Bumper Crop Show

We have been spending a lot of time with Craig and Damel. I work at their salon as Damel's assistant, ironically enough, this is the second time in my life I've been her assistant. I love their beautiful salon and am grateful I get to hang out with them everyday. Craig also has a band called Bumper Crop. They opened last weekend for a Canadian band called The Travolta's. We hung out all night, watched a great show and spent some good quality time with our friends.

Jesse has been spending his days working for his dad's construction company, Timm Construction. He is getting good dad time and getting lots of outdoor time. They have done several beautiful jobs already this summer and have lots more to do. It's always exciting to see the finished products because they are always fabulous.

Iowa

Here are some pics of what we have been doing while in our transition period in Iowa. We are staying in Erie, IL with my dad and really loving it. We are commuting about 40 minutes each way to Davenport, IA which isn't that bad at all. We are enjoying our time in the car each morning and night. We have been spending lots of time with my dad, Cody, Wyatt, and Don. Also, we have been seeing Keith, Carolyn, Taylor, and Dale lots. It's been a fun start to our summer!!

The picture of Wyatt and I was during his summer haircut. We gave him pancakes and he ate while I cut his curly locks, surprisingly with no crying, screaming, kicking, or the other usual behavior that comes along with me cutting his hair.

More Grad party pics

Here are some more pictures from the night out after Angelie's graduation.

Isn't Petra sooooooo cute!

Congrats, Angelie!!

Angelie (Jesse's sister) graduated last Thursday with her Master's of Music Education from CU Boulder with a minor in voice performance. We are so proud and her and grateful that we could be here for the celebration. Fittingly, after her graduation we went to happy hour at Boulder Cafe and proceeded to celebrate through the night. It was the perfect graduation party with friends and family. Our waiter was so great we applauded him after the meal and he ran up and down our table and gave us all high fives. It was awesome. Megan flew in the day before from Philly to surprise Angelie which was an added bonus to our celebrating. This weekend was all about Angelie and her amazing accomplishment.

CONGRATS, ANGELIE!!

Colorado

Jesse and I landed in Boulder, Co last Saturday and have really been enjoying our time ever since. We have been spending a lot of time with Petra (our niece), Angelie, Jeff, Esther and Eric. Petra is at a very cute stage in her life and is extremely animated and talkative. Marcia sent along a little tea set for her and she immediately started playing tea with Angelie, which was so adorable. We also gave her a little Mexicana chiquita dress to wear around for the next year or so. She also likes reading, watching movies and basically whatever else we are doing with her.

We are having a really great time here in Boulder and are grateful to be here with family. We will be here for the next two weeks enjoying our time and helping Angelie celebrate her graduation from CU.

Back to America

Jesse and I strategically planned our route to Colorado through Sedona, AZ and up through Taos, NM. It was very nice crossing the border into New Mexico because their rest areas are super safe, clean and overall just plain awesome. They are more like welcome centers, not plain old rest areas, with free coffee and very friendly people to help you with whatever you need. All of the rest areas in Arizona were closed so New Mexico definitely has a one-up on it's neighbor state.

Sedona was beautiful be we didn't stay, just passed through because the weather was awful and that allowed us to spend more time in Taos, NM. We did a three hour hike in Taos along the Rio Grande Gorge area. Breathtaking views of the mountains and a little chill in the air really gave us a great impression of Taos. Also, we found the mysterious restaurant Marcia(Jesse's g-ma) told us about with the best Chili Rellenos in the world. We tried them, and she was right. Absolutely, no question, best in the world. Thanks for leading us on an adventure Marcia.

The morning we left Mexico the sunrise was amazing and wishing us happy travels and a safe return to Mexico when that time comes. Some of the other pics are from the time we spent on the beach with family and friends.