Home Sweet Home????

Could this be our new house? We put an offer in yesterday. Did I mention that Brandon hasn't even seen the inside of the house yet? That will happen Saturday, so hopefully he likes it :)

Let's Go Skiing

Brandon and I finally made it up to Copper Mountain for our first ski trip of the season. We only went for 1/2 a day, but still had a great day and made it home alive.

Here is Brandon during lunch after he threw my water bottle across the room and broke it. (He was testing it to see if it was unbreakable...go figure.)
Just hanging out..

But I had plans...

My Friday off plans:

• Set no alarm
• Laundry
• Clean apartment
• Cook dinner
• Pick up skis for Saturday
• Grocery shop for next week
• Be in a great mood when Brandon arrived home

My NEW Friday plans:

• Get up at normal time.
• GO TO WORK!!!! (To work on an important project that at 3:00 PM on Thursday has not been distributed yet!! Did I also mention that my area has already completed this project and we still have to come in!! Plus, we found this out at noon onThursday, glad I didn't have any plans!!!)
• Pick up skis for Saturday
• Grocery shop (for the bare minimum)
• Cook dinner
• Try to do at least 2 loads of laundry, because Brandon has to have clothes for his next trip
• Be in a horrible mood all day (Sorry Brandon)

New Treasure

Brandon's mom made him this beautiful quilt for Christmas (which we also celebrated with them this past weekend). The monograms signify important times in his life.

Texas 1983-2002
Embraer Brasilia (the airplane he currenly flies)

OSU 2002-2006
B52 (one of his favorite aircraft)

The back of the quilt

What makes it such a treasure...

My Valentines

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend. Both my and Brandon's parents came to Denver and spent the weekend. We enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner at Carmine's on Penn.

Brandon and IMy mom and dad

Brandon's mom and dad

Did I mention that I was spoiled by everyone?

Charmaine brought me 3 yellow roses of Texas
My parents got me a dozen antique roses
Brandon surprised me with a bouquet of mixed flowers (my favorite)

Brandon also brought each of our moms a rose
(his mom's rose is the yellow/pink one and my mom's rose is the white/pink one)

I think they might be trying to tell us something...

Aloha, Maui!!

Yep, that's right, Brandon and I hopped over to Maui for a few days and just hung out on the beach. We arrived around 1 pm on Wednesday and then took the red-eye out Friday night and made it back to Denver before 10 am Saturday....perfect.

I do have to admit when we arrived in Maui and it was raining, and I mean pouring down, get soaked in 5 seconds, raining and this made us worry. But we made the best of the day and decided it would be a great day to take the Road to Hana. It was an amazing journey and was gorgeous. We still got out and did some hiking and we found a black sand beach, which was at the top of my list to see.

Thursday and Friday had perfect weather and we were able to get out and enjoy the beach. We were able to snorkel around Black Rock, where we swam with four Sea Turtles!! It was so cool to be so close to everything and to see live coral closeup. January and February are Whale season on the island and we were able to see many from shore. We were even able to do a little surfing and boogie boarding.

It was great to get away and relax for a few days. Now we just have to plan our next adventure :)

Aloha, Maui!