Silver Celebration

What a wonderful evening celebrating 25 years of marriage with our friends at our home. Cocktails. Nibbles. Dessert. Wedding trivia. A photo wall where folks actually took photos. A few wedding pictures. My “ribbon bouquet” from our rehearsal dinner. A house full of love and laughter. Matthew wore Bob’s tux; another friend wore the suit and tie from his wedding; someone wore the earrings from their wedding day. The wedding trivia was just enough to learn about each other and for folks to learn a bit more about us (every couple there was married in a different month; no one was married in the same city and every couple enjoyed the beach on their honeymoon). Here’s to 25+ more years of adventure, laughter, love and memories. 

All dressed up 

Wedding trivia 

Love that folks ended ip in the living room

So glad Matt could be there 

Trivia hosts 

Party Prep

I’m not great at party preparations - the planning, the food, the decor, the themes - none of it really comes naturally to me. However, we did end up putting together a pretty fun party to celebration our 25th wedding anniversary. Silver is the gift for a 25th wedding anniversary which did help us anchor on a theme. I did some research on Pinterest, ordered supplies from Amazon and enlisted help - from ideas for where to put the bar, to ideas for lighting, assistance from ChatGT on quantities of food and drink ideas and some Friday afternoon helping getting decorations set up. 

A surprise flower delivery from my sisters was amazing and added so much to my decor. We put the bar in the living room, had a dessert table (with cheesecake of course!) in the dining room and had the food in the kitchen. We were a little frazzled getting the last bit of the food finished, but we did it! We served two cocktails - a French 75  (with freshly squeezed lemon juice thanks to Matthew) and an Old Fashioned and also had wine and beer. The French 75 was a big hit! 

And this idea was hatched because I wanted a reason to wear the “fancy” dresses I have in my closet and have no reason to wear them. How fortunate are we to have friends that are willing to indulge us and dress up on a random Saturday evening in February for a house party? 

Pagosa Springs Get Away

Twenty four years ago, Marshall and I rented a cabin in Pagosa Springs to celebrate our one year anniversary and watch the winter Olympics. So, it seemed like the perfect place to go and celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We rented a cute little cabin in town (a converted garage) that allowed us to walk to dinner spots and around the little downtown. 

We worked from the cabin on Friday and walked in the snow for pizza and beer and to watch Miami basketball. We watched a ton of Olympics and enjoyed lazy mornings. We explored downtown Pagosa Springs and grabbed lunch and picked up a few supplies for our easy Valentine's dinner at the cabin. 

On Sunday, we headed to the hot springs after breakfast and enjoyed the sauna and hot tubs before our massages. We then tested out a variety of outdoor hot springs before heading out around 3:00. We opted for a casual early dinner and a bit more Olympics before heading back to public hot springs in the evening. 

On Monday, the drive was easy and we had a beautiful view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. We stopped in Salida for lunch. What a cute little town and great spot to stop to wrap up our 25h anniversary mountain trip. 

cute little cabin 

kicking off the weekend with a Negroni 

Snow falling over the town (the steam from the hot springs in the air) 

the "mother spring" 

"The Springs"

mountains above Pagosa Springs 

my new bracelet, the fire and Olympics 

spa day! 

The Springs at night 

25 years together 

Weekend

Olympic kickoff party on Friday night with friends and Italian potluck. Friends in from Eagle - hiking, out for lunch, HMart, Olympic, Mah Jong. Enjoying the (too) warm weather. Super Bowl Party (won 30 bucks!). 

espresso martini and opening ceremonies

Indoor Iowa Ultimate Tourney

The IHUC (Iowa Hawkeye Ultimate Club) had the first tourney of the spring season on Saturday this weekend. They came away with victories against Grinnell, Northern Iowa and Iowa State (on universe point - aka sudden death). Tanner scored the winning point against Iowa State! The team also played Iowa Alumni and lost the last game of the night. I talked with Tanner today, and besides starting to feel sick, he had a nice time. Thankful for the IHUC Instagram page for the picture and the updates. 

 

Sister Weekend - Colorado Version

It was wonderful to host my sisters for our annual meeting in Colorado.  The weather was wonderful and we were able to enjoy a trip to the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, catching up, trivia, games and food and drink. I'm thankful to have such strong, funny, smart, and beautiful women in my life that I can proudly call my sisters. 

Trivia at Mudrocks (we were not good)