Category: Holiday

Year 7 aka That Time I Smoked a Cigar

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So I think you can probably all guess from the title where this post is ending, but I’ll start from the beginning anyways and say thanks for the kind comments on Joey’s last post.  He made me break my “no crying at work” rule but for good reason 🙂

Ahem, in addition to “hacking” my site, there were also flowers, a card that I’m pretty sure was designed just for us and dinner reservations at a surprise location.  Which turned out to be Vesta Dipping Grill.  We’d only been one other time and I was so so excited to be back.  Love that place!

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I proceeded to order one of the only items our waiter didn’t point out as a personal or customer favorite, but it turns out this shrimp, roasted cauliflower, tabouleh and harissa hummus dish was amazing!  Viva la jumbo shrimp!  Is it weird that despite all the deliciousness on the plate, my favorite part was the roasted cauliflower?  Flavor explosion!

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No joke, we had the hardest time deciding whether to order dessert or just go home and eat the ice cream we had in our freezer (you know, because you should always have a back up, should the restaurant dessert menu be disappointing) but I still had half a glass of wine to finish so I figured we might as well stay.  Vesta knows how to do a caramel apple up right!

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As we were walking back to the car, Joey spotted a cigar bar and convinced me to go in.  Look I know, I’m all into that “healthy living” stuff, but sometimes you remember you’re young and staying out late to smoke a cigar in a big leather chair is more fun than going home and getting into bed on time.  And I can’t think of a better way to celebrate 7 years than doing something spontaneously fun with my better half.  Plus Joey needed to practice for Hannah and Josh’s wedding 🙂

Happy Friday!  I’m off for a little girls trip with my mom and sister and could not be more excited!

 

HACKED!

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Hi All, it’s Joey!

As some of you may already know, today is Lauren and I’s SEVENTH anniversary since we were officially dating (I wish I could say Facebook official but it was mostly about MySpace back then)!! There have been so many amazing dates, trips, Rockies games and spur-of-the-moment-fun times that I’d be writing this post all year. Instead I’d like to write a little something about the love of my life!

The first day I saw Lauren was when I was sitting on the couch playing Guitar Hero instead of being in class at CU. I immediately fell in love with her smile and her beautiful green eyes (with a small hint of orange 🙂 ), little did I know, was that her personality and passion is what ultimately made my heart beat faster every time I saw her and truly fall in love (I even slipped out an “I Love You” a couple weeks after we were dating!, oops). Even though she may deny it, Lauren didn’t feel the same way about me in the beginning. After a few get-togethers with our mutual friends and a few Rockies games/dates, she must have started seeing how great of a guy I actually was (JK!). Seriously though, I’m so happy that she eventually came around to feel the same about me and still like me after all these years!

Fast-forward 7 years in our relationship and we’re engaged to be married in September!! We OWN a house in DENVER (our dream), we have our honeymoon planned in Europe, and Lauren reminds me everytime we see or hear something Disney that we’re going to Disneyland for her birthday next year (we’ll see)! I could not imagine being more happy than I am right now and can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with the woman that inspires me to be a better person and shows me how to see life in a different way! I get goosebumps thinking about the day I get to say “I DO”!! Image

We probably wont be wearing these at the altar but who knows!