Christmas Tree Fau Pax

After we had been driving into the mountains for well over half an hour, Lauren begins reading the printout from the forest service... she looks up and says "Oh! We can actually only get permits on weekdays... also it's "recommended" that we have an all wheel drive vehicle.. isn't your car all... and we don't have anything to tie the tree down with"

After a few wrong turns, stopping at an automotive shop to get bungee cords and convincing the fire chief on duty that he really should give us a permit even though we are slackers, we finally hunted down a tree and successfully brought the first ever Dexter Family Christmas tree home!!!

NRC Gallery, First Friday Art Walk

Maybe 3 months ago I met some friends at an Irish Pub to go on the first friday art walk, I mentioned wanting to intern with a photographer to start learning about the art. They said we'd swing into a gallery and meeting one of their friends. I met Neil Corman owner of the NRC Gallery in the Highlands and met with him a few times to talk about just such a thing. Neil has been kind enough to let me put my photography in his gallery for this First Friday Art Walk. It's on 42 and Tennyson from 6-10 December 4th. What an honor, it blows me away that I'd have this chance. Stop in and see everyone's work, it's really great.

Published Photographer :)

My very first photo was published today!! Hoooray. Ok I know I'm still a total amateur at this but how exciting to have anything want to use my photo. Go check it out if you are so inclined.

Uptown/City Park

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Maroon Bells

Our last chance to glance at the Autumn amazingness.... and it had already come and gone :( The bells were still awe inspiring and we had a great hike. This big blue jay kept following me up the trail, he was gorgeous and I caught a snap of him. We toured the farmers market and took a walk in search of colors... eventually just headed out and some yummy Himalayan goodness in Frisco.

Moab & Arches National Park

Another adventure with the girls! We left Friday for Moab Utah... We camped with a bunch of other people right on the Colorado river. Saturday morning we got up and headed for Klondike Bluffs. Caylan wanted us to go ahead and so Lauren and I took off up the slick rock, looking at so called Dinosaur tracks :) and in search of the flinstone house. We veered right and headed up to the trailhead at the rear entrance to arches. No one behind us had seen Caylan so we decided to hike and thought we'd meet her back at the car. We hiked out to the overlook into Arches and took pictures etc.. We headed back down and Lauren kept crashing. When we got to the car there was no Caylan or a note or a bike... nada... we started to panic!! We just left our friend in the desert, with a bike that shouldn't be out there, and only one water bottle hanging from her handle bars!! I checked my phone and she had left a message that she was lost but was with a tour group and they were bringing her back! So she got a free lesson and we got our friend back safe and sound. Close call!

We then headed to Arches National Park and hiked to several arches. Our favorite being the Pine Tree Arch. We were going to go for a dip in the Colorado but the temperature dropped and we watched some eagles instead. Cooked up some killer fajitas the 2nd night and had to move our tent because the nearest tent was snoring like a chainsaw! Sunday morning we left bright and early, visited Moab and the cute love muffin cafe. On our way home, going through Glenwood Canyon we stopped and hiked Hanging Lake which was fantastic!! Bright green water, and waterfalls, fish and changing trees everywhere. Amazing. Was glad to shower when I got home.

Felicity

It's become a tradition in our house... I was so resistant at first, I mean come on a coming of age series from forever ago.

Eventually I knew what was happening just from being in the house and wanted to spend time with my roommates, slowly I got sucked into the drama....

And now, we watch felicity together at least once a week. We rent it from the Library and laugh and just enjoy each other and this fun series.

Call me crazy for watching it or sentimental for loving this time with my roommates so much but I won't soon forgot these little things, it's part of what makes our time together so special. All the little things we do together. Love you girls sooo much!

Veer Zaara

My first true Bollywood movie!! For those of you who don't know Bollywood is like Hollywood only in India! They actually produce wayyy more films than we do in the states and are very famous with the rest of the world, just not so much in America.

This movie was fantastic!! Although there is a lot of singing and it is quite fun to laugh at all of the cheesy dialogue etc... I loved every minute. The story was so great and I loved the cinematography and colors and dancing...

I don't think this will be my last.

Fishing At Fairplay/Eagle Rock

I went to the little town of Fairplay Colorado which is very close to South Park where the cartoon got it's start. The drive over the pass was so amazing, the fall colors against the brilliant blue sky were breath taking and I had to stop several times to take pictures.

Lisa and I fished the lake all day, I learned to drop a nymph off of a wet fly and caught my first two brown trout! I caught 11 small fish the whole day and just had a fantastic time. It was so good to go fishing again, I have a lot to learn about Colorado fishing but it reminded me I just need to get out!

I also saw the cutest little German Shepherd/Husky mix puppy who was 7 weeks old and I wanted to take it home!

Tour De Fat

The New Belgium Brewery puts on a tour each year and everyone dresses crazy and rides their bike to the event. There is a parade of all the costumes on bikes and then they have many entertaining things to watch and be a part of, such as a conglomeration of random bikes that are very hard to ride in a ring. You can go and try to ride them or just watch everyone else and laugh. Spur of the moment a group of us threw on some crazy clothes and headed over. It was a wonderful time... The best outfit was a guy in a wedding dress :)

Steamboat Springs

Lauren, Caylan, Sejal, Renee and I all went to Lauren's aunt's house in Steamboat Springs Colorado for the weekend.

On the way up, we stopped in Idaho Springs which isn't much outside Denver and got some beverages, I got hot tea and as we drove away I was playing with my phone and not paying attention. The tea spilled in my lap because I was holding it between my legs... it was scalding hot and I was screaming and trying to get my jeans off. My legs were badly burned and blistered and I had to sit for 3 more hours in the car on a wet seat with no pants on with a burning leg :( Good news is, it's almost completely healed and can't tell much happened, it was very traumatic though. I can guarantee I won't be putting hot tea between my legs ever again!!

We spent the weekend mountain biking in aspens, having lazy days reading books and watching movies, we went to italian food at Mambo's one night, and we cooked mexican another night. We visited a waterfall and the best of all we went to strawberry hot springs just at dusk and spent the night talking and laughing and playing games.