Zack and Marissa's big day!

Most of you have heard by now that my big bro is married! November 1st was the date in San Antonio, TX... that's where Marissa grew up.

It was a 3 day event. Thursday there was the rehearsal dinner on the Riverwalk in this awesome BBQ joint. There was an accordion player that Zack hired to pump up the party... oh dear! The Schmid family was in heaven!





Friday was Halloween, so a couple of Marissa's family friends rented out a ballroom at this gorgeous hotel for a huge bash.
If you can't tell, Sean and I are Juno and Blekers, Katrina is Sarah Palin and Zack is Dorothy from the Golden Girls.





Katie and Eric picked us up for some yummy breakfast tacos, and we even got to see their beautiful house!


The wedding was so unique and beautiful. Everything was very personalized and the food was amazing. I only cried like 5 times!
We are all so happy to have Marissa in the Schmid family!

Estes Park

The annual Scottish Irish Festival was this past weekend. I never knew it existed until our friends at work invited us. The festival started off with an opening ceremony where all the families were announced. Each had their different plaid skirts to strut as they walked in the parade.

We had a great time trying meat pies, and of course the smoked turkey leg.... (Sorry Brooke!) And let's just say there was plenty to wash down our food with! There was even a booth dedicated to buying shots of scotch!!!

There were also bands playing at the festival... Brother and Albennach.... so cool and unexpected. Albennach had like 9 people in their band and all but one were playing these huge drums. The one without the drum played the bagpipe...

I witnessed my first bagpipe malfunction. What memories!


On our walk home we ran into a bunch of Elk in the middle of the golf course. It's mating season!!!

Can you see Sean standing next to the giant Elk?

I'm so ready to stay in Denver this weekend

Our August has been non stop and I've been neglecting this blog. Sorry bloggers! Let me share a few highlights with you:


I visited Jen the last few days of July and then headed back to Denver to get ready for DC. Too bad I stepped on a huge peice of glass just 1 hour after I landed back in Denver! I was hobbling around DC the entire trip. Oh yeah, I won the DC trip on the radio! I was caller # 6, and won flights, hotel and tickets to Coldplay. We had an amazing time!




Doing the robot in front of the White House... we are awesome!


The next week Sean and I took off to Salt Lake City. My friend Nicole looked amazing and so happy at her wedding! Congrats to the Brickers!


We ended up seeing family in Ogden (We miss the Thompson's!) and even got in an Ikea trip! I got these awesome lights I installed under our kitchen cabinets. And there is even a touch pad that turns on the lights to 3 different brightnesses. I can't believe I'm blogging about lights!


Ok, the next weekend was my mom's 60th birthday celebration. I had been in constant contact with my aunt to ensure an awesome party at her house in Pleasanton. Katrina and I even made invitations! There were two parts to the party: an afternoon wine tasting and an evening at the oscars. The surprise was that we were doing a dinner murder mystery. We were an Italian family in mourning over the loss of our father and brother Pepe Roni... Yes so dorky but a such a riot. My brother played Marco Roni the son of Pepe, but he sounded just like Borat. "The balls of meat are good!" My mom was the star of the party and still is talking about how great it was.




OK, are you tired yet? I was and this next weekend was my weekend in Denver, because the DNC was coming into town. Katrina and I got involved in May when we heard about the opportunity to be suite attendants at the Pepsi Center. We had no idea she was going to be serving the Governor of Colorado! And they told me I was going to be serving the Clintons, but that never happened. I was in charge of Senator Dick Durbin. He is known to be responsible for getting Obama on the way to run for President. He even introduced Obama at the Thursday acceptance speech. I had an amazing time and I was so happy to be a part of the DNC!



And my last weekend was spent celebrating a friends new adventure in life. Cory and Nate are moving to Australia and the added bonus is that Cory is 6 months pregnant, so we had a small gettting together to celebrate their new journey. I'll miss you Cory!


August was a great month. I mean DC, Family, Nicole's wedding, my Mom 60th bday, Obama for your momma, and getting to celebrate with your best friends? Best month of 2008... for sure.

Guitar Hero... You are the best thing ever

Sean and I got it last night and I didn't let go of it until 12:30 a.m.

I woke up early (it's Saturday!) and played while Sean was at work. I kept catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror and just kept cracking up at myself holding the toy guitar controller. But I was on FIRE!!! I passed the 9 stages on the easy level, and I'm half way through the medium level. Think about my potential here! What if I just did this for a week straight? Should I then be able to pick up a real guitar and just go nuts?

Here is what my husband currently doing:

He got up for work at 3 am, and is super tired.... but that isn't stopping him from jamming though the night!!!

SkyWest posse meets the Rockpile... Go Rockies!

This is one of the few games I just didn't watch for some reason. Hmmmm...

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Sean and I were on the coast of Oregon this weekend visiting his parents at a beach house they rented out for the summer. I never realized how beautiful Oregon is...

Here are some pics:

Happy Hour at the Ninth Door

My sister and I were downtown Denver on Tuesday night and decided to try out the Ninth Door for a tapas happy hour. We entered the restaurant, sat at the bar and right off the bat we were asked the question of the night. Red or white... sangria. The red was a combination of acid and sweetness, while the white was smooth and sparkly. The white sangria I chose complimented our tapas wonderfully.

The first tapas, or small plate, was a slice of manchego cheese toped with a tiny dollop of tapanade and a brush of olive oil. The cheese was a bit smoky and creamy while the tapanade came though with a bright punch of tart and smooth olive flavor.

And the second plate was our favorite. You can’t beat a fried cheese ball, come on! But this wasn’t just any cheese. It was goat cheese coated in panko break crumbs and deep fried. After being fried it was topped with a honey chili sauce. The tart goat cheese in combination with the sweet honey chili sauce was amazing. And the crunchy panko added the perfect texture to the dish.

Is your mouth watering too?

Since my own trip to Spain I haven’t found any tapas bars that can compare, until the Ninth Door. I can’t wait to return. Preferably at happy hour...

Caribbean Curry

It was mojito night at the Bohling residence, and I was out to find a perfect meal to accompany our yummy mint flavored concoction.

Here is the link to a recipe I found on foodtv.com for Porc Colombo, or Caribbean Pork Curry:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_hl_eatingwell/recipe/0,,FOOD_30878_101024,00.html


I was super excited that this was a chicken stock base, and not a coconut milk base. Though, if you are in the mood for coconut milk and can afford the calories, go for it and make the substitution!

The only switch I made to the recipe was we sliced a Jalepeno and a Serano chile instead of a Scotch Bonnet. Make sure to take these out before serving... or you can leave them in and give them to a lucky person at the table. Then watch them start to sweat...

The flavors of the chile were balanced by the sweetness of the potato. And the pork became very tender. All the while, we sipped on our beverages that inspired us to look up this amazing dish.

We served it with rice, but it was a bit too starchy for me. I would have rather had it as is. This would make an amazing vegetarian dish sans the pork...

I'm a blogger!!!

And I'm lovin' every minute of it.  I have a feeling I'm going to get a bit out of control with his whole thing.  

Get ready for yummy recipes, stories that take too long to tell and some fun pictures while I'm at it.