Happy Birthday Jen!!

Jen turned 26 today, can you believe it? She didn't have just one day to celebrate, but a whole weekend!! We decided to be adventurous and spend the entire weekend in Denver! We drove up Friday night after Greg got off work, had a quick dinner at Chili's, and then relaxed in our room at the Hotel Denver Tech Center the rest of the night--it was SO nice just to get away!!

Saturday was spent touring Denver (and surrounding cities), driving around town seeing the sights, shopping, and getting a jump on several Christmas presents. Later that afternoon, we figured that Greg's Saturn must have been tired from all that driving around because it ended up being one hubcap short!! Somehow, somewhere in the midst of all that driving, the rear driver side hubcap decided to fly off and we've yet to find it..... Later that night, after much anticipation, we had Jen's traditional birthday dinner at The Cheesecake Factory on the 16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver. And for dessert, we had her favorite: Pumpkin Cheesecake. It was DIVINE!!!!!

Sunday morning we woke up to about 6 inches of snow on the ground! It was pretty, but cold. Can you believe it was 77+ degrees and sunny on Saturday and then cloudy and snowing on Sunday? That's Colorado for you! After the shock of the snow, we went and had breakfast at Einstein Brothers (yes, we had pumpkin bagels and pumpkin cream cheese) and decided to venture back home instead of doing more shopping. We ran into some stopped traffic, icy roads, and blowing snow on Monument Hill, but we made it home all in one piece.

This morning, Jen's bosses decided to throw a party for her at work and made Pumpkin Waffles--definitely one of the best breakfasts Jen has ever had! We decided we're gonna go to Williams Sonoma this weekend to pick-up some pumpkin bread mix, pumpkin waffle mix, and pumpkin pecan butter for a Saturday breakfast pretty soon. They have the best pumpkin stuff ever!! Can you tell that we're "pumpkin" people??

Finally, to top off a fun and eventful three days, we had a little party at Mom and Dad Kelly's house! Jen got a lot of good presents along with the "famous" homemade chocolate cake she loves so much. Happy Birthday Jen!!

Titanic

This morning we went to see the Titanic exhibit in Denver. It was pretty awesome!! Before we began our tour, the staff at the museum presented us with "boarding passes." On these passes were the names of real Titanic passengers, the class they sailed, what room they were in, a little bit about their personal history, how old they were, and etc. So in a sense, we got to be a real passenger as well as learn about the person on our boarding pass. Parts of the exhibit showcased different people's belongings and stories, and at the end of the exhibit we got to find out whether "we" survived or not. Jen, Greg, and Mom Kelly all survived. Dad Kelly and Brian did not. After the exhibit, we had a little bit of time to kill before we went to our IMAX movie, so we went and looked at the mummy exhibit and the health and life exhibit. Brian, of course, ran off to the plant and animal exhibit.

The IMAX movie was called "Ghosts of the Abyss." The movie took you down 2.5 miles to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to show you what the Titanic looks like now, and created an image to show you what it looked like back then. It was SO neat!! We have never done or seen anything like this before!! (We would have taken some pictures inside, but they didn't allow that)

The weather in Denver was so cold today that you could see your breath when you were outside. (We got hailed on on the way home too) But the trees were changing from green to beautiful red, orange, and yellow, so at least something can be said of the chilly Fall weather!!

October?!? Already?!?

It is officially Fall here in Colorado. Can you believe it?? Summer went fast!! The trees are turning pretty colors already, and our grass is starting to go dormant. Today was the only day it has really felt like Fall though. Yesterday was in the upper 70's, today was in the 40's, and all this week is supposed to be in the upper 70's. Crazy!! Jen would like it to stay warm forever, but we all know that's not gonna happen.
The last few weeks have been quite busy for us. Greg finished up his softball season, but they didn't go out with a "bang." They haven't won a whole lot of their games, but they all had fun out there!! Maybe next year will prove to be more successful for the team. Greg is also in the home stretch with school!! He is about to finish up his second to last class and start in on the last one. December 13th is when he is expected to be done with his Masters, so he's pretty excited about that. Greg also went to an Air Force football game last night with Dad Kelly and the Dauenhauer's (Becca's parents) while Jen went out and did some Christmas shopping..... and had no luck. She did manage to get some candy corn though. =)
Lately, Jen has had fun hanging out with friends and doing girls night. She has also been kept quite busy with Team Kid and trying out new (good!) recipes for dinner. We all know that she really isn't all that crazy about cooking, but we've had quite the feast these past few weeks!! Tonight we're having pizza..... she's gotta have a break sometime!! =)
Also, sometime within these past few weeks, we cleaned out our garage top to bottom and organized it like crazy!! It looks SO much better. We can actually walk around in there now without bumping into things. =) We have also spent some time over at Mom and Dad Kelly's house hanging out, eating their food, and doing nothing. Mom tried a new dessert on us one night.... now she's never gonna get us to leave!! =) Dad just got back from a trip to Alaska and brought back souvenirs for everyone, so that was fun to look at pictures and get some loot!! Brian and Becca celebrated 4 years on the 4th. Time sure goes by fast!! We can't believe they have been together 4 years, but we also can't imagine them being with anyone else!!
Well, that's about it for now. This week is gonna prove to be busy too, and then after that, life SHOULD slow down for awhile. We'll see..... ;)