the land of sports

Colorado is a busy place and this last week has proven that. There is a wide variety events to attend, sports to play, activities to partake in, restaurants to eat at, cities to visit, mountains to climb, must I go on? So the first thing I did was join a soccer team.  One of Ryan's coworkers mentioned that he played in a coed outdoor league. When Ryan told him I used to play he asked if I would join the team.  We are called the Ninjas and we are horrible! But that's okay. I am just grateful to be back on the field, getting some touches in, sprinting around in the altitude with burning lungs, and re-experiencing a sport I have loved for much of my life. We have a game tonight....I'm hoping we will win one! Keep your fingers crossed!



Last week my Dad flew in town on the way home from a business trip in California.  He thought he would just drop in for the night and fly back home the following morning.  We had an amazing day together. I showed him around my neighborhood, took him to a local eatery/pub called Sully's (which has the Denver Biscuit Co. inside--- if you ever get the chance to eat one of their biscuit sandwiches, DO!), had a few drinks on our awesome front porch, walked around downtown and showed him the 16th street mall, and we ended the night with a baseball game: Rockies vs Tigers. The Rockies won!  The three of us drank beer, ate nachos and hotdogs, and watched Tulowitski make some fantastic defensive plays.  Who thought a Rockies game could be so much fun?  Oh and not to mention, the weather was perfect. High 60's to mid 70's all day I believe. We had a great night!

The following night, as part of my welcome to Colorado gift 'basket', Ryan and I went to watch the Colorado Rapids play the LA Galaxy soccer team. I thought we would see David Beckham and Landon Donovan but neither of them came out to play! Oh well, we had fun without seeing them and it was obvious their team didn't need the help! The stadium they have for these games is very cool.  It comfortably seats almost everyone who wants to come watch but its not too big of a complex.  They have plenty of food and drinks... including cocktails and shots! Crazy! This state and their drinking.... !  The Rapids got killed by the Galaxy, 3-1.  But that's okay because we had a great time regardless and I'm sure we'll be going back.

And to add to our busy weekend we went on a hike this week. I've been kind of down because I have to join the real world and go back to work :( I was really enjoying staying at home in the awesome weather and getting our little house put together. Anyways, Ryan could tell that I needed to get out and do something. So he gave me a list of things to pack and I picked him up after work. We drove to Boulder and went on a hike. We took a 2 hour hike up Saint Sanitas, which ended up being about a 1300 foot climb in elevation.  Not too shabby!

The view from the top was amazing and the workout was pretty damn good as well.  We plan to do at least one hike a week and eventually we want to climb the 14,000+ ft mountains in CO. Looks like it's going to be a long summer! :)

Hello Rocky Mountains!

I finally got internet set up in the new house so I am going to try and squeeze the last week into this update!


After Ryan got into town on Wednesday night we packed up the moving truck on Thursday, visited with our friends and families, and headed out bright and early Friday morning. Needless to say it was a very dull drive.  There was a lot of this view...

 Wayyyy too many of these..... (btw we only averaged 5.6 mpg, awesome.)

And I had a lot of these....

After 13 hours or so we finally arrived! I was so excited to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and sleep! But before I had the chance to even sit down I came into my sister-in-laws house and I found a Colorado welcome "basket" from Ryan sitting on the table. He had decorated a box with Colorado and OU themes. Everything inside was from the state of Colorado.  There were two bottles of wine, Neff sunglasses, a Neff t-shirt, a nalgene bottle, a locking carabiner, cute girly snowboard company stickers, anndddd tickets to watch the Colorado Rapids play the LA galaxy this weekend. Helloooo David Beckham! :) What a sweet husband I have! 

The rest of the weekend was spent unloading/unpacking. I will give you a sneak peak of what our place looks like but I really don't want to post many pictures until we have a few more things settled into place! We're getting close but we're not quite there yet!

The house has a lot of work that needs to be done... but i'll get to that later! ;) I miss all my Oklahoma friends and definitely my family! My Dad is flying in today on the way home from a business trip so I am very excited to see him! Life is good.

Leaving home....

I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life.  I was born at Baptist Medical Center (now Integris) I went to Norman Public Schools, I attended the University of Oklahoma, and I STILL live in Norman.  I moved to Oklahoma City for a few years during nursing school but that was the extent of my experience leaving home. After 23 years... it is time to leave.

Ryan was granted an amazing opportunity to work as an Associate Planner for the County and City of Denver. He took it immediately and moved out there in April.  After spending about 8 years in Oklahoma, Ryan is, and has been, ready to get back to his home state of Colorado. So we're off!!

After Ryan left to start his new career, I stayed home working and packing up the house.  It has been a lonely 6 weeks and I am more than ready to live with my husband again.  The house is in shambles and it is driving me nuts living in a house of boxes.  Although I am ready to get on with our lives... it is a very bittersweet ordeal. I am very close with my family and I am not sure how moving will affect our relationships.  Hopefully it will only make them stronger, but I worry nonetheless. In addition, all my friends are here that I have grown up with since elementary and middle school. My college and high school friends are here as well.... well, most of them.  Picking up and starting all over again in a completely foreign place is quite intimidating.  There are a lot of things here that I will miss! And a few that I will not.

  This is the current chaos that I call home right now.  I will not miss this mess.

  The new garden I planted in the backyard... I will miss this.

 And of course all my rose bushes that I have worked so hard on the last year.... I will miss these!

Although Norman, Oklahoma will always be MY home.. I am excited for Ryan and I to make OUR home in Denver. Follow us as we explore, learn, and celebrate our new lives.....