Life is what happens..

So two weekends ago, this happened:

Roomie came to visit for a weekend and we did the 5K Color Run, which proudly claims to be "The happiest 5K in the world" or something like that. I have to admit, it was pretty dang happy.  I don't really know why they make a race out of it, though.  Just get 10,000 people in a park and give them a bunch of packets of that color powder. All people want are the pictures anyway.  Making it a 5K just makes you feel guilty that you should be running.

If you run the whole 3.1 miles of a Color Run...you have no soul.

Nicole and I did lots of other stuff while she was here, but I've already inundated Facebook with pictures of what we were doing literally every second she was here.  If we are Facebook friends, thank you for sticking around :)

Fun, fun weekend.  Love you, roomie.  Come live with me again.  We owe it to chocolate chip cookies.

So this past weekend I just got back from my parents' house in Spearfish, SD.  My uncle from Florida was there, as well as my cousin from Fargo with her brand new 2-month old baby.  Every family event is a bajillion times better with a baby, in my opinion.  So it really was a great mini family reunion.

What made it official was the house being filled with every type of dessert and sugar filled food item possible, and my mom constantly offering it to us.  "Why don't you have some ice cream? Who wants cake!  Finish this, or it will go bad.  Cinnamon rolls for breakfast! (And yes, I did just have to go to my spice cabinet to figure out how to correctly spell cinnamon.)"

I have also inundated Facebook with pictures of this trip, so I'll only add the ones I didn't post there.

So here, come along with us on our lil family trip to the Spearfish Fish Hatchery!

Baby E progression: 

 

K so.  They're siblings.  No resemblance at all, right? Goodness gracious. 

Cousins.  Notice the rival teams t-shirts.  We didn't.  Because I love her.  

Dad bought fish food! 

Yes, so here we are...feeding the fish. 

 Showin Tommy trout some love. 

If I was normal height, this is how we would stand.  Nope. I'm tall. And a step down.  

Aaaand.  She's cute :)

In other news, I start my co-ed rec soccer league this Tuesday.  

Nervous.  Sure, I can run 13 miles.  But sprinting short distances? Ball handling skills? Coordination? Kill me now. I also just realized I don't know where my soccer cleats are.  So I'll be showing up in my Asics running shoes.  "Hey guys!" 

And I've started a small group through church with Alex on Wednesday nights.  Pretty pumped about that actually!  

Oh! And guess what? Next weekend I'm flying to Seattle to hang out with this pretty amazing guy I get to call my boyfriend.  So I get to see where he's from and meet some of his people :)  Also, I'm taking him with to go see my family in Oregon AND my best friend is in Seattle for training before she goes to Alaska (She's got a more intense version of my same adventurous spirit.  And I love her. ) so he gets to meet her too! God has been good in this part of life.  Pretty blessed!!! 

Life is still crazy.  God is still good.  Colorado is still sunny and warm every day. So there you have it! Life of Kirsten.