birthday girl fun

Janina and I took Zoe and three friends out for tea at the Boulder Dashunbe Teahouse, it was incredibly beautiful and we're soooo going again! And kid friendly, my goodness, their patience puts Mother Theresa to challenge...

And then to the house for cake and presents (and sleepover, really just over as there was little sleep involved)


The stage is set...

And new kitty! Meet Edward :)

twitterpated :)

So...uh...I'm getting married!

Claus came into town Friday and he took me to the Oxford for a romantic night...and proposed. I'm such a lucky girl :) and no you may not have him, he's all mine.

So, on that note I should probably announce in the spirit of good tidings, we're expecting too! We couldn't wait. And yes, I know how babies are made by now. We're terribly excited and expect a large litter of small vikings sometime in June of 2010

Zoe and Claus's creepy ass snowman, but aren't they precious...

Getting ready for our Halloween party! Zoe told Claus he should be Frankenstein because he has a big head. He obliged.

The wholesome family

Pervert Pooh (just kidding, it's Jason) and dearest Angie

Neighbor Tristan, Zoe and Emmy

Super badass Zev man

Rob and Janina of course (that's where Zev gets the badass)

this was a special treat, we dressed dad up as Flava Flav (Flava Dave?)

Barbara and Micheal, dear friends and near knitting neighbors

BFF from high school Jesse and old classmate Molly, arrrrrrg

And that about does it for now! Gotta love eventful weekends :)

new photos!

Vivika of Vivika's Photography did photos of Zoe and I last week...Brad edited them and made a wonderful little slideshow! I just love how they turned out...

old man and embarrassed child

We stopped by the European Festival here in Highlands Ranch (not much European, or festival for that matter) I threatened Zoe with grounding to get her in this get-up...I'm such a mean mom ;)

and on the old man front, dad turned 60 years young on the 24th! Happy birfday grandpa! We went to Winter Park for the weekend, and stayed at the Gasthaus Eichler...amazing food, interesting company. Gramps went golfing while Z and I did the Hot Springs. Then we did some antiquing on the way out Sunday.

German birthday song by pretty ladies...I think he enjoyed this more than the cake :)

How Zoe does antique shopping:

Outside of that life has consisted of school, yarn, babies, painting the house, you know the usual.

heaven/hell

First, the heaven part...my dearest came to visit. Claus and I had an amazing week together, and celebrated Janina's birthday at Encore (among other things) with her hubby Rob. I'm just tickled I got to see him again, and so was Zoe :)

The hell part? Well...a tooth I had work on a couple weeks ago sent me into mind-numbing pain over Labor Day weekend (of course), I couldn't get ahold of a single dentist for 3 days. It felt like aliens were emerging from my skull. How did I deal you ask? Well...

FYI: narcotics do very little for pain. They do wonders for making you care less about it though. Still, it wasn't worth it, and after begging my dentist Tuesday morning for a root canal it took yet another week to recover from all the above crap I put in it.

And all the other in between, happy life stuff...

hiking with Zoe


hanging out with Penney, waiting for Penney to make up her mind.

...is it weird that we both had full sized bath products with us at dinner?


Stitch N Pitch with Zoe, that's her new little friend :)


And this one just warms my heart to no end...my baby...choke...knitting! tears...

more soon, it's late and I'm getting up early. Good night!

a mostly knitting update

Not much is new, in fact, practically nothing has happened this past week...but that is exactly what makes it spectacular to me :)
A lot has been quietly rolling around in my head however, I'm just glad life slowed a little to allow it to unfold as it has not all been positive and I've been more than a little bummed out lately.

I finished Zoe's Wallaby yesterday, but don't tell her. It's a surprise for her birthday and I told her it was a store sample. Devious mom...

also on the knitting front, I've committed to teaching a few more classes at the store, and will be doing the Sixteen Button Cardigan, Kid's Knitting, and Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket (scroll down). I'm also working on a Noro Blythe Afghan. I made a square for a store sample and just fell madly in love with it. I am now knitting the entire afghan :)


went to Red Rocks today with the padre, then hopped over to Morrison Inn for margs...


this is Mack...I eventually had to trap him under a glass so I could enjoy my drink without threat of an attack


so, that's most of the excitement so far...we'll catch y'all later!

a new addition...

Welcome baby Ethan! A much awaited human with exceptionally large feet...I'm so thrilled for the whole family, and it was a truly beautiful birth. Congrats and big hugs to Duane and Shereen, and welcome to the tribe little peanut :)

In true man-style, passed out snoring (and tooting, it's worth mentioning this guy can let loose)

spinning update, finished this one last weekend...I'm just tickled with the results . It's Tracy Bunkers roving again.

And tonight we went to see Bad Luck City at Red Rocks ( you should give a listen, they're really good), and Donnie Darko (did I just date myself?). Oh yeah...we met Frank...don't hate.

and that's it for now I think. But I can leave you with a quote, you know, if you wanted more...

'Anything not forbidden is mandatory'

not sure who said that. But I'd like to re-phrase for personal blog:

'Anything forbidden is mandatory'

ok, now I can sleep :)

goodnight!