Thompson Wedding

Some of our favorite people in the world and our "family" here in Denver, Nate and Heather, finally sealed the deal on July 3rd, 2010. The locale was beautiful Breckenridge, Colorado. This, actually, was my first time in Breck. The weekend could not have been more perfect. It was amazing beautiful in the mountains. Ben officiated their wedding - it will be his last, I'm afraid! :) After the vows, we danced the night away. On the 4th, Ben and Nate took a group climbing. I was able to catch some pictures of the wildlife. Before we headed back home, Ben, Linkan and I rode our bikes from Breck to Frisco and back. That is a great bike path! It was a wonderful weekend and we were so glad to be able to be a part of it. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Thompson!

The lil Diva on the wedding day

The beautiful view!





Denise (mother of the groom) and Kikki

Creepy Crawly!

Not long after my last post, Linkan began crawling for the first time on July 19th. It's been a few weeks since she has learned to crawl and it feels like she has always been able to do it. I barely remember the days when I could lie her on my bed and know that she wasn't going anywhere because she wasn't even strong enough to roll over. Now that she can crawl, she is always wanting down so she can explore! She has even mastered climbing up the steps. Here is a video of her first day of crawling.

Linkan's 1st Pull up/Stand

After Ben read Linkan her bedtime stories last night, he called me over to see what she had just learned to do! I think it was nice for him to witness one of her "firsts". :) Usually, I am the one showing him stuff that she can do. He was so proud of her! Meanwhile, I'm thinking "Oh joy! This should make nap time verrrrry interesting!" haha She hasn't quite figured out how to crawl yet. She gets into the position and then just rocks back and forth. I'm sure it won't be long before she is crawling. She is really good at the "down dog" yoga pose too! :)

South Boulder Peak Trail

We hiked the South Boulder Peak Trail on Friday afternoon. The weather couldn't have been better! I have not been to the top of this peak but Ben has taken many visiting friends up it because it's so close to our house and has great views of the city at the top. We didn't make it to the top because the dogs were tired and we didn't want to press our luck with Linkan. We hiked about 2 hours round trip. Funny - we ran in to a guy from Lawrence, Kansas on the trail. I recognized his "Sunflower Bike Shop" t-shirt and struck up a conversation. It's nice to be on the other side of that conversation...the one that doesn't involve driving 8 hours home! ;) We went to Pearl Street in Boulder after wards for some Ben & Jerrys. What a spontaneous and fun afternoon!

Multi-tasking...working and hiking at the same time.



I guess the pooches were a little hot by the end of the hike. We didn't have to tell them to lie down. :)

My "favorites"

You know you're in Kansas when...

Linkan and I stopped in Americus to gas up for the long ride back to Colorado in June. This is what I encountered at the pump. Only in Kansas! :)

Hopkins Wedding

On June 5, 2010 our dear friends Kourtney and Amy Hopkins got married. It was at a Rose Garden in Kansas City so the location was absolutely gorgeous but MAN it was hot! Ben officiated their wedding and did a great job. Justin Hopkins sang and made all of the bridesmaids cry!

I couldn't believe that I didn't have any pictures of the bride and groom but then I remembered how busy we were making sure that everything went off without a hitch and it did! The wedding and reception was amazing and the bride was beautiful! We were able to get a picture with Trevor and Angela(sans Trenton) at the reception. We really enjoyed our time with those two and miss them already!

Linkan had very late night but was a trooper to the end! We are on our way up to our room in this picture.

This is the program/fan that I did for their wedding. The fans came in handy in the 95 degree weather!

Ben's First Father's Day

For Father's day, Ben did the Denver Century 100 mile bike ride. Linkan and I started later in the morning on the 22 mile Family Fun ride. She did great but it sure got hot! We got back from our ride just in time to see daddy cross the finish line.


The race started and finished at Mile High Stadium. You can see the sign in the background.

We had a picnic lunch after the race at Mile High.

We finished off Ben's first Father's day at Ceramics in the City. I surprised Ben by taking him there and having a custom silver jewelery bracelet made for him. It has Linkan's finger print and her initials on it.

Pressing Linkan's finger into the mold. We haven't gotten the jewelery back yet but I will post a picture as soon as it's all done. All-in-all, a wonderful Father's Day. Linkan is one lucky girl to call him her daddy. :)