Father's Day Weekend

This how our summer weekends are spent- at mom and dad's house on the lake. Nothing beats a Sunday afternoon here. Awesome company, sunbathing, fishing, sailing, a cool drink in my hand, laughter, friendship and sometimes a little out of control. It is a little heaven on earth.


Our growing family (minus one... Brady- he was sleepin') Nick, Leanna, Mom, Dad, Me, Brian, Jami and Dan on Mom and Dad's patio. ...if you click on the photo you can see it better.


Mom and Dad- they are amazing people.


Nick and Mom... two of my favs!


My best friend....

Dad sailing on the lake with Brian. Toes hanging out- nothing beats it!


Tobias and Kingstin enjoying the sunset...


Gorgeous... Want to come over?? The door is always open and the company is sweet.


Mr. Guinness loving his new life. He is such a handsome boy.


The Boys... Dad, Brian and Dan (<- Trying to join the "inner circle"!)

New House Photos...

Hopkins style summer 2008! So I have been bugged enough and now here for your viewing pleasure are updated photos of our house.. Orange kitchen and all..



3924 Heatherwood Circle.


My first flowers ever! I am so proud! They really are gorgeous! (I am patting myself on the back as we speak!)


The formal living...


Burnt Orange! We really do love this color. For sure it is not for everyone but it is so fun and inviting.



The t.v. room upstairs... It needs paint so bad but I am sort of over painting. Hopefully in July.


Our room... the sun shining through makes it hard to see but our chocolate walls are awesome.


Always kiss me goodnight...

Festivals in Denver...

Last weekend there was an art festivals on Larimer Square. It was amazing. What was more amazing is all of the pieces are drawn on the street! It was so fun... and the evening was top off with a Rockies game- they won. . . shocker. ;op All is well with us. Brian is in Chicago for the week- intense training. Poor guy is working from 7am to 9:30 at night; never leaving the 55th floor of the JP Morgan Chase building. They bring in breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I do not think I could do it... But the boys and I are home. Nothing too new. Trying to fight off a cold and I am putting off writing my paper. ::::::summer break I really need you:::::::

So neat.

She was gorgeous... This lady was an incredible artist.

Mr. Ledger..

After the song "Yellow" (which I love) by Cold Play. It brings back so many awesome memories of Maui...

Do you recognize this car??

Yeah... it is a Maybach- worth more then my HOME, nearly one and a quarter more. I do not know if you can see the price... but it retails at $410,000. It is a f*%$ing CAR! The gentleman showing the car asked if we had any questions... we politely said "no" :)

Such a fun game...

My protectors while Brian is gone. Guinness (I think) really loves his new family. He fits in just fine...

And of course... my cute Kingstin Bear... he is so my baby.

Summer Lovin'

Summer is here... thank goodness. Nothing suits this girl better then the hot sun on my skin, my amazing family and of course a cool drink in my hand... Here are a few fun photos we have taken the past few weekends! Enjoy! This is the time of my life...


Jim and I on the way to the GoodGuys Car Show!


Dad looking at a fancy old car! Love the orange... It matches our kitchen!


Mom and her girls standing in front of an old vet'...


CHERRY! This was my car... it was so hot. I would love to spend a Sunday afternoon driving around in this baby...



These guys were so cool...radical to the core. They are from Weld County Garage. Their cars were beasty and fast! Kindly they stopped to pose for Jami and I.

Yep! Random...

So....... this is what will happen when you have too much wine and rum.. our favorite weekend friend! :)


Sexy?! Probably not!


.....?


Serious?



Tough??




Not so much!

It has been a bit. . .

Life has been so busy... It truly is hard for me to believe that it is the middle of May! Where does all the time go? Well for a quick update- Guinness is doing much better! Healed up and is healthy. At the end of June, I will be half way done with grad school!!! (YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I am just a little excited about that. It is hard to believe this time next year I will have graduated! Everyone mark your calendars- B.I.G party! What a wild feeling it will be to graduate from grad school at Regis! Brian is doing well.. He got his branch- finally. The branch is due to open November of this year. It will be on 120th ave in Denver. He is really excited. He has worked so hard at getting this branch. He has been recongized by the head of retail banking for JP Morgan Chase (some fancy gal in New York City). He was the last in the nation in his current position to be hired to a new build. I am so proud of him. And at the same time during all of the stress at work- he is finishing his second class in the MBA program with me! My husband amazes me everyday! Things with the house are well. Life is good! I am looking forward to a fabulous LONG weekend with Brian, Jami and Dan! We have so much fun together and I just miss Jami so much. Though Denver is not that far away... I miss my best friend. I cherish each moment I get to spend with her and I just hate when we have to say 'goodbye'. Cherish the friendship you have- they make your rich in life! Love you Jami!

But here are a few updated photos since last month.

Happy 27th Birthday to US! Celebrating in style at the Rio! And yes the bigger the better on the sunglasses!

My cutie pie husband...

Jim and Dan..

In Denver visiting Jim! Eating at Yai Yai.. It was tasty!

I think everyone knows how much I love wine...

Cute! Do I hear wedding bells??? Oh wait... I think I do!

Poor baby Guinness. . .

Things have been a little rough in the Hopkins house lately. Guinness was next up to visit the hospital. He had to have surgery on his little (well lets rephrase that... NOT so little) paw on Tuesday. LONG story short, he had an old injury from his old family (bad family ;op) that they never took care of and it became super infected. There was a lot of scar tissue that needed to be removed as well as the infection. So to say the least, having an 80lb dog wander around the house with a cone is pretty funny. But on a serious side- since we do not have kids yet- Kingstin and Guinness are our kids and taking care of him was super important to us. It was so sad to see him all druged up. I think I got a "small" super small glimpse into parenthood and what is it like to have a sick baby. ..

Guinness and all of his cone head glory.....

The vet had to "jimmy rig" his cone so that he could not get to his paw. Oh yes... the baby boy took his bandage off with is cone head still on the day after his surgery! I know you wish your dog was as talented as mine!!!

Our handsome boy with his hurt paw....

Guinness and his favorite brother.... Kingstin- doing their favorite thing- EATING. Just an idea of how big Guinness really is compared to our little one. But he loves his Kingstin Behr! They are pretty darn cute together! ...Don't worry Jim- we still love Tobias. :)