletes can start living at the training center at 16 and must stay in the top 10% of their sport to stay at the center.

Volleyball gym.

The training center also hosts the shooting sports. It was neat to see their indoor facilities.

Indoor shooting areas

One of the gyms in the center

At the end of the tour. It was a pretty neat thing to see for it being a free tour. And it was neat to see it while the Olympics were actually going on.

And it was a great afternoon to swing by Garden of Gods. My parents had never been there, so it was fun to walk through there with them and the weather was great.

We were so thankful to have both our parents in Denver within our first month of living in our new place. They are so faithful to always make the effort to come and see us!

We are loving our new home!

February Family Visit (Part 1)

Both our parents are so faithful in making trips to wherever we land. They always have been that way, although I think their eagerness picked up a bit after a certain Boone showed up. So I wasn't surprised when both sides made plans to come up in February. The Robertsons were first, and they actually came up the first weekend we were in our house. Which made for a pretty uneventful trip for them, unfortunately. They mostly helped us unpack, put away and clean our new house. We were so thankful for all their hard work though. They really did get so much done for us in such a short period of time. Carol took most of the pictures the weekend they were here, so full credit goes to her for all these next couple of pictures.

So... our house is too small for all of our stuff. So a lot of the extra stuff has ended up in our garage. That being said, we have less stuff than the average family with one child. We move roughly every year and a half, so we really do live pretty simply. I promise, I know it looks like we are hoarders, but we really aren't! 

Jeff had Boone "helping" him fix things around our house all weekend.

We had a long list of things that needed to get done around the house and Carol grabbed a picture of my list!

Carol and Bruce visited right after Carol's birthday, so we had a few birthday gifts for her.

Boone is getting a lot better at navigating stairs, but we have a nice big staircase in the middle of our house that he loves to play around.

Grandpa Bruce navigating the stairs with Boone.

Boone's bookshelf. This kid LOVES books. Like really, really 

loves books and his collection is getting pretty extensive.

Watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. I love the Olympics and Jeff likes watching the events with me and Boone has even gotten into it a bit this year.

Grandma and Boone

Moving is always hard, but it was especially difficult with Boone this time. It takes a lot of time to clean and sort a whole house, so it was great to have Carol and Bruce with us that first week. Another move-in is complete and I am thankful for that!

Until next time,

The Colorado Robertsons

Surprise!

Well... we are finally settled into our house in Denver and it is starting to, sort of, feeling home! I say that because it feels weird to say "we live in Denver!" It is somewhere we've always wanted to live and it has not disappointed so far! The weather has been wonderful, and we've been able to enjoy all the fluffy powder up in the mountains and get out to ski at two different resorts.

The first month we were here was pretty hard though. It took us quite awhile to find somewhere to live that was decent and that didn't break the bank. The rental market here is crazy and everything is in high demand. If we were going to be here for any amount of time it would be worth it to buy a home, but sadly, we will probably be in Denver for our shortest stay yet... But then again, you never know! Since it took us so long to find a place and get settled, I've fallen a bit behind with the blog! So the next couple of posts will be playing some catch up on the life and times of the Robertson clan. First up, my mom's surprise party!

My mom turned 60 back at the end of January! My brother and I decided that we would gather a few of her close friends and surprise her with a dinner at a local restaurant. Boone and I flew in the day before her birthday and my mom and dad took my mom's birthday off work. We went to the Science Center and we all had fun playing with Boone at all the exhibits. Then we went to lunch and came home to let Boone get his nap in. We had to do a little fibbing to get my mom to the specific restaurant where we had planned the party. We told her that my brother had bought a Groupon for the restaurant and he wanted to contribute to the dinner. It somehow worked and everyone was waiting to surprise her when we arrived. It turned out so well and she was really surprised! It was so fun to do something for my mom because she does so much for so many other people!

The pictures are a little blurry, but it was a dark room, so I'm just thankful to have pictures! Happy birthday, Mom! We love you!

Mom opening a few gifts people brought. My Aunt Dorothy made a neat picture books of all different times in my mom's life! Really cool to see all the old pictures!

The cake that I made with lots of help from Mrs. Younkin! It was three layers and completely from scratch! It was quite the endeavor, but tasted REALLY good!

My mom and her sister, Dorothy!

The fam, minus Jeff! We missed him while he was busy getting our stuff moved into our new home.