Brewery Tours, Fort Collins, CO

We took our friend Gina to the breweries in Fort Collins. She is from Oklahoma, so she had never been to New Belgium (home of Fat Tire), Fort Collins Brewery, or O'Dells (home of Easy Street). We had a great time. Kailey and Bryan came with us, so it was a cute "Otten" affair. I also added a few pictures of Dave and his friends at karaoke. We dressed up one night and had a great time making fools of ourselves a the bar.









Oh and here is a super cute picture that is totally unrelated. Asher has been Dave's study partner as he has been preparing for his boards. Apparently she is getting tired and can't keep her eyes open on all the paper :)

Italy here we come....

Big news: we leave for Italy in about 5 weeks..... Yes Italy.



Dave and I were planning a trip to Mexico before he starts work in the hospital, but thanks to mom and dad, they warned us about the growing violence with our neighbors to the south. I guess I have not been watching the news closely enough because we had no clue about the drug cartel and other violence that has been happening. Thanks Mom and Dad for keeping us in the loop:) Well, Dave and I threw around quite a few ideas about what else we should do with that week, but we kept coming back to Italy. It will be a short trip since we will be there for one week, but we may never have much more time than that to travel. We are VERY excited to visit Carrie, Joe and CARLIE!!! I laugh at our decision because it seems that Dave and I like make big decisions in short amounts of time... we have been procrastinating on making a decision about Mexico (which I am glad we did), but now we are leaving for Italy in 5 weeks:) Oh well, we are very excited and got a good deal on airfare to Europe. Also, we are excited because we are flying on Lufthansa Airlines which is known for great service, little TV's in the head rests and free alcohol.

Also, a reminder that Dave takes his boards exam on April 10th, so keep him in your thoughts and prayers as he prepares for this major test!!

Ice Fishing

Gwen and I went ice fishing today after church in Evergreen. It was a beautiful day, about 55 degrees, but the ice was solid. We had a fun time, and caught four fish.


Here I am attempting to use the agar to drill the hole, but it turns out we just used holes that were already drilled since it was such a wonderful day. Not to mention it saved us a lot of work:)



Gwen just relaxing with her pole.


Look at that bad boy!



Our feast!!!

Vegas Vacation

Kailey turned 21, so 11 women went to the desert to party like the Rockstars that we are:) Well, the weekend was soooo much fun! I think we walked about 10 miles a day! I got to visit the Hoover Dam and it was incredible. Here are some pictures of the weekend.






On the Dam, they are building a bridge to bypass the Dam...





Kalisa and I



Kailey drinking out of her Eiffel Tower!

Kailey is 21!!

We went to the Rio (a mexican restaurant) to celebrate Kailey's 21st birthday! Here is a few pics of her taking a shot like a champion:)

Finally an Update........

Wow! It has been TWO months since we posted anything! Way too long! The holidays were very nice this year. It seemed to fly by! We spent Christmas Eve and Day in Berthoud with Dave's family and Spent the following weekend in Colorado Springs with my family and got to see Carrie and Carlie!

Dave has been extremely busy with school. He is scheduled to take his first set of boards (the huge doctoring exam) on April 10th (also his birthday). Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers as that day creeps up on us.

I have been busy mostly with work. I am thankfully not taking any classes this semester which works out nicely with work. I have been busy helping with the Woman's ministry at our church. We are planning a retreat for the fall and many other activities along the way.

Asher is growing up quickly! She is so freakin' cute!!! It is almost sick how much Dave and I love her! She likes to fetch her little mice which just cracks us up since she acts almost like a dog. She is still very affectionate and loves to sit on our shoulders still. Lately though she has been a pillow hog and has been sleeping on my pillow which is fine until I roll over and she doesn't want to move. But she is too cute so I make it work:) (yes, I am turning into a crazy cat lady)

I am pretty excited because I am planning a trip in February to Las Vegas for Kailey's (David's little sister) 21st birthday bash! A girls weekend in the city of sin, wahooo!

This post is very wordy but the only picture I have to post is of Dave's recent trip to Carmel, CA. He attended a Research Conference last weekend and presented his study that he developed this past summer. He was able to have some fun while there which included the famous 17-mile loop where he saw Pebble Beach Golf Course, toured the Monterrey Aquarium and went on a whale watching tour.











Well that about sums up what we've been up to in the past few months. Sorry for the lame post but it was just a quick update!

Just an update on how handsome I look...