Life is good! Scott's good! I'm good! Things are good here in Colorado! Here's what's been going on in our world these past couple of weeks:
- Scott had a great time at the airshow in Oshgosh, WI! He spent 8 days there and took over a thousand pictures of airplanes! He had been planning that trip since January so I was happy for him when the time finally came for him to go! I was also very happy when it was time for him to come home! :-) I really enjoyed my time while he was gone (much needed girl time), however, by day 5 I was ready to have my husband home again! When I went to pick him up from the airport on Sunday night (Aug. 1) I felt like I was picking up my son from camp. He had so many things to tell me and so many pictures to share. And, like the good-loving wife that I am, I listened to all his stories and looked through all his pictures! Even though he had a great time and I enjoyed some time to myself we both agreed that 8 days is really too long to be away from the one you love! Next time maybe he'll just go for a long weekend! ;-)
- While Scott was at the airshow, my friend Krista came out to visit me. She had bought tickets to the Tim McGraw concert back in November as a "Happy Birthday" "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Graduation" present to me. Krista and I have seen Tim McGraw in concert together 5 times now! Our first Tim concert was the summer after our high school graduation! We were 18 years old! Since then, we have seen him 4 other times, all in Colorado. It's become a "Heather&Krista" summer tradition that I truly hope lasts forever, or for as long as Tim continues to tour! Besides the concert that weekend, Krista and I had some much needed girl time. We laid by the pool, went shopping and drank peach champagne. It was a great weekend!
- Last weekend Scott and I went apartment hunting. We put nearly 100 miles on the Honda going all around the greater Denver metro area looking at apartments. Knowing our current lease is up the first of October, Scott and I set out to find something that fit into these 3 categories: 1) We want to pay less in rent so that we can pay down some dept and save for a house 2) The new place needed to be as nice if not nicer then our current apartment 3) We wanted to still be on the bus route to downtown or the lightrail. So, with those "must haves" in mind we went on our search. Our search lead us from Erie all the way down to Lone Tree! We saw everything from a brand new 650 sq ft one bedroom apartment for $1100/month to a couple year old complex that offered 900 sq ft for $900/month! We were exhausted by the end of the day and decided not to make any decisions until we slept on it....and I made a pro/con list! :-)
- This week, we finally made a decision on where to live. We are moving just down the street and over the hill from where we live now. I decided to get a one bedroom apartment so that we could cut our rent by more then just a few dollars (it's expensive to live in Colorado by the way!). We both really like the apartment we will be living in. It's in a great location, still close to the bus, our favorite hang outs, the rec center and our friends. Oh, and most importantly it's even closer to the Metro Airport (which was a big selling point for Scott!). The apartment has a large deck, fire place, ceiling fans and plenty of space for Scott, Joey and myself. The down side is, we won't have any room for our guests to stay, unless of course they are comfortable sleeping on the couch! :-) For the next year, I think we will be very comfortable in our new home. I am surprisingly looking forward to our move! I'll be sure to post pictures once we get settled in!
Well, that's a quick recap of what's been going on in our lives lately. This weekend we are going camping at a lake in Ogalalla, NE....yes, I'm willingly going to Nebraska for the weekend! :-) We are going camping with 6 others for the weekend. We are so excited to get away for a weekend and spend some time outdoors! Our summer is coming to an end, Scott starts classes next Monday, and the weather is beginning to cool off (kind of)! We will end our official summer in Iowa. We will be back in Des Moines for 2 days over Labor Day weekend for a friends wedding. I hate to see summer go, however, fall is my favorite time of year so I am looking forward to our next season! Cooler weather, fall colors, football games, my birthday (and Scott's) and cute fall cloths! What isn't there to like about fall!?!?!
Love,
Heather
Monday, August 16, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
My Saturday
My morning started at 5:30 am...yes, it's Saturday! Side note: when I was growing up my Mom always told me that nothing good happens after 10:00 pm, well Mom, nothing good happens before 8:00 am on a Saturday either!!! Needless to say it was early and I wasn't a happy camper for having to wake up that time on a Saturday. Who made me get up at that time of day you ask? Well, it was my dear husband! He flew out this morning to Milwaukee, WI for a week long adventure at Oshkosh (the biggest airshow around). He has been planning this trip since January so you can imagine how perky he was at that time this morning (think a 5 year old on Christmas morning). I, on the other hand, could barely open my eyes. Thankfully, he was smart enough to make coffee for us to take on the road! (He knows me so well!) Once we said our good-byes at the AirTran terminal at DIA I was on my way back home, head filled with what I wanted to accomplish while he was away. My list got interrupted when I saw the sun divide the clouds and hit the flatirons. I thought to myself, "It's going to be a good day." As it turned out, it was one of the best Saturdays I have had in a very long time.
My Mom and I had planned on having a girl's day for as long as Scott has been planning his trip to Oshkosh. It has been a long time since my Mom and I have spent a whole Saturday together. The sad part is, my Mom and I spent more quality time together when she lived in Iowa and came out here for weekends at a time to visit. Since she's moved to Colorado we both have had very different schedules that have made it hard for us to spend more then a couple of hours together at a time. Which totally defeats the purpose of her moving to Colorado. When she moved out here we had planned to see each other all the time, unfortunately that just hasn't happened yet. We are hoping that all changes in the near future. Anyways, we decided to make it happen today. Just us girls! A daughter with her mother.
We started the day with a trip to Boulder, our favorite place in Colorado (okay, next to Estes Park). For all the years my Mom and I spent vacationing in Colorado and the Boulder area we never made it to the Boulder's Farmers Market. Today, we changed that. We drove down Highway 36 and gazed at the beautiful sun kissed flatirons....a view everyone needs to see before they die. We bought some sweet corn (real peaches and cream sweet corn for those of you who are from Iowa) and tomatoes while wondering around the square block of the packed farmers market. Once we were done there we walked down Pearl Street to our favorite place to eat in Boulder, the Walnut Brewery. If those restaurant walls could talk! My Mom and I have had some of our best conversations there throughout the years. It was there that I told my Mom I wanted to go to CU Boulder for college back in the Fall of 2002! It was there that we celebrated my graduation for CU Boulder in 2006, it was there that we talked about our lives, dreams and goals. It's a place we don't get to visit very often, so it's even more special today then it was back then.
After our lunch my Mom and I went to Flatirons Mall for some serious shopping. We enjoyed shopping and walking around the mall just talking. We both found great buys and were every satisfied with our purchases. Since I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do with my Mom is shop. I don't care how old I get, I think I will always love shopping with my Mom. It must be a mother/daughter thing! Though the shopping was great and I found some amazing bargains, I think my favorite thing about our shopping trip was the conversions I had with my Mom. My Mom is a great listener and advice giver without telling me what to do. I know my Mom and I are different in ways, but we are also very similar in many other ways too. I appreciate my Mom's advice and know that it is (and always has been) coming from her heart and past experiences. I think I'm finally at the age that I realize my Mom does know more then me...it's only taken me 26 years to realize that! :-)
Finally, this evening my Mom and I went to church at Flatiron's Community Church, which just happened to be the perfect way to end our day. My best friend Stephanie and her two boys Jordan and Jackson joined us as well. Today's service was about community and connecting with others who are searching for the same purpose in life. Our Paster Jim asked those sitting before him to raise their hand if they had first come to Flatirons because a friend asked them to come join them. Stephanie, my Mom and I all raised our hands. You see, when I moved to Colorado I was invited to come to Flatrions by a friend, soon I asked Stephanie to come with me and finally my Mom was coming with us every Sunday she was in town. It was a great reminder that I am here (in Colorado) for a reason and that I am so lucky to have been given the people in my life. I am truly blessed!!!
Once my Mom and I gave each other our final hugs and said our I love you's to each other we drove our separate ways on HWY 287. As I was driving home I saw the most gorgeous sunset. The sun was setting behind the mountains and its rays were painting the sky orange, pink and yellow. It was as beautiful as the sunrise I saw when this day began. Tonight, as I sit here listening to music, drinking a glass of wine and reflecting on my day, I am happy, at peace, and satisfied with the world. Tomorrow is another day. A day I hope is almost as good as today.
Love,
Heather
My Mom and I had planned on having a girl's day for as long as Scott has been planning his trip to Oshkosh. It has been a long time since my Mom and I have spent a whole Saturday together. The sad part is, my Mom and I spent more quality time together when she lived in Iowa and came out here for weekends at a time to visit. Since she's moved to Colorado we both have had very different schedules that have made it hard for us to spend more then a couple of hours together at a time. Which totally defeats the purpose of her moving to Colorado. When she moved out here we had planned to see each other all the time, unfortunately that just hasn't happened yet. We are hoping that all changes in the near future. Anyways, we decided to make it happen today. Just us girls! A daughter with her mother.
We started the day with a trip to Boulder, our favorite place in Colorado (okay, next to Estes Park). For all the years my Mom and I spent vacationing in Colorado and the Boulder area we never made it to the Boulder's Farmers Market. Today, we changed that. We drove down Highway 36 and gazed at the beautiful sun kissed flatirons....a view everyone needs to see before they die. We bought some sweet corn (real peaches and cream sweet corn for those of you who are from Iowa) and tomatoes while wondering around the square block of the packed farmers market. Once we were done there we walked down Pearl Street to our favorite place to eat in Boulder, the Walnut Brewery. If those restaurant walls could talk! My Mom and I have had some of our best conversations there throughout the years. It was there that I told my Mom I wanted to go to CU Boulder for college back in the Fall of 2002! It was there that we celebrated my graduation for CU Boulder in 2006, it was there that we talked about our lives, dreams and goals. It's a place we don't get to visit very often, so it's even more special today then it was back then.
After our lunch my Mom and I went to Flatirons Mall for some serious shopping. We enjoyed shopping and walking around the mall just talking. We both found great buys and were every satisfied with our purchases. Since I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do with my Mom is shop. I don't care how old I get, I think I will always love shopping with my Mom. It must be a mother/daughter thing! Though the shopping was great and I found some amazing bargains, I think my favorite thing about our shopping trip was the conversions I had with my Mom. My Mom is a great listener and advice giver without telling me what to do. I know my Mom and I are different in ways, but we are also very similar in many other ways too. I appreciate my Mom's advice and know that it is (and always has been) coming from her heart and past experiences. I think I'm finally at the age that I realize my Mom does know more then me...it's only taken me 26 years to realize that! :-)
Finally, this evening my Mom and I went to church at Flatiron's Community Church, which just happened to be the perfect way to end our day. My best friend Stephanie and her two boys Jordan and Jackson joined us as well. Today's service was about community and connecting with others who are searching for the same purpose in life. Our Paster Jim asked those sitting before him to raise their hand if they had first come to Flatirons because a friend asked them to come join them. Stephanie, my Mom and I all raised our hands. You see, when I moved to Colorado I was invited to come to Flatrions by a friend, soon I asked Stephanie to come with me and finally my Mom was coming with us every Sunday she was in town. It was a great reminder that I am here (in Colorado) for a reason and that I am so lucky to have been given the people in my life. I am truly blessed!!!
Once my Mom and I gave each other our final hugs and said our I love you's to each other we drove our separate ways on HWY 287. As I was driving home I saw the most gorgeous sunset. The sun was setting behind the mountains and its rays were painting the sky orange, pink and yellow. It was as beautiful as the sunrise I saw when this day began. Tonight, as I sit here listening to music, drinking a glass of wine and reflecting on my day, I am happy, at peace, and satisfied with the world. Tomorrow is another day. A day I hope is almost as good as today.
Love,
Heather
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I'm Back!!!
Hello Blog World!!! Yes, I know it has been a couple of months since I wrote last and I apologize for that! We have been trying to get settled here at the Greenfield residents and get back into our routine after months and months of planning a wedding, job searching, grad school and so now. I am finally able to report that our lives have become normal...well, as "normal" as they can be! It feels good to be back and I promise to do a much better job of keeping you all up to date in our ever changing and adventurous lives.
So yeah, Scott and I got MARRIED!!! :-) Our wedding was beautiful, perfect and better then we expected! All our planning and stressing and saving we did paid off! We are so blessed to have had so many wonderful friends and family members make the journey to Colorado to share our special day with us! Even though it has been almost 2 months ago, Scott and I talk about that day all the time!!! We have such great memories from the entire weekend...memories that will last us a life time! Memories that we can't wait to share with our children!
Now that the wedding (and honeymoon) is over we have returned to our lives here in Broomfield. I started a new job with H+L Architecture in Denver 2 weeks after our wedding. I have been there over a month and have loved every day so far! The company is wonderful, the work I am doing is very rewarding and I love working in Downtown Denver. Our office is 2 blocks away from Rockies Stadium and surrounded by great happy hour watering holes. I have even found a new coffee shop a block away that makes my morning walks from the bus station to work a little bit more enjoyable! :-) I am looking forward to my future with H+L and will keep you posted on my experiences!
Besides getting married and starting a new job in the past 6 weeks....our lives have been busy but great! June went by in a blink of an eye and to be honest I can't remember anything else that happened besides our honeymoon and starting my job, so we'll skip to July! The first weekend of the month Jane and Dan came to visit. Though they were only here the weekend, we spent a lot of quality time with them and really enjoyed their visit. Last weekend Scott and I went camping in Rocky Mountain National Park. We headed up to Estes Park on Saturday and enjoyed the day hiking different trails...sometimes in the rain! We set up camp that night and enjoyed a campfire, the wildlife, smores and sleeping in a tent. With our busy schedule it was the first time we had gone camping this year. We are planning on camping a couple more times before the season ends. This weekend we have yet another busy agenda: H+L Company Family picnic Friday evening, Boulder's Farmers Market on Saturday morning, The Nadas concert on Saturday night and Airshow stuff for Scott all day Sunday. I don't think Scott and I know what it's like to relax...or be bored...but I think we enjoy our lives better this way! We may be tired at the end of the day...but we have great memories when we close our eyes at night.
We are enjoying married life very much! Though it hasn't been too big of change for us, we still get excited to call each other "husband" and "wife". I am in the process of legally changing my last night....it might take me all summer to get it done! Wish me luck with that! Well, I guess that's an update on our lives right now. Check back soon for more Greenfield updates!
Love,
Heather & Scott Greenfield
So yeah, Scott and I got MARRIED!!! :-) Our wedding was beautiful, perfect and better then we expected! All our planning and stressing and saving we did paid off! We are so blessed to have had so many wonderful friends and family members make the journey to Colorado to share our special day with us! Even though it has been almost 2 months ago, Scott and I talk about that day all the time!!! We have such great memories from the entire weekend...memories that will last us a life time! Memories that we can't wait to share with our children!
Now that the wedding (and honeymoon) is over we have returned to our lives here in Broomfield. I started a new job with H+L Architecture in Denver 2 weeks after our wedding. I have been there over a month and have loved every day so far! The company is wonderful, the work I am doing is very rewarding and I love working in Downtown Denver. Our office is 2 blocks away from Rockies Stadium and surrounded by great happy hour watering holes. I have even found a new coffee shop a block away that makes my morning walks from the bus station to work a little bit more enjoyable! :-) I am looking forward to my future with H+L and will keep you posted on my experiences!
Besides getting married and starting a new job in the past 6 weeks....our lives have been busy but great! June went by in a blink of an eye and to be honest I can't remember anything else that happened besides our honeymoon and starting my job, so we'll skip to July! The first weekend of the month Jane and Dan came to visit. Though they were only here the weekend, we spent a lot of quality time with them and really enjoyed their visit. Last weekend Scott and I went camping in Rocky Mountain National Park. We headed up to Estes Park on Saturday and enjoyed the day hiking different trails...sometimes in the rain! We set up camp that night and enjoyed a campfire, the wildlife, smores and sleeping in a tent. With our busy schedule it was the first time we had gone camping this year. We are planning on camping a couple more times before the season ends. This weekend we have yet another busy agenda: H+L Company Family picnic Friday evening, Boulder's Farmers Market on Saturday morning, The Nadas concert on Saturday night and Airshow stuff for Scott all day Sunday. I don't think Scott and I know what it's like to relax...or be bored...but I think we enjoy our lives better this way! We may be tired at the end of the day...but we have great memories when we close our eyes at night.
We are enjoying married life very much! Though it hasn't been too big of change for us, we still get excited to call each other "husband" and "wife". I am in the process of legally changing my last night....it might take me all summer to get it done! Wish me luck with that! Well, I guess that's an update on our lives right now. Check back soon for more Greenfield updates!
Love,
Heather & Scott Greenfield
Friday, April 30, 2010
1 Month To Go....
A month from TODAY Scott and I will be saying our vows and exchanging rings in front of our closest friends and family members. One month from today, Scott and I will become husband and wife and commit ourselves to each other for the rest of our lives. How cool is that!? It's crazy to think that we are only 30 days away from our "big day"! These past 18 months have flown by! I wish I could say that the past 18 months have been perfect, wonderful and easy....but I would just be lying to everyone! The truth is, these past 18 months have been the hardest and most challenging months that either one of us has had to go through. We've had our ups and we've had our downs. We've celebrated together and cried together. We've been angry, frustrated, happy, excited, sad, hopeful and disappointed. Life has handed us challenges that we were not prepared for or wanting to take on! But through everything, Scott and I have stuck together, supported one another and had faith that we could get through these past 18 months as long as we did it together.
On Oct. 18, 2008 Scott got down on one knee (Yes, he really did) and asked me to marry him. Even though I was sick as can be, it was the happiest day of my life! That day, I think we both imagined that our lives would be perfect from that moment on! :-) We were getting married! We were soooo in love! We were so excited for our future together! Well, those feelings lasted exactly 3 weeks and 6 days. On Nov. 17, 2008 I got laid off from my job. That was the day that we started a journey together that neither one of us had planned for!
Now, I don't want to make it sound like these past 18 months have been awful! To be honest, we've actually have had more good days then bad days. I graduated from grad school, we got our first apartment together, we went to a dozen concerts and tried out a hundred new restaurants, we went camping, explored the Rocky Mountains and have begun making Colorado our home. We meet new friends, developed stronger relationships with our families as a couple and built a stronger foundation for our life together. I know both Scott and I are disappointed that we were "robbed" of our "honeymoon" phase in life and wish that reality hadn't come quite as fast as it did, but I guess that's life.
If I've learned nothing else from the past year and half, I have managed to learn these 5 things:
1 - Life never goes as planned
2 - Enjoy today and don't worry about tomorrow (the biggest life lesson Scott has taught me)
3 - As long as I put my faith and trust in God I can make it through life's challenges
4 - Scott is the love of my life and I never want to go a day without him by my side
5 - Scott and I are so blessed to have loving and supportive friends and family members
As I look forward towards the next 18 months of our lives, I wonder what challenges life will bring us. Where will we be in 18 months? What will we be doing? What exciting new things are coming our way that we don't even know about yet? I guess only time will tell!!!
On a quick wedding note: We have been busy trying to finalize our last minute details for the wedding. RSVPs have been rolling in each day, final payments have been made and final touches have been done to make our wedding weekend even more special. We still have a long list of stuff that needs to get done, but neither one of us is feeling too overwhelmed! We are excited to see our family and friends at the end of the month! We are very excited for our honeymoon (a much needed vacation)! But I think most of all, we are just excited to finally be husband and wife! It's been over 10 years since Scott and I first met....I think we've waiting long enough!
With Love,
Heather
On Oct. 18, 2008 Scott got down on one knee (Yes, he really did) and asked me to marry him. Even though I was sick as can be, it was the happiest day of my life! That day, I think we both imagined that our lives would be perfect from that moment on! :-) We were getting married! We were soooo in love! We were so excited for our future together! Well, those feelings lasted exactly 3 weeks and 6 days. On Nov. 17, 2008 I got laid off from my job. That was the day that we started a journey together that neither one of us had planned for!
Now, I don't want to make it sound like these past 18 months have been awful! To be honest, we've actually have had more good days then bad days. I graduated from grad school, we got our first apartment together, we went to a dozen concerts and tried out a hundred new restaurants, we went camping, explored the Rocky Mountains and have begun making Colorado our home. We meet new friends, developed stronger relationships with our families as a couple and built a stronger foundation for our life together. I know both Scott and I are disappointed that we were "robbed" of our "honeymoon" phase in life and wish that reality hadn't come quite as fast as it did, but I guess that's life.
If I've learned nothing else from the past year and half, I have managed to learn these 5 things:
1 - Life never goes as planned
2 - Enjoy today and don't worry about tomorrow (the biggest life lesson Scott has taught me)
3 - As long as I put my faith and trust in God I can make it through life's challenges
4 - Scott is the love of my life and I never want to go a day without him by my side
5 - Scott and I are so blessed to have loving and supportive friends and family members
As I look forward towards the next 18 months of our lives, I wonder what challenges life will bring us. Where will we be in 18 months? What will we be doing? What exciting new things are coming our way that we don't even know about yet? I guess only time will tell!!!
On a quick wedding note: We have been busy trying to finalize our last minute details for the wedding. RSVPs have been rolling in each day, final payments have been made and final touches have been done to make our wedding weekend even more special. We still have a long list of stuff that needs to get done, but neither one of us is feeling too overwhelmed! We are excited to see our family and friends at the end of the month! We are very excited for our honeymoon (a much needed vacation)! But I think most of all, we are just excited to finally be husband and wife! It's been over 10 years since Scott and I first met....I think we've waiting long enough!
With Love,
Heather
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Spring Break in the 515
Most people go some place cool for spring break...Colorado, Florida, California, Mexico....well, not me! For the past 7 years I have left Colorado (one of the most popular spring break destination might I remind you) and made the trip back to Iowa over Spring Break. This year was no different! Scott, my Mom and I packed our cars full and headed East on I-80. Here's a recap of our vacation in the 515:
Tuesday, March 23
Scott, my Mom, Cooper (my Mom's dog) and I were our cars and on the highway by 6:00 am! We made a stop at Starbucks for a little coffee and breakfast before we headed out of town...thanks goodness for Starbucks opening at 5:00 in the morning! Tuesday's drive was relatively uneventful. We made our regular stops along I-80...North Platte, Karney and Lincoln...for gas and food. The nice thing about traveling in the middle of the week is no traffic. The sun was out, which also made for a nice drive across Nebraska. Scott and I rolled in to Des Moines around 6:00 that evening. We unloaded our bags at John and Vicki's in Clive and headed out to dinner with them. We went to Biaggis for dinner, so that Scott could get his Chicken Parmesan meal for the week! :-) We had a wonderful time at dinner getting all caught up with John and Vicki! But after a long day in the car, Scott and I were exhausted! We went to be early and slept great!!!!
Wednesday, March 24
Wednesday was our only day to sleep in while on our trip...so we took advantage of it. We slept in until 9:00 and took our time getting ready. We went to Boone to meet my cousin Danielle, her kids Hunter and Kate, my Grandma and my Mom for lunch at the Dutch Oven Bakery. It was good to be "home." After lunch Scott and I headed to Ames where we met up with my Dad. We were able to spend that afternoon with my Dad. We had dinner at Hickory Park....yum...with him before we headed back down to Des Moines.
Wednesday night Scott and I stayed at Scott's Mom's house. That night we spent our time in the basement looking through hundreds, maybe thousands, of pictures and albums! Scott wanted to go through old picture albums so that we could pull some pictures of him as a little kid for the slide show we are putting together for the wedding. Well....I think we got more then we were expecting! :-) It was fun going through all the old pictures! I really enjoyed seeing pictures of Scott as a baby and little kid. He's cute now, but I think he might have been a little cuter when he was little! ;-) By midnight we managed to get through a good portion of the albums so we decided to call it a night and come back to it on Friday!
Thursday, March 25
Thursday morning we enjoyed a nice family breakfast with Jane, Dan, Scott, Stephanie and myself. Jane made eggs, cheese sausages, cinnamon rolls, fruit and coffee for us! It was wonderful! I really enjoyed our breakfast and look forward to having many more of them with the family! Thursday afternoon, while Scott went to his dentist appointment, I went shopping with Danielle, Kate, my Aunt Clare and my Mom. Went went to Davids Bridal in West Des Moines so that Kate could try on flower girl dresses. We finally picked on and got it ordered! She is going to be soooo cute, I can't wait! :-) Afterwards we went to Valley West Mall to find shoes and make-up. Danielle helped me pick out make-up for the wedding! What a great girl's shopping day!
That evening Scott and I headed downtown to meet some of Scott's co-workers from ING Des Moines and some of our friends for happy hour. Scott's friend, and groomsmen, Chris drove from Colorado to Iowa on Thursday so that he could attend Scott's bachelor party (what a friend!) so he was there and able to meet some people as well. Our rather large group went out to dinner and then to another bar for a few more drinks before we ended the night. I know Scott had a great time seeing all of his old friends! I'm glad they were all able to come out and join us!
Friday, March 26
After my dentist appointment at 8:00 am Scott and I went to my friend Erin's cafe for coffee and cheesecake. If you are in the Des Moines area you need to stop by Flarah's (2815 Beaver Ave) for lunch and try her cheesecake...tell her Heather sent you! :-) After our mid-morning snack, Scott took me to Hy-Vee in West Des Moines for lunch. He has been raving about Hy-Vee Chinese food ever since he moved out here, so he was so happy to finally be able to take me there for lunch. I have to admit that it was really good! Nice job babe! After lunch we went back to Jane's house to go through more pictures. This time Stephanie was able to join us! We made our way through the other half of the stack before we had to leave to head to Boone. I can't wait for everyone at the wedding to see how cute Scott was when he was a kiddo!!!! :-)
Friday night we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house to celebrate my Grandma's birthday. We had Godfather's pizza and cake. It was a great night! I miss having birthday celebrations with the family, so I really enjoyed myself that night. Scott definatly fits in well with the family, which is nice to know! :-) Kate seems to like Scott...in fact, I think Scott is Kate's best friend! She had to be sitting right between us and wouldn't leave Scott alone! They are too cute together!!!
After dinner Scott and I headed back to Des Moines to watch the UNI basketball game at a friends house.
Saturday, March 27
Saturday was a big day for both Scott and I. Scott went golfing that morning with John, Chris and Matt. It was his 2nd time golfing, and from what I hear he doesn't suck too bad! My day was wonderful! My Aunt Clare and Danielle threw me a wedding shower that afternoon in Boone. It was sooooo wonderful! The room looked beautiful, so many of my friends and family came (some who I hadn't seen in years) and the food was amazing! My Aunt and cousin did such a wonderful job and it really made me feel special! After the shower was over Scott stopped in to say hi to everyone. He was also impressed with everything and I know it made him feel just as special to know that there are so many people who care so much about us!
After my shower, I made the rounds and said my good-byes to everyone. Then my Dad and I went to dinner. I really enjoyed the father-daughter time I had with him that night. It was a nice way to spend my last night in town.
Saturday night was also Scott's bachelor party! I can't give you too many details because, well, Scott doesn't remember too many details! :-P The boys started out the evening with dinner at Granit City. After dinner they went downtown and bar hopped the rest of the night. It sounds like everyone had a great time and Scott really enjoyed the night! He kept telling me how awesome his friends are....so I'm guessing that means that they took care of him and treated him well that night! No one ended up in jail, with a tiger in their hotel room or a baby in their closet (see the movie the Hangover for these references), so I guess I can't complain too much about it!
Sunday, March 28
Scott's bachelor party ran into the early hours of Sunday. Poor guy only got an hour of sleep before I had to wake him up so we could leave. We, once again, left at 6:00 am and headed West. I drove while Scott sat in the seat next to me hating life! :-) I tried to make him as comfortable as I could, but I really didn't feel that bad for him....! The drive home was uneventful as well. Scott and I got home around 5:30 that evening and crashed!
We had a great time on our trip. It was so nice seeing all of our family and friends! We love living in Colorado, however, we wish Iowa was just a little bit closer!
Since we've been back, we've been busy getting ready for Scott's dad to come to visit tomorrow. We've put things away that we got for the shower and have cleaned the apartment for our guest. We are both looking forward to having Steve in town. Scott is especially excited since this is the first time Steve has come to visit since Scott moved here. They have a full weekend planned that includes a lot of airplanes and airports! I'm sure I will tag along, however, I have long list of things that need to get done this weekend too....thank-you notes, sleep, relaxing and getting caught up on Gossip Girl!
That is all for now! I hope everyone is doing well! I'll write soon...
Love,
Heather
Tuesday, March 23
Scott, my Mom, Cooper (my Mom's dog) and I were our cars and on the highway by 6:00 am! We made a stop at Starbucks for a little coffee and breakfast before we headed out of town...thanks goodness for Starbucks opening at 5:00 in the morning! Tuesday's drive was relatively uneventful. We made our regular stops along I-80...North Platte, Karney and Lincoln...for gas and food. The nice thing about traveling in the middle of the week is no traffic. The sun was out, which also made for a nice drive across Nebraska. Scott and I rolled in to Des Moines around 6:00 that evening. We unloaded our bags at John and Vicki's in Clive and headed out to dinner with them. We went to Biaggis for dinner, so that Scott could get his Chicken Parmesan meal for the week! :-) We had a wonderful time at dinner getting all caught up with John and Vicki! But after a long day in the car, Scott and I were exhausted! We went to be early and slept great!!!!
Wednesday, March 24
Wednesday was our only day to sleep in while on our trip...so we took advantage of it. We slept in until 9:00 and took our time getting ready. We went to Boone to meet my cousin Danielle, her kids Hunter and Kate, my Grandma and my Mom for lunch at the Dutch Oven Bakery. It was good to be "home." After lunch Scott and I headed to Ames where we met up with my Dad. We were able to spend that afternoon with my Dad. We had dinner at Hickory Park....yum...with him before we headed back down to Des Moines.
Wednesday night Scott and I stayed at Scott's Mom's house. That night we spent our time in the basement looking through hundreds, maybe thousands, of pictures and albums! Scott wanted to go through old picture albums so that we could pull some pictures of him as a little kid for the slide show we are putting together for the wedding. Well....I think we got more then we were expecting! :-) It was fun going through all the old pictures! I really enjoyed seeing pictures of Scott as a baby and little kid. He's cute now, but I think he might have been a little cuter when he was little! ;-) By midnight we managed to get through a good portion of the albums so we decided to call it a night and come back to it on Friday!
Thursday, March 25
Thursday morning we enjoyed a nice family breakfast with Jane, Dan, Scott, Stephanie and myself. Jane made eggs, cheese sausages, cinnamon rolls, fruit and coffee for us! It was wonderful! I really enjoyed our breakfast and look forward to having many more of them with the family! Thursday afternoon, while Scott went to his dentist appointment, I went shopping with Danielle, Kate, my Aunt Clare and my Mom. Went went to Davids Bridal in West Des Moines so that Kate could try on flower girl dresses. We finally picked on and got it ordered! She is going to be soooo cute, I can't wait! :-) Afterwards we went to Valley West Mall to find shoes and make-up. Danielle helped me pick out make-up for the wedding! What a great girl's shopping day!
That evening Scott and I headed downtown to meet some of Scott's co-workers from ING Des Moines and some of our friends for happy hour. Scott's friend, and groomsmen, Chris drove from Colorado to Iowa on Thursday so that he could attend Scott's bachelor party (what a friend!) so he was there and able to meet some people as well. Our rather large group went out to dinner and then to another bar for a few more drinks before we ended the night. I know Scott had a great time seeing all of his old friends! I'm glad they were all able to come out and join us!
Friday, March 26
After my dentist appointment at 8:00 am Scott and I went to my friend Erin's cafe for coffee and cheesecake. If you are in the Des Moines area you need to stop by Flarah's (2815 Beaver Ave) for lunch and try her cheesecake...tell her Heather sent you! :-) After our mid-morning snack, Scott took me to Hy-Vee in West Des Moines for lunch. He has been raving about Hy-Vee Chinese food ever since he moved out here, so he was so happy to finally be able to take me there for lunch. I have to admit that it was really good! Nice job babe! After lunch we went back to Jane's house to go through more pictures. This time Stephanie was able to join us! We made our way through the other half of the stack before we had to leave to head to Boone. I can't wait for everyone at the wedding to see how cute Scott was when he was a kiddo!!!! :-)
Friday night we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house to celebrate my Grandma's birthday. We had Godfather's pizza and cake. It was a great night! I miss having birthday celebrations with the family, so I really enjoyed myself that night. Scott definatly fits in well with the family, which is nice to know! :-) Kate seems to like Scott...in fact, I think Scott is Kate's best friend! She had to be sitting right between us and wouldn't leave Scott alone! They are too cute together!!!
After dinner Scott and I headed back to Des Moines to watch the UNI basketball game at a friends house.
Saturday, March 27
Saturday was a big day for both Scott and I. Scott went golfing that morning with John, Chris and Matt. It was his 2nd time golfing, and from what I hear he doesn't suck too bad! My day was wonderful! My Aunt Clare and Danielle threw me a wedding shower that afternoon in Boone. It was sooooo wonderful! The room looked beautiful, so many of my friends and family came (some who I hadn't seen in years) and the food was amazing! My Aunt and cousin did such a wonderful job and it really made me feel special! After the shower was over Scott stopped in to say hi to everyone. He was also impressed with everything and I know it made him feel just as special to know that there are so many people who care so much about us!
After my shower, I made the rounds and said my good-byes to everyone. Then my Dad and I went to dinner. I really enjoyed the father-daughter time I had with him that night. It was a nice way to spend my last night in town.
Saturday night was also Scott's bachelor party! I can't give you too many details because, well, Scott doesn't remember too many details! :-P The boys started out the evening with dinner at Granit City. After dinner they went downtown and bar hopped the rest of the night. It sounds like everyone had a great time and Scott really enjoyed the night! He kept telling me how awesome his friends are....so I'm guessing that means that they took care of him and treated him well that night! No one ended up in jail, with a tiger in their hotel room or a baby in their closet (see the movie the Hangover for these references), so I guess I can't complain too much about it!
Sunday, March 28
Scott's bachelor party ran into the early hours of Sunday. Poor guy only got an hour of sleep before I had to wake him up so we could leave. We, once again, left at 6:00 am and headed West. I drove while Scott sat in the seat next to me hating life! :-) I tried to make him as comfortable as I could, but I really didn't feel that bad for him....! The drive home was uneventful as well. Scott and I got home around 5:30 that evening and crashed!
We had a great time on our trip. It was so nice seeing all of our family and friends! We love living in Colorado, however, we wish Iowa was just a little bit closer!
Since we've been back, we've been busy getting ready for Scott's dad to come to visit tomorrow. We've put things away that we got for the shower and have cleaned the apartment for our guest. We are both looking forward to having Steve in town. Scott is especially excited since this is the first time Steve has come to visit since Scott moved here. They have a full weekend planned that includes a lot of airplanes and airports! I'm sure I will tag along, however, I have long list of things that need to get done this weekend too....thank-you notes, sleep, relaxing and getting caught up on Gossip Girl!
That is all for now! I hope everyone is doing well! I'll write soon...
Love,
Heather
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Pictures From Our Trip To Iowa
Since I don't have a lot of time to write all about our trip back to Iowa last week, I thought I would post a few pictures of our time back in the Midwest. I promise, in the next day or so I will take time to sit down and tell you all about our the wonderful time we had back home! Till then...here's our week through pictures. ENJOY!
Hickory Park in Ames...Yummy!
Scott and I eating at Hickory Park in Ames
Scott, his mom Jane and sister Stephanie
Scott and I at his Mom's house
Scott with his Mom, Sister and Step-Sister Hillary at my wedding shower
Scott and I at my wedding shower...he didn't attend, just stopped by to say hi to everyone
My cousin Danielle (my Maid-of-Honor), me, my Mom, Aunt Clare (who hosted my shower) and Danielle's daughter Kate (our Flower Girl) at my wedding shower
Opening gifts at my wedding shower
Well, there you go! Just a few pictures of our great week! Like I said, I will write all about it in the next day or so! I hope everyone is doing well! Miss you all!
Love,
Heather
Hickory Park in Ames...Yummy!
Scott and I eating at Hickory Park in Ames
Scott, his mom Jane and sister Stephanie
Scott and I at his Mom's house
Scott with his Mom, Sister and Step-Sister Hillary at my wedding shower
Scott and I at my wedding shower...he didn't attend, just stopped by to say hi to everyone
My cousin Danielle (my Maid-of-Honor), me, my Mom, Aunt Clare (who hosted my shower) and Danielle's daughter Kate (our Flower Girl) at my wedding shower
Opening gifts at my wedding showerWell, there you go! Just a few pictures of our great week! Like I said, I will write all about it in the next day or so! I hope everyone is doing well! Miss you all!
Love,
Heather
Friday, March 12, 2010
Who decided that the days should only be 24 hours long???
Time has flown by and once again I failed to write last week like I had promised. It is my life goal now to someday live a normal-boring life because right now, my life is INSANE!!!! I thought that once I was done with grad school my life would calm down and I would have time to relax. Boy, was I wrong! I honestly think I'm more busy now then I was when I was in school, seriously! Maybe I just have more time on my hands and I'm able to fill it up quickly? I don't know. Whatever it is, it really needs to stop!!! I wish I could say that I see the end in the future, however, I'm really not sure if this busy period of my life will ever end. I'm sure I will find something else to keep me busy after the wedding is over. BUT someday, I promise you, this blog is going to be so boring (because my life has slowed down and I have nothing to write about) that you will stop reading it. Believe me? Yeah, I don't either!!! ;-)
I'm really not sure where March has gone, I can't believe it's already the middle of the month! Our wedding countdown is at 79 days!!! YIKES!!! We are busy busy busy trying to get everything ready for our big day! On the First day of March Scott, my Mom, my Aunt Clare and I went to Estes Park to do our final wedding walk through at Della Terra. We now know: how many tables there are going to be, where they will be located, what our bartender will be serving, the schedule for our whole wedding day, what color of table linens we will have (probably one of the hardest decisions I have had to make for our wedding...no joke), when we will be doing our first day, where the cake will be displayed, how the cake will be cut and served, where the food will be located, what time we need to get there on Sunday, what time pictures will be and finally what color of napkins we will be using. I think I made more decisions on that Monday then I have this whole time we've been engaged! It was a long day, but we got so much done that now I'm finally not stressing about the day of the wedding...it's just everything else that is still stressing me out! :-)
Another big task we've crossed off our list is the invitations! Who knew DIY (do it yourself) invitations would cause so much stress! (Please stop laughing at me, I honestly thought this was going to be easy and in theory it should have been!) Picking them out and buying them was the easy part!!! We had planned on printing them with our own printer, HA! We were wrong! For whatever reason our printer just didn't like the paper so we were unable to print them at home. We thought that the next best thing would be to take them to Kinkos and have them print them. It wasn't going to cost us much and it sounded like a good idea on Tuesday. Wellll.....Kinkos didn't like our paper either. For whatever reason their printed decided not to print our invitations either. After I got the call yesterday, saying that "You're paper killed our printer" (yeah, friendly people they have working at our local Kinkos) I didn't know if I should cry or laugh...so I just sat silently at my desk until I thought of a Plan A and a Plan B. Plan A was to take them one last place to see if we could get them printed somewhere else. Plan B was to take them back to Iowa with us in a week and print them at my Aunt's work...this plan would put us about 2 weeks behind of when we wanted to send them out. Not bad, but still if you know me you know how I like my plans to all work out! So after work last night Scott and I went to Kinkos, picked up our blank invitations and headed to Staples. After taking the wrong exit (my fault) we found no Staples store in sight, but we did see an Office Max! Let's just say, Office Max will get my business from now on. The guy at the printing counter was great and got our invitations and RSVP cards printed in 10 minutes and it ended up costing us less then what Kinkos had quoted us!!!! Now, I wish I could say our invitations are ready to be put in the mail, but they're not! We still need to tie the ribbons on them, put them in the envelopes, put the RSVP cards in the envelopes, lick and stick the envelopes and put stamps on them! But that's the fun part! Sunday I am having a Invitation DIY party at my house. A couple of my girl friends are coming over to help. :-) We are hoping to have them in the mail by next Wednesday!!!
So besides all of our fun wedding stuff, Scott, my Mom and I are getting ready to head back to Iowa in a week. We'll be home March 23 - 28! We are so excited to go back and see our family and friends. It's been a full year since we've been back so it's time for a visit. As always our trip is already packed full of plans and we haven't even begun driving east! We are planning on spending time with Scott's Mom, Step-Dad and Sister, my Mom's family and my Dad and his family, John and Vicki and as many of our friends as time will allow! My Aunt and Cousin are hosting a wedding shower for me while we are home and Scott's partaking in his bachelor party Saturday night. We will barely have time to sleep while we're back, but since we have a limited time with our loved ones we want to spend every minute with them that we can get. It's going to be a lot of fun! When we get back from Iowa Scott's Dad is coming to visit the first weekend in April. After that weekend we have one awards event to go to for the AIA and that's it until the wedding!!!! I am going to make it a priority to relax and slow down in the month of April. It's going to be hard, but I think it will be much needed!!! Wish me luck with that! :-)
Well, that's what's been happening in our lives. Besides being way too busy, Scott and I are doing great! I think we are finally over being sick! The weather is starting to warm up so we have been spending time outside trying to enjoy it! I'm still job hunting and hope I will be able to give you all an update soon! Scott had his annual review at work this week and got excellent scores! I am so proud of him! I hope you all are doing well! We miss you and hope to see some of you while we are back in Iowa!!!
Love,
Heather
I'm really not sure where March has gone, I can't believe it's already the middle of the month! Our wedding countdown is at 79 days!!! YIKES!!! We are busy busy busy trying to get everything ready for our big day! On the First day of March Scott, my Mom, my Aunt Clare and I went to Estes Park to do our final wedding walk through at Della Terra. We now know: how many tables there are going to be, where they will be located, what our bartender will be serving, the schedule for our whole wedding day, what color of table linens we will have (probably one of the hardest decisions I have had to make for our wedding...no joke), when we will be doing our first day, where the cake will be displayed, how the cake will be cut and served, where the food will be located, what time we need to get there on Sunday, what time pictures will be and finally what color of napkins we will be using. I think I made more decisions on that Monday then I have this whole time we've been engaged! It was a long day, but we got so much done that now I'm finally not stressing about the day of the wedding...it's just everything else that is still stressing me out! :-)
Another big task we've crossed off our list is the invitations! Who knew DIY (do it yourself) invitations would cause so much stress! (Please stop laughing at me, I honestly thought this was going to be easy and in theory it should have been!) Picking them out and buying them was the easy part!!! We had planned on printing them with our own printer, HA! We were wrong! For whatever reason our printer just didn't like the paper so we were unable to print them at home. We thought that the next best thing would be to take them to Kinkos and have them print them. It wasn't going to cost us much and it sounded like a good idea on Tuesday. Wellll.....Kinkos didn't like our paper either. For whatever reason their printed decided not to print our invitations either. After I got the call yesterday, saying that "You're paper killed our printer" (yeah, friendly people they have working at our local Kinkos) I didn't know if I should cry or laugh...so I just sat silently at my desk until I thought of a Plan A and a Plan B. Plan A was to take them one last place to see if we could get them printed somewhere else. Plan B was to take them back to Iowa with us in a week and print them at my Aunt's work...this plan would put us about 2 weeks behind of when we wanted to send them out. Not bad, but still if you know me you know how I like my plans to all work out! So after work last night Scott and I went to Kinkos, picked up our blank invitations and headed to Staples. After taking the wrong exit (my fault) we found no Staples store in sight, but we did see an Office Max! Let's just say, Office Max will get my business from now on. The guy at the printing counter was great and got our invitations and RSVP cards printed in 10 minutes and it ended up costing us less then what Kinkos had quoted us!!!! Now, I wish I could say our invitations are ready to be put in the mail, but they're not! We still need to tie the ribbons on them, put them in the envelopes, put the RSVP cards in the envelopes, lick and stick the envelopes and put stamps on them! But that's the fun part! Sunday I am having a Invitation DIY party at my house. A couple of my girl friends are coming over to help. :-) We are hoping to have them in the mail by next Wednesday!!!
So besides all of our fun wedding stuff, Scott, my Mom and I are getting ready to head back to Iowa in a week. We'll be home March 23 - 28! We are so excited to go back and see our family and friends. It's been a full year since we've been back so it's time for a visit. As always our trip is already packed full of plans and we haven't even begun driving east! We are planning on spending time with Scott's Mom, Step-Dad and Sister, my Mom's family and my Dad and his family, John and Vicki and as many of our friends as time will allow! My Aunt and Cousin are hosting a wedding shower for me while we are home and Scott's partaking in his bachelor party Saturday night. We will barely have time to sleep while we're back, but since we have a limited time with our loved ones we want to spend every minute with them that we can get. It's going to be a lot of fun! When we get back from Iowa Scott's Dad is coming to visit the first weekend in April. After that weekend we have one awards event to go to for the AIA and that's it until the wedding!!!! I am going to make it a priority to relax and slow down in the month of April. It's going to be hard, but I think it will be much needed!!! Wish me luck with that! :-)
Well, that's what's been happening in our lives. Besides being way too busy, Scott and I are doing great! I think we are finally over being sick! The weather is starting to warm up so we have been spending time outside trying to enjoy it! I'm still job hunting and hope I will be able to give you all an update soon! Scott had his annual review at work this week and got excellent scores! I am so proud of him! I hope you all are doing well! We miss you and hope to see some of you while we are back in Iowa!!!
Love,
Heather
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