I am back....

I am back from a whirl-wind trip in California. I was in Cali about a week and a half. Jonathan came out with me. We had two weddings back to back ( fri & sat) My cousin Justin and friend Tawny. Jonathan was thrown into the craziness of my family right off the bat :). I was able to help Mandy with Ava- while her and Eli were off to Oregon to pick up their new car. Then we ventured down to San Diego, My cousin Nic graduated from UCSD Med School!!!! He was the recipient of the Leadership Award, Humanitarian Award and Emergency Medicine. He was also the speaker of his class- there were 17 of us that were down there to celebrate. We are a proud family for sure! We all showed up in scrubs and hats to his graduation... we were quite the site sitting in the front row! We had a great time as a family and I will follow up with more pictures of my time in Cali.

Jumping back into life, getting caught up at work and with people. Just wanted to check into the blogging world.

Travis & Ann's Wedding in Estes Park

This last weekend I was in my friend Ann & Travis' Wedding in Estes Park, Co. It was a beautiful wedding in EVERY WAY. They have the most incredible friends and it was great just being in the midst of all the people that they love. They had a worship service on Friday evening before the wedding, which was incredible. We all left the Church and it was lightly snowing. The forecast was for rain and 50 degrees on Saturday. We woke up to bring sunny skies and 65 degree weather. Thank you Lord! It was a stunning day and It was memorable to be apart of the weekend. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Jonathan has my camera, so I am unbale to upload mine from the weekend, which I will do soon.


Beautiful Couple. So Ann and I operate on many of the same levels. I did her hair for the wedding. She has a curly mop like I do. We started doing her hair at 10:05 for a 10:30 wedding. We pinned some curls up, thew a Vail on ( which she forgot at her house and had to send someone out to get) and touched her naturally beautiful face with a little make up and the girl was good to walk down the isle. I loved it!
She was beautifully adorned, but it was sweet to not obsess over little details and be consumed with vanity on that day.




This is Tommy and Debi Schneider. He is my pastor here at Calvary Vail Valley. These two are PRECIOUS, WARM, JESUS PEOPLE LOVING, VIBRANT, FILLED WITH LAUGHTER PEOPLE. I am so grateful to have them and be apart of this Church. These two know how to laugh and have fun and I am so thankful for that.






This is Carol and Doug Wilson. Everything that Carol puts her hands to is amazing! She did the flowers for Ann's Wedding and did a incredible job. I love Carol to pieces- I met Carol working at Kanakuk Colorado 3 years ago. I love this girl, she is warm, incredibly hospital, fun and challenges my heart in so many ways. This girl loves deeply.



These are some of my favorite people here in Colorado! Love every single one of them to pieces!





AND THIS IS MR. JONATHAN! This is his first real introduction to the blogging world.... welcome Jonathan! ha ha ...... look at those blue eyes! So Jonathan is here for the month of May. He is staying with Carol and Doug. This week he is in Costa Rica him and some of his cloest friends are in the Jungle this week. They are helping build along with a variety of other tasks for a single 65 year old female missionary who has has been serving there her most of her life. I am sure it will be a incredible trip! He will be back on Friday.

So the news is out....

Mandy and Eli are having a baby! The baby is due Dec 9. I am so excited for another niece or nephew! You can check The Stewart's Blog.

Almost done moving.....

I am almost done moving into our new little yellow house. I am excited and can hardly wait to get settled. It is wild that I moved out here with a Toyota Corolla full of stuff and now I have car loads and I am due for a good garage sale. My company helped me move all furniture this morning, which I was so greatful to have 3 guys come over with a huge truck to help. I am exhausted from the week and greatful for great friends who have helped me. This is the 4th time moving in a year for me!
Our new little house is yellow with a sweet porch, patio, grill, lots of sunshine, a view of Vail and a awesome neighborhood full of wonderful people. So I have a weekend ahead of unpacking and taking stuff to the thrift shop. I am thankful to have 2 wonderful roomates to share life with. I will be sure to post some picture of our new place. Does anyone want to guess how many roomates I have had ?

Mexico

So... it does not look like Mexico is going to happen. I was supposed to leave on a work trip to Mexico on Thursday. The Center for Disease Control is advising agaist all non-essential trips to the Country due to the Swine Flu. I am so looking forward to some warm weather, I guess I will have to wait. I am still in the throws of moving and will move officially on Wed to a new place in town. I am looking forward to being done with boxes and cleaning. Thankful for the help of sweet friends.

Amy Wevadau's Wedding

Hannah Yeakely, Betsy and I





Hannah is my college room mate and I love this girl! It was wonderful to see her and Steve, catch up on their first year of marriage and laugh together. I love these people.




This last weekend I went to Amy Wevadau's wedding in Denver. There was a huge storm that hit Denver. It was wild driving down there. The orginial venue shut down due to power outages, so at the last minute the venue was changed to the other side of Denver to a church. Their family and friends rallyed to change the entire event just a few hours before the wedding.... jut one of the adventures of living in Colorado weather. Amy had a beautiful wedding and at the end of the day all the people she loved were there and she is married! Congrats!

Blog update.......

Sorry for the absence in the blog world… I am back on it! So a little life update for you all. The mountain has officially closed, so things naturally slow down, the sunshine is out so we pray for lots of snow melting so the summer can begin! I am grateful for sunshine and long runs after work right now, until the next spring storm. The last month has been great. I was in Texas with Jonathan, Mandy and Eli for Easter and had a great time. The wildflowers were beautiful there and we had a sweet time just hanging out and all of us being together. Oh yes, and of course Miss Ava is too much to handle, is talks a ton, she is putting words together and is full of life and laughter.

As far as the next month goes- I move next week – April 29th into a cute yellow house on the bike path. I am so excited for a little more space, a patio to entertain and more space for more people.

April 30th- May 4th I will be in Mexico for a work trip, I know someone has got to do the job. May 4th Jonathan comes into town for a month. He will be there May 4th (will meet me at the airport in Denver) and will be here thru May 31st. Jonathan will be staying with Carol and Doug and some other wonderful people from church.

May 7th - 9th - Wedding festivities for my dear friends Ann & Travis’ wedding in Estes Park, Co.

May 9 or 10th- Jonathan and I will meet up with my friends Steff and John Winder who used to live here and now are on staff with the Navigators at Oregon State- dear friends and precious people- can’t wait to see them.

The rest of the month I will be working, playing hard, and spending time with Jonathan and friends before he leaves to minister in the Middle East for a few months.

May 28th- June 7th I will be in California for a few weddings ( a friend from high school and my cousin Justin’s wedding) & My cousin Nicholas graduates from UCSD Medical School in San Diego. I am looking forward to the first week of June to be with family and friends.

I am looking forward to the next month being full of being with wonderful people.

Oh yeah… did I mention that Jonathan is the boy that I think is pretty great?

I will post pictures & ramblings along this next month......