Big Break

So I think we had a major break through on Sunday. Ever since we moved to Longmont Drew and I have been trying to make friends. We find ourselves being extra friendly to strangers and are often tempted to follow/stalk anyone we see that's our age. We've also been struggling to find a church that we like. This is all a new experience for us because we've always had such great community everywhere we've lived. But hey, new experiences are what we moved here for. So on Sunday we met and had coffee with a lady who is trying to get Young Life started in Longmont. She knows some people that will be great contacts for us as far as making friends and getting to know people in the area. She invited us to the next Young Life committee meeting and to go stay at Crooked Creek (a YL camp near Winter Park) for the weekend in early December. She also told us about a couple good churches in the area. It was so great to sit and talk with her, now I have some hope that we will make some friends that actually live in Longmont (right now all our friends live in Denver or Colorado Springs which means that we have been driving 30+ miles to hang out with people).

Also of note, we're having a Halloween party this weekend. We bought a fog machine and a black light so I'm pretty sure it will be awesome. We've also been watching a lot of scary movies lately (thanks for the free Netflix Dad!). Then, every night after we finish watching the scary movie Drew dares me to go to the basement in the dark. The one time I was brave enough to do it he hid in the corner and scared the crap out of me. So now I won't do it. It's really scary down there, especially with the lights off, which is exactly why the Halloween party is going to take place there. I'm going to be Carrie (from the scary movie, not from Sex and The City) and Drew is going to be a toilet. I'll be sure to post pictures.

The other big break is that a couple ski slopes opened up yesterday and today...

I haven't taken any pictures recently and since a blog with no pictures is no blog at all- here are a few from Drew's trip to Moab with the GE Johnson boys a few weeks ago.

Drew's fun fact: A watermelon is a vegetable not a fruit.

The Altitutes

This past week has been a lot of fun. Last weekend Drew, Sean, Hunter and I hiked Mount Democrat. We all met Friday night at this hole-in-the-wall bar in Alma, CO called Alma's Only Bar. We had a couple beers and talked to some of the locals, who definitely seemed like they didn't get to the big city very often. There was a lady camped out in the single stall bathroom the whole night crying in the corner. She wouldn't leave or accept any help from us, so I had no choice but to use the bathroom with her sitting right there. She didn't seem to even notice, and I'm still not sure if that was a good or bad thing. Anyway we camped that night at the trailhead which was at 12,000 feet. It wasn't a very restful night since it got down into the 20s and I was sleeping in a tent with 3 boys with the "altitutes" (apparently being at altitude gives some people gas). The hike the next day was very cold but very beautiful. It was completely different from the other 14ers we've done because the trailhead was above treeline which made it feel like we started half way through. It was still pretty difficult and took about 5 hours total, but as always the views were worth the effort.

Last night we had a girls' night which turned into a slumber party. Mindy, Brett, and I spent the night at my new friend Danielle's house. I've known Brett and Mindy forever because we went to preschool and did Girl Scouts together back home. I lost touch with both of them after high school, but since we all randomly moved here we've been reunited. Last night we drank wine, talked about boys, and painted. It was just like when we were younger except we got to drink wine instead of milk. We all painted some pretty awesome paintings, especially my Day of the Dead skull. We even froze Mindy's underwear (because she was still wearing her bra) when she fell asleep first during the truth or dare portion of our party.

The other big event of this week was that Drew and I bought season snowboard passes. We're getting so excited! There's been a lot of snow on the mountains in the distance the past couple days which is beautiful but causes me to be a very bad driver (I can't not look at it).

Now if I could only figure out what to be for Halloween...

Drew's fun fact: The movie "Halloween" was shot in the spring and used fake autumn leaves.