This Weekend I...

• found the new home for one of my favorite memes.  Go see Karen for more weekend points!

• decided that Fridays, which are already jeans day at the office, will also be "fabulous black cowboy boots stolen from Mom's closet" day. 

• saved $50 on our grocery bill by combining in-store sales, value card downloadable coupons, and print coupons from the Sunday Denver Post.  Considering the fact that I paid $52 for a year's subscription to the Sunday Denver Post, I got a great deal!

• had a fabulous study night with the best small group in Durango (no offense Jen or Shelly, but we do).

• got to sleep in past 6:45, thanks to my threats of death & dismemberment

• signed Katrina up for big-kid baseball and Madi for t-ball.  Chaotic sports season, here we come!

• got much-needed haircuts for Kat, Violet, & myself.  Madi got caught up on her celebrity gossip and documented the process.

• tried to keep the kitties off the counter, then gave up and just started taking photos of them.

• got to go on a date with my smokin hot husband and eat the best italian food in our town.  Oh, and just for Rachel - we went to S*arbucks too!  All for free!  Booyah!



This Weekend I...

This Weekend I...


... got these beautiful flowers from my sweet hubby at work, for no particular reason.

...spent a sweet breakfast with girlfriends from church.


... got to fix lunch for over 50 kids kindergarten through 5th grade.


...  had 1 1/2 hours to prepare for a surprise 40th birthday party for a friend.


...  hosted a wonderful surprise birthday party, thanks mostly to some amazing girlfriends who came early to help.


... was able to be at church for the first time in a few weeks.  Man I love our family of choice!


...  TOOK A NAP!!!  HALLELUJAH!!!


... was tortured by the presence of the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnon in the backyard.

Just wait, my lovelies.  Only two more weeks...


... got my FB fix via crackberry and my blogging fix via hubby's computer since my computer has decided to die.  My less-than-a-year-old computer.  Thankfully, we are friends with a few fabulous computer guys.  Althought I'm not sure they appreciate being called fabulous. 


...  earned a nickname that I didn't really ask for.  Thanks to this post, and Rachel's wonderful comment (which I am going to make you find on your own), and an all-out FB war against my better judgement waged by the Queen of TST herself and my loving sister that lasted all stinking Saturday, I have earned the moniker of...




... Saint Poopicus.



... which is so much better than my nickname growing up, Tiffany Tooterooski.  Why do all of my nicknames revolve around bodily functions?

This Weekend I...

This Weekend I...

• had a fabulous discussion about Matthew 14 and the struggle of faith with our home group.
• drove 2 1/2 hours to Telluride to watch our awesome friend finish the Imogene Pass Run in 4:33. 

• took the girls on their first gondola ride.

• had a picnic at 10,000 ft with six giggly girls.

• enjoyed a view of the race that is beyond compare.

See the little dirt path that cuts down the mountain?  Right in the middle?  Yup, that is the race course?  Wanna run it next year?

• enjoyed some fabulous ice cream sundaes.

• spent the morning at church loving on kids & prepping lunch for our Childrens Ministry meeting.
• came home & snuggled with the big kid on the couch.
• ended up taking big kid to the ER to find two broken fingers.

Can you guess the subject of this weeks True Story Tuesday? 

This Weekend I...

This Weekend I...

• had an amazing Friday night with our home group.  I seriously love these people!  What a blessing they are to our family!
• slept in until 9 AM for the 3rd Saturday in a row!  Please don't hate me.  Please don't hate me.
• had the chance to just chill out with our family for a morning.
• spent a wonderful afternoon catching up with my super friend Jill during our annual pedicure date. 
• hugged and kissed all my precious family of choice babies.
• spent an hour hiding from the lightning under the alcove at the softball fields.
• spent that same hour holding Kat & Madi as they shook in terror from the lightning.  We have issues with lightning in our house.
• waded through our stacks of bills & mail from the last few weeks.
• spent Sunday evening reminiscing with Jerome through all of Madi's photos.  She will be 4 tomorrow.  Where did the time go?

Now go visit Becky for more weekend fun!

This Weekend I...

This Weekend I...

got off work and drove over three mountain passes

Image courtesy Google Images because I am not stupid brave enough to stop while driving this pass.

to stay in this room.

ate tacos at the best Mexican food place in Ouray (also the only Mexican food place), and spent the entire dinner trying to figure out why there were dollar bills all over the ceiling

admired a Rocky Mountain sunset

soaked in a vapor cave under our hotel

and then soaked in a private hot springs, all by ourselves

slept in (please don't throw things)

then had an amazing massage in the cave

left the beautiful town of Ouray

and drove over another pass to see the stunning Bridal Veil Falls

and the wildflowers

and actually took a photo of myself

in the beautiful town of Telluride.

I also took photos of lupines, which are toxic to cattle (random, I know),

rummaged around in the Free Box

looked like a total tourist taking photos of street lamps

and neat old buildings

and ski benches

I also made Jerome tote around two pink butterfly nets and a box of sidewalk chalk we found at the hardware store

while we took a gondola ride to the top of the Telluride Ski Area

and watched a great thunderstorm roll in

and rain all over Oprah and Toms weekend homes

and then drove the minivan rocketship over another pass (weekend high altitude pass count:5)

in the pouring rain to come home and find that my parents took our children on the train to Silverton.  Thankfully Dad took photos. 

All in all, it was an amazing weekend.