They tricked me!
I got out of work last friday and came home to Christy sitting on my couch! Christy and Bob planned this whole surprise visit and I didn’t have any idea. We had an action-packed weekend.
For Halloween we stayed home for a bit to hand out candy and planned on leaving to meet up with other people around 9pm. While getting ready to go, I put a basket of candy bars on the front steps in case any last-minute trick-or-treaters came. I closed the door and put my shoes on. Two minutes later I opened the door to leave and all of my candy was gone! Two houses down were some 12 or 13 year old boys outside and I knew they took it all. I yelled down the street that they owed me 85 candy bars and they hustled off down the street. Bob scolded me for yelling at teens on Halloween, but luckily they didn’t egg our house later.
Kate Gosselin, Juno and Paulie Bleeker headed to a bar in downtown denver. Some people didn’t recognize my character and thought I was just pregnant and drinking. I suppose you’d have to see the movie Juno to know who I was. Christy was the true Kate Gosselin (evil), and we happened to run into Jon Gosselin and Hailey Glassman for a nice photo op.
The next morning we headed up Pike’s Peak but only made it halfway due to a snowstorm from earlier that week. We also went to the Garden of the Gods and Bob decided to find a random, unofficial trail.
It was against my wishes, but Christy wanted to explore Bob’s route so I reluctantly went along. We were lost. We came out along a paved road and walked for what felt like an hour to find our car. Ok, it wasn’t really an hour but it felt really long. Carrying a purse and coat while wearing a sweater on a hot day is not my idea of comfort and a good hike.
Sunday was football day and a trip to Estes park. I have never seen so many elk there before! There were dozens upon dozens along the roadway. Some were within 20 feet of our car. Christy definitely had a great day for viewing the elk!
On Christy’s last full day we went to Boulder to check out the town, then we went to Coors Brewery for a tour. The tour was self-guided and we got 3 free drinks at the end. I don’t like beer so I opted for pink lemonade instead. This is a good adventure for anyone that likes free beers!
Later that night Bob and Christy were making Pizookies ( a dessert with cookie dough). Together they assembled the Pizookies and Bob put them in the oven to cook. Then he locked it in cleaning mode by accident. Mmmm burnt dessert. There is no way to turn off cleaning mode to open the oven. Bob ended up pulling out the stove and unplugging it.
It was nice to have a surprise visitor for a few days! We’re hoping Christy and Time come visit this summer! Anyone else is welcome as well. YAY VISITORS!
