"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships" Abraham Lincoln I felt like I was waiting for months for Annalies and Kristen to come visit. Honestly, since we planned the visit last year, it was months and months! Finally, October 2nd arrived, and I got to greet both of them in the airport. I was so excited for our weekend together We got to see and do so much together..let's see, where to start? Well, after showing them around our house, we went out to Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison. Dinosaur Ridge Trail is a 1.5mile trail that has hundreds of dinosaur tracks, some dinosaur bones and there's a pretty view of the foothills and Red Rocks (Kristen was excited when I told her that's where Warped Tour played this year). The dinosaur tracks were ... read more

Haven't road-tripped anywhere lately, so after I worked all weekend as manager on duty, I had to get away for a couple of days. I couldn't decide whether to head north east towards the dakotas and Mount Rushmore, or to head south towards New Mexico. I kicked both ideas around in my head, but something was pulling me south. So Monday morning I drove the 6 hours south to Taos. I've never been down to New Mexico before and I think I was expecting desert and sand. Taos is almost at 7000 ft, and is nestled in the Sangre de Christo Mountains. It was pretty chilly, and the trees all around me suprised me. It was a pretty area, though, and I soon got used to the forested area. The town itself is smaller than I ... read more

Just thought I'd post some pics of our new place... but I hope you all come visit soon and see for yourselves :) Not in pics: We have a third bedroom downstairs that we use as our office / guest bedroom - I would have taken a pic, but we've got friends staying in it now..it's not too exciting, anyways. There's also a furnished basement. ... read more

When I first heard about the Great Sand Dunes National Park, of course I wanted to check it out. Who wouldn't? The largest sand dunes in North America, they rise over 750 feet above the valley. They lie against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. They're at an elevation of 8200 feet. For once Beth and I actually had two of the same couple of days off, and since that never happens, we were super happy to go camping. It was a four hour drive down to the Sand Dunes, which are located in the southern part of Colorado. We left after work on Sunday night, but after construction and accidents on the highway, we didn't get to the dunes until after 9pm. Since there's only two campsites in the dunes and you can't make reservations in ... read more

Brett graduated from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri last weekend with his bachelor's in Business. Here are a couple of pics from the weekend. ... read more