Annie is Five Months Pregnant!

We were so excited to hear that Annie and Alan wanted to come visit us!  Kris was even more excited to hear they wanted to borrow some of our baby stuff so we could free up room in our basement.  Annie is due this October and we are so thrilled to hear that our boys will have another little man to wreak havoc with :-)

We started our weekend out with a boat day with good friends.  Frankie and Amy (and Addie and Bella) and Annie and Alan have not been on our boat before.  We decided to get a fun crew together and play on the water.  We had a great day for them to come find out what it was all about.  Well; it would've been a great day, but ... a few things went awry.  First, Amy used the boat the weekend before and forgot to fill it back up with gas.  Therefore, no skiing, no cruising, nothing.  Whoops.  Thankfully, Jim was able to go pick everyone up for us.  The second part was that evidently, when Annie and Alan came in from Sterling ~ they brought the bad weather with them.  As a result, we didn't get to spend too much time on the water.  The time we did spend out there was fun though!  Alisa, Sarah and Amy are training for an Aug triathlon so they started the morning with a lake swim prior to everyone arriving.  After the swim, we had a great time chatting it up and enjoying some water time.

Always fun to mess with someone sleeping

Lee, Jim and Alisa

Kasey Just LOVES the water

Amy and Addy Newman and Kasey and Sarah

Amy, Bella, Frankie, Addie, Annie and Alan

We headed home for a yummy enchillada bake and ended our evening with a walk around the neighborhood.  Who knew a pregnant lady was so Quick!  Amy could barely keep up with her!

The next day was our planned Rockies day.  We started off stopping at Kris' office for a pregame beverage.  Love that Kris has a lounge in his office!  Amy did learn one thing that day that she had forgotten.  How the heat affects a pregnant lady.  Amy was very pregnant during the summer with Karsten too, but almost two years ago.  Therefore, she had forgotten how HOT the sun makes you.  We didn't make it long in the very sunny seats before we went to find shade.  No pics of the game as we were more focused on staying cool, but we had a great time.  Here are some pics of Kris' work Lounge.

She Barely looks pregnant! All in the belly!
What a cutie!

Some Snacks and Libations before the Rockies Game

Overall, the weather didn't really cooperate with us.  It was rainy the day we were boating and overly sunny the day we went to the Rockies game, But we made the best of it and LOVED getting to catch up with Annie and getting to know Alan a bit better.  We teased them all weekend about 'what they were in for' with a little boy, but all jokes aside - We couldn't be happier for them and Know they will be Amazing parents!  Can't wait to meet him!

"Girls Rule" Camping Weekend

Kris gets his 'camping' weekends at least once or twice a year as he goes to join family and friends to hike with a gun... ehrrr.. I mean "hunt for elk or deer."  Amy realized she didn't have a similar weekend and definitely needed it.  Rosemary had a great idea to get three of us (Rosemary, Angie and Amy) together to go camping to see if we could survive.  We had plenty of planning, discussions on meals, who will bring what, etc and were Ready for our weekend!

We all arrived at the site and Amy joked about 'forgetting the tent' (haha)... little did she know when she made the joke that 'Kris' (yes, I am blaming him - ha) forgot to pack it for her!  What do three women without a tent do for shelter? Improvise!  Two of us were snapped into the boat for the night and Rosemary slept in the shade tent she brought; both of which worked wonderfully.  In fact, when Kris showed up the next day with a tent ... we didn't even put it up!

I know this 'looks' like a tent, but it is actually a shad tent only

Rosemary is set, but she said she wouldn't share her shade

Also looks like a tent, but is only a screen tent...
wouldn't provide much cover for changing into our jammies

The first night was filled with laughter and crazy quotes (not all that I can share with you).  One of the most crazy moments was when over a dozen Hearses showed up to camp for the evening.  Yep - you read correctly ~ not horses, but 'Hearses'.  Evidently, there was a Hearsacon Convention going on that weekend.  What a trip to see all the decked out hearses.

Just 'one' of our amazing camping meals prepared by Rosemary

"Fancy Wine" provided by Amy

Improvising was the word for our weekend.  We all voted Rosemary to be our Camp Chef for the weekend, but there was a miscommunication of who would bring the pot for cooking on the grill.  Since we had no pot, Rosemary was brilliant to find three uncrushed Coors Light cans; cut off the tops and used them as three individual pots to poach our eggs the next morning!   Angie and Amy were Thrilled with the idea of Rosemary cooking for them.  Amy's idea of a camping breakfast includes some scrambled eggs and a Red Beer.  Rosemary's idea was Eggs Benedict, Mimosas and Starbucks coffee (drinks provided by Angie).  We were SPOILED to say the least!

The Chef Improvising! What a way to cook eggs!

Eggs Benedict with Hollendaise sauce...
WOW! ... JUST WOW!

After our wonderful breakfast, our group showed up for the boating day.  Yes, we decided to share our 'girls only' weekend with smelly boys since it was going to be such an incredibly nice day on the water.  And what a day on the water it was...Just Perfect!  None of us wanted to go into camp at the end of the day, but the kiddos were tuckered out and we were all hungry.

A Wondeful Summer Day!

Josie, Tyson, Amy and Karsten

That evening was hysterical for one reason... we realized we are old.  The first evening, we stayed up chatting and laughing until almost 1:30am.  Saturday night was filled with us struggling to find the energy to chat and even chewing our dessert seemed to be too much effort.  The sun had definitely taken the energy out of us and we were in bed by 10:30 ~ 3 whole hours earlier than the evening before.

Sunday was especially exciting for Amy as it was her first time being on the boat without Kris.  She was responsible for backing up the trailer and taught Angie how to meticulously back the boat up to not damage the prop.  We were incredibly successful and had another beautiful day on the water.  At around lunch time, we decided instead of eating left overs..we needed to finish our camping trip the only way three spoiled girls know how to do....   SUSHI!

It was an Amazing weekend for all three of us and hopefully if Kris will allow Amy to sneak away from the kiddos again next summer ... this 'might' become an Annual thing!  Amy might even bring a tent next year!