"Teet"

Calen loves his "teets"; also known to you and I as a treat. So as his favorite aunt, who am I to deny him what he wants??? Calen says "teet", I say "sure"! We made a trip to Baskin Robbins while we were all in Denver. I just love this shot of him eating his ice cream...

Steals at J & K Furniture

One of my favorite furniture stores up by my house is J & K Furniture. They sell used furniture...now I am not talking your Goodwill, garage sale rejects. I am talking Scottsdale housewife that re-decorates her house every year furniture. This is where I got my china cabinet that I posted about several months ago. I went in today to look for a bench. Our kitchen table is finally finished and we needed 2 more chairs. Instead of chairs, I decided that I wanted a bench for one side of the table. Well, J & K had just the bench I had in mind.

Looks like it is brand new...89 dolla!!

This adorable bookshelf that just needs the hooks for the shelves to sit on....9 dolla!

Now, getting them into my little Beetle was frustrating. I am sure to all of the people in the parking lot staring at my red face and fat ass trying to shove them into my Beetle, it was hilarious. To me, not so much. One douche even had the nerve to say to me as he sauntered by, "Not gonna happen". Oh yeah??? Well, it did happen! It just took me 30 minutes.

It made me want a 4 door Jeep even more. I loved driving this thing in Denver....it probably would have only taken me 5 minutes to get my new bench and bookshelf into this beauty.

Calen in Denver

My sister and Calen made the trip out to Denver for my grandma's funeral. While we were there it snowed. We didn't have any sleds but wanted to give Cal that same experience, so we used a laundry basket. It was hilarious. After each trip down the small hill in my aunt's yard, Cal would scream for more at the bottom..."Mo". "Mo". "Mo". We got quite a workout pulling him up the hill and pushing him down.Look at those huge mittens on his little hands!
My mom was really giving it her all...look at her face! :)
Damn, that's a cute pea-coat! His favorite aunt found that at the Gap for him.

Broncos

I love the Broncos. Living in Phoenix it is hard if not impossible to find Broncos gear at stores. I usually search for days or just order something off of the net. Being in Denver a few weeks ago, I was going Broncos crazy. Their supermarket had all the gear I could ever want. So I did what any girl that likes to shop does when she finds what she has been looking hard and long for....I stocked up.

Besides the normal Broncos garb I found that my favorite player of all time, Ed McCaffrey, had gone into business. No, not your typical car dealership (Elway has about 1 million of those). Mustards. That's right. It might not be as classy as a car dealership, but damn are they tasty. My favorite is the Dijon...notice the stash. Classic.

Things Done Over the Weekend

• Got my first trick-or-treaters....2 of them!
• Went and saw Bright Star with Cam...all about the poet John Keats...really good.
• Watched my Broncos loose their first game this season
• Made Grammy French's chili
• Got his and hers Blackberry's....mine is orange, Pabs is red
• Went swimming with Moose....it was FREEZING; last swim of 2009!

Wax House

This weekend I took a crafting class at Bre's new condo. In the class we created Halloween wax houses. They turned out really well...and melting the wax was a lot of fun....I got a little carried away with the wax.

These photos are borrowed from Sam's blog...for more, check out www.linkadventure.blogspot.com

Coincidences

My mom called me last week to tell me that my grandma wasn't doing so well. I hopped on a plane and met my mom in Denver to see her. Days later, my grandmother past away. She was an amazing woman. Sometimes I can smell something and it makes me think of her...like pink Dove bars of soap, cabbage, Miracle Whip, and banana bread. The day that she past away, my mom and I were talking about how this is now the 3rd grandparent I have lost in the month of October. Another weird thing- I was planning on running the Denver 1/2 marathon but backed out about a month ago because I still cannot run more than 2 miles....the marathon was this past weekend and here I am in Denver. These weird coincidences have been creeping me out.