Just Add Fire

Last night, Mr T and I went to the Longmont Festival.

We aren't really ones to go out and do festival type things (we can get a little reclusive sometimes) but I'm glad we did this one. It was simple and entertaining enough for me to stick around.

When looking back on some of the video I took I wanted to KICK MYSELF IN THE PANTS!!

Heres why:



Did anyone else see dancing Hippie Man??? No, I'm not referring to the big fake dancer, I'm referring to the guy with long hair and in a pink shirt dancing in the first 4 seconds of my video. Look in the bottom left hand corner!

Why on EARTH didn't I get more video of HIM!!!! GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! Great opportunity lost forever! Goodbye Dancing-Hippie-Man.

Moving on....

Mr T and I stuck around to watch a fire show. I won't post all the video I took because even I don't have the attention span to sit through them all. Tristin did make a very invaluable comment to me while watching the show, however:

"Remember, in order to turn something mundane into something interesting, just add fire! So you should advertise Fire Massage!"

there's something about fire....It just makes things so much more alluring.

For the record, I will not be doing fire massage.

Lastly, we ended our evening with contemporary music in the background, tuna melts and salad from SunRose Cafe.

Ya know, I would never live in Longmont, but they do have some really cool things going on in that town.

Cayman Brain

Taking 2 weeks to write this post must only mean one thing...I've still got Cayman Brain.
Def. of Cayman Brain: A viral pathogen transmitted by sunlight, only found in the Cayman Islands, affecting the thalamic cortex of the brain and causing random bouts of laziness, sluggish thought processes, and the occasionally urge to want to do absolutely nothing but find some sunshine, water, and a good book to veg out with.

Cayman was wonderful as always. Pictures speak a thousand words, which is great because I don't really have much to say about the vacation other than it was super. It was awesome. It was super awesome.

(Yes, I got sick the last 2 days there, but that was minor compared to the other 5 days).



I had to dedicate an entire collage to Ophelia because she kept me entertained ALL WEEK long! Man, that little girl is too cute for words and she just LOVES to swim! Taking her away from the pool was like taking away the oxygen from her lung!
All week long she kept calling me "Tistin" (Tristin), because she couldn't say "Juanique". I guess she associated me with Tristin because everytime he's around her, I am as well. However by Saturday she finally called me "WoWheat" (Juanique). YAY!


I also couldn't resist putting this video up of her! She's so goofy I wanna eat her alive!!



I unfortunately didn't get any pictures of it but on Friday we saw a tornado touch ground over 7 Mile Beach. I'm sure it wasn't anything terribly powerful and damaging but it was unbelievable cool to see. It started off as a teeny tine funnel and from that kept getting bigger and bigger. Brienne took some pictures of it so hopefully I can steal some pictures from her and put them up here in the future!



And last but not least I CANNOT BELIEVE I DIDN'T GET ANY PICTURES OF STINGRAY CITY! ARGH!!! Luckily, I DID get a small video of it. I think I was tired of playing photographer by day 3 in Cayman and so stopped taking pictures, which I now regret (Stupid Cayman Brain!!!) Hopefully the video will be enough...



It's been swell Cayman. Hopefully we'll see you again next year!

Powell Power!

*I realize I'm extremely tardy with my blogging updates so this may all seem "so last month"... because it was. But here goes:

Oh yes yes yes!!! It's that time of the year again! I just love love LOVE summer times!

Not only did July bring the 4th of July, my parents visiting and me passing my Citizenship test (Yes, I'm one step closer to becoming a Yankie....is that a derogatory term? I honestly don't know) but it also brought LAKE POWELL!!

Oh, Lake Powell, how you sooth me!

It was bliss, it was chaos, It was blissfully chaotic.... it was SO MUCH FUN!

Long story short, when trying to dock and anchor the house boat a storm conveniently started to brew pushing our boat onto a shallow sand bank in the lake. So there we all were, standing on a massive three story house boat in the middle of the lake with dented propellers (House boat, meet rocks. Rocks, meet House boat).

Lucky for us there were several other vacationers around that came to our rescue. 15 men, lots of digging and 2 hours later we were freed from the clutches of a sand/rock bank!

THANK YOU GOOD SAMARITANS! You guys rocked!

The rest of our vacationing was just that...a vacation. Boating, surfing, eating, games, REPEAT!

Thank you Rick and Kim for always spoiling us with these trips! Not only are they healthy for the soul, but they do wonders for my sanity! You guys Rock!

I Just HAD to dedicate an entire page to Beatrix because, let's be honest, she kinda runs the show sometimes! She also loves to be in the spot light so getting funny pics of her was a cinch!



Cant wait til next year! Thanks Rick and Kim for an AMAZING vacation! We love you!

Boulder, The American Cape Town

Last month (July 6th-9th) my parents came to town to visit us! My mom LOVES Boulder. She says it feels like Cape Town to her and Cape Town is a pretty amazing place!
Normally when they do come to town they love to eat out and buy us a lot of food. You'd think by the way they act that I don't feed Tristin. They, my mother in particular, would force (YES, force!) us to buy things. No joke...

mom: "Juan, do you and Tristin want some of these gluten free cookies?"
Juan: "No thanks mom. We don't need it"
mom to the guy selling cookies: "I'll take 2 boxes of cookies please"
Juan: "No mom, seriously, I don't want it!"
mom: "Oh yes you do. You'll want it later"
*sigh*

Wednesday my parents took Tristin, myself and our roommate Casey to the Boulders Farmers market and then to eat at the Dushambe Tea House. They seriously have THE BEST food in Boulder....I'm sure of it!

The love birds....and me

Thursday and Friday consisted of more dining out in Boulder. Leaf Restaurant (which is a vegan restaurant) and The Mediteranian are now one my top 5 of Favorite Restaurants. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us to places we wouldn't normally go :)

Saturday we revisited the Farmers Market and continued our bickering about being forced to buy food. At least I know she loves me.

The bottom line is, I LOVED having my parents here. Thanks Mom and Dad for spoiling us rotten. You guys are above and beyond wonderful

Exactly Where Have we Been?

Hi! We are still here! Alive, happy, and keeping very busy!

Wow, have we been busy! This month we have...

Moved into our new apartment in Boulder! Let's hope round two with Boulder living goes more smoothly than round one (which involved a little water damage).

We've been doing A LOT of this (I convinced Tristin to start training with me. He's an EXCELLENT running partner):



We've been having too much fun doing this:

Royal Arch, Boulder

And this:

Dont forget this:

With lots of laughs doing this:

(nothing beats a lecture from a friend-nurse on the floor in Costco about how advil and ibuprofen are the same thing with different names)

Oh yeah, I've also been called to teach some of these girls (I'm now a Laurel Advisor! My favorite calling thus far!)

And last but not least, I have been very busy building up my business doing lots and lots of this:


Just this week my business (which is a pretty full practice) got featured with a local marketing company. SO I've been a little slammed as of late (Who knew there was a little business women/workacholic in me)

So Tristin and I are feeling pretty blessed these days. Heavenly Father's been so good to us! I get to spend MORE time with my husband, do MORE of the things I want to (like train for a half marathon, hike, swim and see family once a month) and still do what I love four days a week!

Things that I'm looking forward to this summer are definitely...

Seeing this handsome guy once a month:

Ain't he cute?

And going here:

I'm needing a serious dose of Vit D!

The past 5 months have definitely been our best here in Colorado. I feel so blessed. 2010 seems like such a distant memory now.

Life, you've been so good to us lately! My Sanity thanks you!

The other day our roommate, Casey, share a mantra he says to himself daily. It's one I've now adopted for myself and which I like to think embodies everything I feel at this point in my life. Thanks for sharing your mantra, Casey!

Here I am, I am here, and I'm exactly where I'm suppose to be!

Some Chicks

Our trip to Utah this month introduced us to the latest members of the family. Meet the chicks







For easter Kim and Rick got 4 baby chicks. Who knew chickens were social animals? They don't mind being held (they get held every day) and sometimes they can't get enough of human contact.

I can't wait til I can someday get my own chickens. I don't think my soon-to-be landlords would like chickens in the yard very much.

Oh yeah, and we are moving for the 6th time in 4.5 years this weekend. More news about that in later posts.

Never a dull moment.... Never!

iSplurge

I did something that was absolutely terrible! I splurged on myself and got a 64gb white iPad 2. Oops!

I'm not the type to enjoy clothes, cars, cute hair styles and fancy nails, but I DO tend to like my gadgets....and when I can call it a business expense, how on earth am I going to turn this baby down? Being my own boss has so many perks!








(And Im not Gunna lie, I LOVE that my iPad can do pointless things like this):






We look so hot