Surprise!

Okay so apparently I spoke too soon.  It was a cool weekend, and then overnight this happened.  Haha.  I blame myself for this.  I totally jinxed us by proclaiming that Spring had finally arrived in Colorado.

The funny thing?  This weekend is supposed to be highs of 87 degrees!  Chalk it up to another quirky Colorado season.  I know that in just a few short weeks when we are sweating our socks off, we will be dreaming about this snowy surprise!

Happy Monday!

Our Week, in Photos

It was a beautiful weekend here in Denver, with bright blue skies and brilliant sunshine.  So what were we to do?!  We decided to spend the afternoon at a local park that offers great views of the Denver skyline.

It was a really nice change from being indoors, we really enjoyed just lounging in the park.  Chris also managed to get out on a guided snowshoe trip with REI, which he really enjoyed (lucky).

And in true Colorado fashion, this gorgeous weekend was followed by this...

We had about a day and a half of snow, followed by Wednesday which was about 50 degrees, and we are now expecting 5-10 inches tomorrow!  So bizarre, but I honestly wouldn't want it any other way.  It is so nice to have beautiful warm days mixed in with the freezing, snow-covered ones.  Plus, there are lots of fun activities to do on snow-covered days...

Then there was a bit of work that needed to be done on our car this week, so of course I had to snap a few photos.  I'm sure Chris was thrilled...  :)

And the icing on the cake... we had a little return visitor.  Only this time... I caught him on camera - two different nights!

It seems that the neighborhood raccoons enjoy hanging out at our place.  Not sure there is much that can be done to change that, but - if I'm honest - I'm hoping they find a new home soon.

Fuzzy photo, I know, but they were wrestling all over the deck.  It actually startled me at first.  We heard this howling/hissing noise and initially thought it was the wind.  But it quickly became a loud screeching noise, so we opened up the blinds to find this.  Seriously crazy.  I feel like we live in the mountains rather than a populated suburb of Denver...

As my knee has been cleared for low-impact activity, we might have some snowy adventures this weekend. Stay tuned on the blog for more photos of Colorado beauty...

What's the weather like where you are?

Happy Thursday!

Back to Normalcy - Our Weekend

We spent our Saturday catching up with friends, exchanging travel stories from the holidays.  We had planned to watch the new season of Sherlock, but a few technical glitches and several hours later, we realized we had way too much to catch up on to spend our time watching TV.  Next time.

As I still can't do much physical activity due to my knee injury, Chris was kind enough to save me from cabin fever and take me for a drive on Sunday.  Where did we head?  To the mountains, of course!  We had a quick flip through our Best of Colorado book and decided on two small towns about an hour away.  

Please note that I can't spend any time on my knee, so all photos are taken from the comfort of the car.  It also means they aren't super creative and fun photos.  We plan to return and have a walk through the town center once I am all healed up!

And finally, our mini road trip in photos...

I was so grateful to Chris for getting me out of the house and doing something we both love to do: explore!  I hope to be active again soon so we can take advantage of cross country skiing and showshoeing before the snow disappears!

How did you spend your weekend?

Christmas Trip, Part One - Iceland

Okay, I finally got around to sorting photos from our holiday travels as promised.  Here is a look at our time in Iceland in photos.

 { the view from our hotel balcony. }

{ haha Chris was struuuuuggling with jet lag the first day! } 

{ this was the best he could do. :) } 

{ why thank you, blanket, don't mind if I do. }

We had a really great time overall.  With only 4 hours of daylight each day, it made it challenging to get out and see all that we wanted to see.  Well, that and the fact that all signs are in Icelandic.  Yeah, there was that.  But we still managed to get out and see a decent amount of the sights.  Hands down, the Blue Lagoon took the cake!  We got to relax in the hot water for several hours.  Just what we needed after a busy few weeks leading up to our trip!

England recap coming soon. :)

Happy Sunday!  Have a fantastic week!