Playing Catch Up

Warning: This post goes on forever!

The last two weeks have been fabulous! Meredith and I went to San Antonio to spend a week with some of the best people in the world (you know who you are!). We had a fabulous time – shopping, eating Mexican food, scrapbooking (sort of), swimming, and just getting to spend time together. That is truly missed, so I’m glad we got to hang out. You guys are going to have to come and visit soon!

The night we got back from the trip, we went to a Beatles tribute concert (1964: The Tribute) at Red Rocks. It was amazing! Dave and I love the Beatles (who doesn’t?) and Meredith’s teacher last year played the Beatles in her classroom, so she was excited (although tired) to go hear the music. The venue was packed, amazing, and gorgeous. It was everything we were looking forward to. I think we are going to make it an annual outing. Here are a few pictures from that night.

This past Wednesday, I came one step closer to becoming a licensed attorney. In Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court requires applicants to attend CLE entitled, “Practicing with Professionalism” before they can be sworn in. So, results are still 32 days away, but I’m prepping so that I can be sworn in (knock on wood) on October 22 pending passing results. I met a fantastic girl (Hi Casey!) and hopefully we will end up being friends – we seemed to click!

Anyway – after those grueling six hours of CLE, the family headed over to Ouray for the beginning of our long weekend vacation. Dave and my mom’s husband were going to climb their first 14er (Mt. Sneffels – 14,150 feet). We got to Ouray late (around 10) and the men had to be up around 5:30 am in order to meet the guide at 6:00 to begin their trek. The boys were off and my mom, Meredith and I headed to Durango to shop for the day.

When the guys came back, exhausted and sore, we were thrilled. It was so exciting to hear about their adventure and I’m so glad they did it. You can probably find more details here at some point in the future. All I know is that they took the “moderate” way up with the guide, there was an 18 inch wide section with hundreds of feet of drop on either side, a 20 foot slide down scree (loose rocks) on the way down, three men tied together, helmets, a beautiful view, a little bit of altitude sickness, and one hell of an experience.

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The next day, we all drove into Telluride from the house in Rico and did the Bear Creek Canyon trail. The last time I did this trail was 5 years ago (almost exactly) and I almost died. Or at least I felt like I did. This time, it was great. I was able to do it without too much trouble and the view at the top was amazing. Meredith also did the five-mile round trip hike and at the top, there were a couple of people that congratulated her on the long trip. (Side note: Nobody really had to take any breaks and on the way back down, we saw two teenagers who were having a little bit of trouble with the hike up. Way to go Meredith – you were awesome!) Here are a couple of pictures from hike and the waterfall at the top.

The Telluride Film Festival was also going on this weekend. Telluride was packed with film industry folks, and Dave and I tried to spot some celebrities. Unfortunately, we didn’t see anybody we recognized, but we really enjoyed sitting in the park and watching the people.

There is so much that happened these past two weeks and this is (really) the short version. There are plenty more good pictures over at our flickr. We are exhausted and glad to be back in our place – and happier to be back in our own beds. We had a fabulous time in Texas and in Rico/Telluride and can’t wait to go back!!