Red Rocks, Mt Evans and a Wedding

The great thing about Colorado in the summer (and winter), is that there is always so much to do, and always, something going on.

Chris and I were again very privileged to be invited to another concert at Red Rocks. This time Jackson Browne was playing. We had cocktails and dinner before the show. At least this time it was not raining, you could really enjoy the amazing views while watching the concert. Thanks Robin and the gang for the invite.

The stand filling up

Jackson Browne performing

Posters from past performers at Red Rocks, includes U2, Sherryl Crow, Dave Mathews, UB40 and the list goes on...

The weather has been amazing, and so one day, I decided to take some "ME" time, get out of the city and what better place to do that than in the mountains. I drove to a park in Evergreen, Elk meadows, and went on a lovely long hike. The views were amazing, the weather perfect and with nothing but the sound of nature, it was bliss.

After a great hike, some home made saamies, I decided to go for a scenic drive up to Mt Evans. You can see and feel fall is in the air, as the Aspens are starting to change. Echo lake was stunning, and you could just sit and chill next to this beautiful place all day long. I found a pic-nic site which has the most amazing views over the mountains, definitely a place to take my visitors. It's always good to take some time out on your own, and have some alone time.

Contemplating the world from a view

The weekend only continues to get better. We went to Eerie to visit Iwan and Liezl for the night. As usual, the food was amazing, Iwan and Liezl really know how to cook. We met their neighbours who came over, and after watching the Bokke beat Australia, we really started celebrating. The next day, the guys played golf while Liezl and I snuggled up with a DVD and a pizza. Aaahhh, what a great end to a amazing weekend.

My rose bushes were trashed after the crazy storm 2 months ago. I am not sure what happened, maybe the roses felt like they had a good pruning, but they have just blossomed in the past 2 weeks. Love it!

Our garden is looking lovely, so sad to think in 2 months time it will be covered in snow )-:

The strangest thing happened last week, sitting in my study, a "swarm" of birds, like a black cloud landed in the garden, there were hundreds, in the front and back. They looked like little black starlings, and it sounded like an avery all around me. I tried to take some photo's but chased them away when I opened the door. Some came back, but not nearly as many as there were. I think that they were migrating to somewhere.

Melissa and Arts Wedding:

On Saturday, Chris and I headed to Breckenridge for the long awaited Art and Melissa wedding. After 2 accidents on the highway, we finally arrived at our hotel, "The Great Divide" Lodge. Shuttles were arranged to collect us at the hotel and take us up to Ten Mile Station. It was so strange seeing this mountain without snow, knowing we skied on the road we were driving up.

The views from Ten Mile Station (in Winter a restaurant and Apri-Ski spot).

Melissa looked amazing, and so happy!

The pastor was fantastic, dressed in a suite with her cowboy boots, she did a Indian Blessing at the end, which was very special.

Melissa's boss, Ken and his wife Sandra, sat at our table. What a great couple. Chris and Ken got horribly drunk on tequila, while Sandra and I danced.

Mrs Pieters and me

Hungover in front of Starbucks

Chris looking rather peppy in spite of all the shots

Breckenridge is stunning! It's 150 years old, with such charm, so much to see.

The main street in Breck

We got invited to a Brunch at the House the Bowman family rented for the week. The house could fit approx. 20 people, and it had great views. It was great seeing everyone after the big night, and Art and Melissa looked blissfully happy, Congrats guys!!!

Baby Woollam

Many of you who read my blog would know that my friend, Toni and her hubby John were expecting their first little baby. We did not know what is was, as they wanted to keep the sex of the baby a big surprise.

On Friday the 4th September, baby Troy Woollam was born at 13:54, at a healthy 3.5kg. I think he's going to be a rugby player (-:

Toni and Troy are both doing well and are at home, getting used to the new famiy life.

Congrats John and Toni. Little Troy is amazing, I can not wait to meet him!

Summer Parties in Colorado

The past few weeks have just felt like an endless amount of partying, with no end in view, well, at least for the summer.

Chris and I have continued on from Rodeo’s and dinners, to a kitchen warming, concerts and Pig Roasts.

Steve and Tracie remodeled their kitchen and dining room, and had the big reveal. Wow, what a stunning job they did. Big granite counters, a big see through fireplace between the kitchen and dining room.

Tracie and Steve invited some friends over to break this amazing space in…and boy did we ever. After a great meal and some tequila shots, we headed over to the Greenwood Village park for an amazing fireworks display that Greenwood Village puts on every year.

In the drizzling rain, we watched an amazing fireworks show.

As the show ended, the heavens opened up and we scrambled to get get home. The party started up again, and soon the girls were singing and dancing, reliving the 70’s and 80’s.

After midnight, and after way too much to drink, we decided to find our way home. I did have a open house the next afternoon to think of. Thanks Steve and Trace, what a great evening!

Last week Robin and Brian invited us to the Counting Crows concert at Red Rocks. I was soooo excited. My first concert at Red Rocks. Red Rocks is a natural Red Rock formation in Morrison, which has a open aired, rock amphitheatre. Artists love singing here due to the natural acoustics. The rain continued to come down that evening. We had a great dinner at the Red Rocks Grille with Robin, Brian and some of their friends.

Brian, Chris and Robin

After dinner we headed of to the box of 12 seats to enjoy the concert. We did not mind the rain, and enjoyed listening to Counting Crows and a great supporting band.

The amazing view of Red Rocks

The ampitheatre was fully booked, even in the rain!

I met some great gals from Boulder, who I will go and visit in Boulder soon. After way too much wine, rain, great music and company, Chris and I headed home for some sleep.

Saturday the sun finally came out, perfect weather for a pig roast. Yup, and pig roast. Our neighbours Cassie and Todd invited us to their parents annual Pig Roast event up in the mountains of Morrison.

Every year they host this, have about 100 people, over, a great band and a fully catered bar.

The massive spread, yummy!

Chris and I popped in for a lovely lunch with Fred and Lorraine in the afternoon and then headed to Morrison for the pig roast. They live on a Ranch in the most amazing scenic mountain area. The kids were loving a newly built play house, dogs were chasing balls and every one else was just chilling, taking in the scenery and fresh mountain air. The food was amazing and everyone had a great time. Soon the band started playing at Sunset, as the evening mountain chill settled in.

The playhouse Tom built for the grand kids, it's like a minnie cabin.

The boys having fun.

Katie and Addie playing in the grass.

Christina, me and Amy

Laura and Amy chilling out

I think next year we will pitch a tent and stay over, as some people did.

What a great weekend.

I met up with my fellow Real Estate Student buddies for Pizza. It was great catching up on all their news, comparing notes on how they find their Real Estate careers taking off etc. Most of them joined Keller Williams, another local RE firm in Denver, it seems as usual, I do things differently and joined Coldwell Banker.


Me, David, Mike, Dawn and Nat

My husbandsurprised me last week with 100 yellow roses, they were just stunning and so sweet of my hubby! Thanks Love.

This weekend I sat my 4th and 5th Open House. On Saturday I had 7 couples through, which was great. I am very excited about my new career and I am on a big learning curve every day. I have spoken to some of the successful guys and gals in the industry, getting some great tips and advice on how to be successful at this game. As most of you know I love chatting to people, but more than that I want to be different. I want to add value!

Well, it's another week, new challanges. A note to all my faithful followers, thanks for reading my blog. Have a great week, and remember, you reap what you sow!

The big cleanse

Or detox, or hell as I would refer to it.

My neighbour, Christina told me about this amazing Cleanse diet she did. So, as I always like to try something new, I embarked on the big cleanse this week. It's called the Ultra Simple Diet.It is focused to first cleanse your system for toxins, and then get you into a healthy eating routine. I decided not to ween myself of coffee, sweets and dairy. Nope, I went from zero to hero, and went cold turkey. The first day was OK, but the 2nd and 3rd were CRAP. I had a migraine on day 2 and a constant headache on day 3, my kidneys hurt and I was totally ratty. But by day 4, I felt fine, no more headaches, kidney ache and alot more energy.

The positives of this "diet" is that it helps improve overall health, increased energy, improved sleep patterns, bowl movements etc.


I still have 2 days to go, but so far so good, and best of all, I've started losing weight. Now I just need to drag my lazy bum to gym, and things will be really going well.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.