Fall Ultimate

It's a bummer that we aren't easily able to watch Tanner play Ultimate Frisbee, but we are able to keep up with some of the activities via social media. Here are a couple pics. 

Fall in Louisville

It has certainly not FELT like fall here in Louisville for most of September and October, but it is starting to LOOK like fall. It was almost 80 yesterday and I worked for a few hours on the back porch and enjoyed watching the leaves rain down while working.  

Last night, we did embrace the warm weather and met friends we hadn't seen for a long time down at Crystal Springs Brewing for beers in the sun and dinner downtown. Fall, friends and fun. 🍁

trying to up my game a bit for the front door 

flowers from my neighbor 

ready for mahjong 

Monday Mahjong! 

new pillows 

my flowers are still blooming 

flowers amongst the leaves 

And per typical October, watching CU and Nebraska lose

Memory Lane Weekend

Catching up with friends from my early Denver days happened two times this past weekend. On Friday night, we had sushi in the Highlands with Nadja, the Ayers and the Smileys (with Alex!). Nadja, Traci and Rachel all worked together at an ad agency after Nadja graduated from DU. We spent many a night at Governor's Park and many other establishments as we navigated the adult world. Pretty amazing that we are all still in Colorado and are able to get together from time to time. 

On Sunday, Marshall and I met Valerie, her husband Ben and her son Charlie, along with Nadja for a hike, happy hour beers at the A Lodge and dinner at Postino in Boulder. Valerie, Nadja and I met each other in the DU apartments in 1995. It was great catching up on all things about life and reminiscing about our early years. 

so many laughs 

on a view point on what I call our "guest hike" (a nice hike that is close and has amazing views of the continental divide without TOO much elevation) 

what a view

  

Fall in Colorado

We finally got out of the 80s and received some much needed rain this past week. It was wonderful to have some cooler days and feel that fall is actually here. On Thursday night, we bundled up for Mohi Senior night for the soccer team. Today, we walked around St. Vrain State Park and grabbed a beer on our Pub Pass at a brewery in Longmont. I commented that today is a pretty stereotypical Colorado day (hiking and going to a brewery) - but how fortunate we are to be able to take in these activities right in our backyard. 

heron by the lake

Exploring Collision Brewery in Longmont - a great day for a beer on the patio with a view of the mountains

snow on the mountains

One More Day

Marshall and I decided to stay Sunday night so we could have a bit more time with Tanner. After checking out of our sleezy hotel, we attended Tanner's Ultimate Frisbee practice with Drake. We got the minivan cleaned out while Tanner showered and we walked downtown to grab some lunch. We got Drake to the Greyhound bus around 2:30 and checked into the hotel and Tanner attended his engineering fraternity event and got some studying done while we relaxed at the hotel. We were able to grab a later sushi/ramen dinner with Tanner on Sunday which not have been possible if we had left on Sunday. 

Monday brought working from the hotel (me)/Tanner's room (Marshall) and class for Tanner.  We were able to meet for froyo before I had to head to the airport and Marshall and Tanner got in a game of darts before Marshall left for his flight (two different flights for us). 

We are so fortunate to be able to work remotely to be able to spend time with our kids. A definite perk of our companies. 

ready for practice

playing catch

the team

my 💗

sunset over Iowa City

trying a new spot

my work spot in the afternoon (free wifi and no people!) 

Working from Tanner's room

froyo break 

seen at DIA, but glad to be home 

College GameDay - Iowa City Edition

What a nice surprise to have College GameDay come to Iowa City on the weekend we had planned to be there! We got out of Chicago around 6:00 and made a stop at Portillos on our way out of town. Once we got out of Chicago, the drive was smooth sailing (other than Drake missing the I-80 exit).  We made a quick drive by on Friday night on our way from Chicago to our hotel in Cedar Rapids to check out the scene (downtown Iowa City was definitely popping). 

Saturday was a a full day - checking out the Caitlin Clark court, College GameDay, grabbing a quick bite for lunch, walking over to the west side of campus to get to the tailgate, the boys attending a ridiculous tailgate  (it is difficult to convey how crazy the tailgate spot was for the boys), scalping a ticket for Drake to go to the game, watching the game (from a bar or the stadium), happy hour, chilling at Tanner's place, out downtown with the Ultimate Frisbee team and late night pizza. 

What a beautiful fall day it was to spend a day together. 

Tanner's Friday night activity - watching the band hit the bars in Iowa City

The minivan palindrome

Caitlin Clark court downtown 

Coug flag! 

the early crew 

somebody joined us! 

look at all the people 

Kinnick Stadium

our tailgate spot

the boys' tailgate spot - I did NOT capture the craziness of this backyard with two bars, a rooftop and lots of people 

yes. this is at the tailgate house

watching the game from the Deadwood Tavern

they sent us a pic! 

headed out on the town 

hanging at Donnelly's Pub with the Frisbee team