Broncos, baby!

We were in Colorado last weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday and, as always, had such an amazing time visiting everybody. It was truly a special holiday jam-packed with goodness and it started off with a bang!

We got up at 3:30 AM, YES, 3:30 AM (who knew 3:30 came around more than once a day?) but after an emergency session at the Almighty Airport Starbucks, all was right with the world.We got to Denver around noon and had Thanksgiving "linner" with all the fam - unfortunately I totally spaced on taking pictures, so you'll just have to imagine all the merriment and stuffing of one's faces. Can I hear an amen for stretchy pants?

And then we were off to the Broncos/Giants game! We were so excited, it had been several years since we'd been able to go to a Broncos home game - and it was oh-so-refreshing to be around "our people" - Orange and Blue galore!Patti had been so sweet to get us Broncos scarves since, let's face it, we're weather weenies at this point and the game was at night. In November. Have I mentioned we live in California? Brrrrrr!!! I know it looks like we're about to wage a Bronco Jihad, but really, we're just super prepared for the cold.
We met up for a Thanksgiving tailgate with Nicole and Chad, and Pat and Deena - great friends who we had missed terribly. Here's Chad, me, and Nicole grubbing down:
The girls:
Here's the gang:
You'll notice we get more and more bundled as it gets darker. We lucked out and had the most glorious sunny Colorado winter day that was actually fairly warm...but as soon as the sun went down and the wind started kicking up...it got super cold super fast!Nothing says Thanksgiving like Orange and Blue jello shots, wasn't that part of the original Pilgrim feast?:
Up in the stadium:

Rob and his Dad:
Hanging out with Meg and Bill:We were right behind the Broncos Jester - apparently the infamous Jester...he was hysterical, though, and had team spirit for days. Of course we had to grab a pic with him before we left.
And go Broncos, we freakin' won! Thank goodness we broke that 4 game losing streak, whew! What an amazing game.....stay tuned for the rest of our trip.

Nothing to see here, folks!

My friend Mary just emailed me this picture from their last party, about a month ago. David and Mary had just gotten a fancy-pants new hot tub and of course we were more than happy to try it out. It has all these cool disco lights and comfy seats...but the massage jets are pretty much the best thing ever. We all jumped in, but apparently, the other guys took longer to change and for a while it was just Rob and the chicks in the tub. This photo looks so naughty, but I promise, it's all on the up and up - but I love Rob's face...whatta stud.

Enjoy:

Pow #36 - The "Really?" edition

In honor of my sweet friend Nicole who became a mother this fall (and I'm beside myself waiting until next week to finally meet her little one Karaline!), I thought I'd post an oldie but a goodie. We were avid skiers in college, and one year we went on the last ski day of the year - it was "recommended" people dress silly, so I guess I took that to the extreme wearing my snorkel gear, jean shorts and a "whatever" t-shirt. Clearly Nicole was not a lunatic like I was, so she opted to dress normally.

This picture cracks me up. Enjoy!

More camping pics

So, nothing photo-worthy happened this weekend, and our friend Jason posted his pics from our camping trip, so I figured I'd steal a few of his to add to the blog. Enjoy!





I especially love this one of Dustin and Rob in their camping flannels - they sure both thought they were tough stuff!

Halloweentoberfest

Man, I LOVE Halloween! This year a big group of us decided to go as Oktoberfest - handy since we might even be able to reuse our costumes next year at some Oktoberfest celebration...they were just too funny.

We always have to dress up Galileo in something - but he escaped without much torture this year. We made him our German rescue dog - he channelled his inner St. Bernard and was quite rescue'y with his little barrel of goodness. Usually he just freezes and acts paralyzed when we dress him up, but he didn't seem to mind his barrel very much.
He even got some legitimate sausage like a good German doggy.We hung out with our neighbors for a while and handed out some candy - here's the path I made with lit candles up to our front door:

And here's our outfits!
We went to our friend George's house for a little pre-party, here some pics from that:
Das Boot!

Kevin made us so proud - that dude had legit leather leiderhosen from Germany! George's was all fancy-pants as well. Wowza...makes my Party City number look a little cheap by comparison.


And then we were off to the Belly Up - they have an 80's cover band every year and it's such a blast seeing everybody's costumes...we had a great time. Here's some highlights:

Me and my German identical twin, Mo. Don't we look exactly alike?

I found 2 other chics with my exact same outfit, hysterical!!! I'd like to say for the record, though, Rob and I were the only ones with legitimate beer steins from Germany - wood carved to boot! So there!

POW #35 - the ghosts of Halloween past edition

Wowza, I fell off the POW wagon for sure. I haven't posted an old photo in quite a while! I figured, in honor of Halloween, I'd post some old pics of costumes...MAN, we love Halloween. Unfortunately, we always subject Galileo to the torture too - my favorite costume of his was when we made him a s'more:Here's some of Halloween's WAY past - some of me from childhood, first football player and cheerleader (I actually don't even think this one is from Halloween, but just play along):

Me and Chris as a princess and a cowboy - didn't you know there were glittery princesses in the old west?
A clown: or was I Tammy Faye?
Fast forward to 2002: Rob and his buddies dressed up at work as Monty Python - these costumes are especially impressive because our friend David HAND MADE each and every one! They're amazing:
Rob was Sir Belvadire: "How do you knoooooooooow she was a witch?"
2004: As the "ED" dynamic duo - Rob was Viagra man and I was lady Levitra. A little on the x-rated (or at least NC-17) side:
2005: As Pregnant Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline - I especially love the little touch of fake ciggies, vodka, and one of K-Fed's kids hanging on to his leg:

2006: as Nacho Libre and the nun - initially Rob's 1st costume was the monk, but his Nacho costume was hidden underneath - brilliant!
I'll have you know, I have this on a mug - this is my favorite thing to drink my coffee out of in the morning...chuckle chuckle.

2007:
As the Big Lewbowski (the Dude) and Maud Lebowski:
Stay tuned for this year's finery!