NASHVILLE on repeat...

I LOVE NASHVILLE - love it!

We've been telling the Ohlhesier's for some time now how much we LOVED Nashville and how much FUN it is, so we all decided to take a quick, last minute, weekend trip to Nashville the weekend after Thanksgiving, before our life moved into full CHAOS!

It couldn't have been a better weekend away - 24 hours in my favorite place EVER!

We headed out early Friday morning, got into Nashville to have lunch at our favorite BBQ place and wasted no time throwing down beers and enjoying the LIVE country music!

It helped tremendously being there before, because we knew exactly what bars to go to and what to do...so absolutely no FUN was wasted!

 We spent Friday night hanging out at The Stage, which is our most favorite Honky Tonk on Main Street!  Stacey and I got our dance moves on and met an old man named Bob!  He was "hilar" (as Jason would say) and kept buying us beers - it was awesome.  After getting our groove on there we headed over to a new bar called Honky Tonk Central and saw an amazing band, The David Ray Band - We are all in his Fan club now!  Hopefully he will make it big someday, and I can say I touched his shoulder! I did, I touched David Ray's shoulder...

 Blurry picture of The Stage - but good, good times were had there...again!

 By the end of the night Jason and Matt had made some new friends of their own...

That's as good as they can do!

We danced until the bars closed down on Friday night - Even Matt and Jason danced...

We slept in on Saturday and while Jason and Matt hung out, Stacey and I headed over to the Grand Ol' Opry hotel - Last time I was in Nashville it was closed because of the flood, so I thought while I was there again I might as well make a point to see it.  It was an amazing resort and I would love the next time we visit to see a concert there.  It was a gorgeous day too, so walking around the grounds was a great way for getting over our hangovers!

After a great lunch we headed back to get the boys for another night on the town.  We really wanted to hangout at the Wild Horse Saloon, because last time it looked like fun, but we soon found out that it is not that great and all the old timers who LOVE to line dance spend their Saturday nights there!  I never realized how serious people are about their line dancing, and how un-fun it really is!

We did however enjoy some Fried Pickles - yummy!

We hit up a couple Honky Tonks and turned in much earlier then the night before so we could catch our early flight home the next morning!

It was a very quick trip, but SO much FUN! 

It was the perfect weekend to have before starting the whole moving process...

I can't wait for our next trip to Nashville - I would leave tomorrow if I could, hell I would live there!

Until next time...



so, SO Thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I started my Thanksgiving Day out by running the Turkey Trot 10K, which was hosted at the Broomfield Commons this year instead of Anthem, since its gotten so popular!

I wasn't prepared for the course change, as I didn't realize the change in location until the night before, but it ended up being much easier then the Anthem course - no BIG hill for 2 miles - yeah!

This 10K went much smoother then my last one in June, and I finished the 6.4 miles in 53 minutes!

Probably my proudest moment of the whole event was successfully unpinning my bib, removing my jacket and tying it around my waist, re-binning my bid, re-routing my ear phones through the re-pinned bib and NOT falling flat on my face!  I got VERY hot around mile 2 and HAD to shed some clothes!  Thank GOD they gave us those pumpkin colored running shirts before the race started!

I know, I know I look SO sexy when I run!  I have come to learn that I look like a Hot Mess when I do any type of athletic activity - literally a HOT MESS!

But, Yeah ME! Another 10K under my belt...

 After relaxing a bit after my race, we headed over to my mom's for our Annual Thanksgiving Day Feast!  It was the same ol' thing - lots of drinks, GREAT food, and lots of fun and laughs with the family I love so much!

 Eli LOVES Dr.Pepper and whenever he finds one laying around he will take it for himself and sneak off to drink the rest - Uncle Steve found him happily chugging a Dr.Pepper on the fireplace!

Thanksgiving was VERY low key this year - which is nothing to complain about - actually something to be VERY thankful for!  It was nice to relax before the chaos of December comes our way!

I am so, SO thankful for my awesome, sexy husband who makes life so much fun, my two adorable kids who melt my heart every day with their sweet spirits, and my family who provides all the support and love I need to make it through this crazy life!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grandpa and Me...

The WHOLE month of November was spent packing boxes and planning the big move into our new home.  But throughout all the chaos that surrounded us I was able to capture this precious, almost forgotten, moment of Eli and his Grandpa Butch... 

I like to walk with Grandpa...

He takes his time you see

His steps are little just like mine; he stops and waits for me

He lets me ask him questions

He lets me hold his hand.

He makes me feel 10 feet tall and I think that is grand.

He says there's no one like me

and gold is what I'm worth

When I get to walk with Grandpa

I'm the luckiest kid on earth!

 When I found that poem on Pinterest I immediately thought of Eli and his relationship with his Grandpa Butch.  He is all those words in Eli's eyes...

Butch and Eli definitely share a special bond with each other - whether its banging on drums, singing in his "hut", going on long walks, or just sitting on the porch drinking a pop, looking at squirrels, Eli LOVES spending time with his Grandpa Butch.

I think Eli will miss him the MOST when we move out!



1st Buff Game

On Saturday we took the kids to their first CU Football game against Stanford.  The game of course was horrible with CU never even scoring a single point, but Hey! when you get FREE tickets it provides the perfect opportunity to take the kids.  And then when you have to leave before half time because the kids and the husband are bored, you don't feel bad doing so!

We started the morning out tailgating which truly is the best part of going to a football game.  Honestly, I would have rather spent the whole game in the parking lot tailgating...

 But the whole reason of taking the kids was so Ashtyn and Eli could finally see Ralphie run around the field...

 Here's Eli at full attention watching the band and Ralphie run onto the field...

We had great seats for having FREE tickets, so the kids could see everything really well!

 I was impressed with how well the kids did - I didn't think we would make it through the first quarter, but as long as we kept hot dogs, cookies, pop, and m&m's coming their way they behaved beautifully and actually watched the game a little bit - if you would even call it a game!

The band was still good though - oh and the cheerleaders too, which Eli kept calling "Beautiful" followed by "I want one of those" - no joke!

We left in the middle of the second quarter and went home for naps...

It was actually a really great family day - even if the game was less then desirable!  I will say Folsom Field has lost its magic.  I remember walking into that place when I was a little girl and getting so excited just off the energy.  Well the energy seems to have left the building along with the talent of the football team!  I do hope in the near future CU turns their program around, but until then we will just enjoy the tailgating and any FREE tickets that come our way!



Happy Halloween!

Happy, Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year - with having the day off and warm, beautiful weather it couldn't have been better!  Ashtyn was a mermaid...

 ...and Eli was of course a Trash Truck Driver...

 I will take all the CREDIT for my children's costumes, as they are hand made by me and took two weekends of my time for the costume making process!  Not sure anyone quite appreciated all the hard work I put in - but my kids looked adorable and I received several compliments as we trick-or-treated down Pearl Street!

 Eli, by far, stole the show!  He got so many smiles, compliments and I couldn't believe how many little boys wanted to jump into his trash truck!  Eli was very protective of his trash truck and got very angry when anyone would try to touch it.  His favorite part though was getting candy and throwing into his "trash truck" - He definitely enjoyed being a Trash Man for the day!

 Ashtyn's costume turned out great and again we got such great compliments!  When someone asked Ashtyn where she got her costume, she replied

"From my mommy's IPAD!"

Which is actually very true - or let's say inspired by my IPAD where I am constantly on Pinterest!  I pinned this costume months ago when I just started Pinterest and always kept in the back of my mind as something I would order for Ashtyn for Halloween.  Well when time came to place the order I was taken back - WAY BACK, by how much it cost - $80.00!

Really - for some tulle?  So I set out to replicate...

I will give the lady credit - it is worth the $80 because of the time involved, but I am just too cheap when it comes to costumes and dropping that amount of coin - PLUS I think I successfully replicated the idea for about $15 (we won't say how many hours though)...Damn proud of myself!

 He was just SO cute!

 Here is proof that he actually pushed his trash truck...While I was making it Matt kept giving me crap about how Eli was never going to push it around...well he did, for about half the day and then I hooked up a leash to it and pulled it around like a dog!

I was not going to let my hard work and creative idea go wasted!

 As long as I let him have a sucker it would keep his mind off the idea that he was walking...

We did have a mishap in the elevator on our way through the parking garage and in all the commotion lost the front wheel...traumatic I know!  I was able to tape the sides back on though - terrible experience in the elevator!

 He did finish the day off riding in it...

 We had TONS of fun at Pearl Street - perfect way to do Halloween with little ones - as long as you beat the school crowd and then it gets CRAZY down there!

After Pearl Street he headed home for dinner and then went out around the neighborhood with The Meyers! 

 Eli had had about enough by this point and just wanted to sit in the stroller - he didn't even get up for candy!  But I still brought the trash truck along...

It was an exhausting day for sure but loads of candy and fun was had!

Next year though I am BUYING their costumes - mark my word!