St Louis, MO

WOW... Dave and I made a whirl-wind trip to St Louis and had a great time with friends we have not seen in a while. Brett and Caitlin's wedding was beautiful and made me think I was in a movie or something. Here are a bunch of pictures of the main events: the Arch, the Stadium and the wedding. Dave was not only pumped to see his good friend Brett, but I think he may have been even more pumped to see the St Louis Cardinals stadium. It is a very new stadium and it was very impressive! It had the 'historic' look much like Coors Field, but the history with the Cardinals cannot be beat. It was very HOT and HUMID in St Louis, but we enjoyed the time we had anyway:)



Yes, I have been working out, I know, my muscles are HUGE!!





Handstand :)






The park near the Arch...






The Stadium!!





Dave in front of Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals home!





The view from our seats, we were on the top level, but you could not beat the great St. Louis view! Gotta love the arch!








Church, wedding and Reception Pictures:


Trinity Lutheran Church





Smile!!!






On the front church steps... isn't the dress cute! (it is the dress I wore to senior prom)






Reception site: Magic Chef Mansion







Dave found a swing while we were having cocktails...






Just arrived at the reception and the tent was beautiful.






Amazing centerpiece at the reception.






Brett & Caitlin's first dance







The tent was beautifully lit up at night.




We were 'glowing' after a night of dancing in the mid-west:)

St Louis this weekend....

Dave and I are driving to St Louis, MO, this weekend for a friends wedding!! Wahooo!!! We were not planning on attending (and Dave had to decline on being in the wedding) due to his clinical rotations, but Dave was able to get this week off of work! Our friend Brett is who Dave and I drove out to California with during Spring Break in college. He is also in medical school out in St Louis but his rotation do not start until July.

While Dave and I are in St Louis, we are going to the new Busch Stadium to go to a St Louis Cardinals baseball game. I think Dave might be the most excited about this part ;) No seriously, though, I think we are going to have a wonderful weekend!! Pray for out safety with all the driving:)

Mt. Bierstadt: 14,060 feet

It was a beautiful weekend in Colorado, minus the funnel cloud in Denver on Sunday. Dave and I were able to go hiking on Sunday and we hiked Mt. Bierstadt in Georgetown. So one more 14er down and I DID NOT EVEN VOMIT THIS TIME!! Wahoooooo! I am very proud that I was able to hike and not get sick! I must be growing up :) Ha Ha Ha... Anyway, the hike was a lot of fun! We got an early start in the morning (like 6:30am) and were at the top about 2 hours later. The last part of the hike included packed snow that was like a stair master. But the hike was worth the marvelous views at the top. It was a very clear morning and we had a 360 degree view of the mountains around us. It was pretty cold at the top though, as you can see we are bundled up. The way down was very fun b/c we slid on our butts/feet down the packed snow. It was much easier than huffing it down the snow.


This is a picture from the parking lot.



Dave powering through the hike...





Here I am on the snowy slope...



The top seemed sooo close, yet soooo far away.





That is me and our friend Ty huffing it up the mountain.





Gorgeous view from the top...



I made it!!!






Wahoooo... we made it to the top and I am not sick!!!








Another beautiful shot of the snow and mountains (that is actually Mt. Evans behind us).


That sums up our pictures from the hike. It was really great to enjoy the beautiful Colorado outdoors. Also, on the drive up to Mt. Bierstadt, Dave and I saw lots of fishing and camping spots to come back to. Georgetown is only about 1 hour from Denver, so it is nice to have a quick idea of where to camp.


I just wanted to add these next pictures to the blog:
Here is me celebrating my Monopoly Victory over Dave and our friend Ty!!!!! For those of you who do not know, Monopoly is Dave's favorite game, and I beat him! I have since decided to retired from my Monopoly career. Ha ha ha!

Here is Dave handing over the last of his cash!





Throwing up the money...





Celebrating sweet success!!