Lot's of Snow!

They say it was a record snowfall for this early in October in Fort Collins. Check out this picture from our balcony!
- Brent

Hmmmmm...

Not much to keep track of anymore, huh?

We're in the same place as my last post, which was AGES ago, doing most of the same things we were doing then. Pretty boring.

But really, September was a pretty busy month. Lots of stuff going on! Here's a quick and dirty version:

In mid-August I cut 85% of my hair off. And I'll probably be going for another chop relatively soon.

Brent started taking violin lessons from a guy in Boulder. He's really enjoying them! His teacher says that he has to teach someone to play the violin, so I volunteered. So I'm learning how to play the violin a little too.

We took a short trip to San Francisco around August 29th. We went to the farmers market, spent some time with my sisters, and went to see the Giants play the Rockies at AT&T Ballpark. Our seats were great, Brent commented that he hadn't sat that close to home plate since Little League!

The next weekend (September 5 and 6) we went up the the Rocky Mountain Shambhala center to take a class on meditation. Brent was looking for some techniques to use in his practicing, and I was just sort of along for the ride, but it was an interesting class. The Great Stupa and the surrounding area is very beautiful, though. It was worth it just to be there. And it was Brent's birthday! Happy Birthday Brent!

The following weekend we jetted off to Bloomington to visit Janelle and to go to Brent's cousin's wedding (congratulations Ken and Kristen!). While there we ate awesome Korean food, wandered around IU, and visited Janelle and Sung's community garden plot.

Brent climbed Longs peak on Sept 20 (right before it started snowing in the high country). He said that he was probably one of the last 20 people to make it up this season. Even as he hiked down he could see the storms rolling in.

My Dad, Brent and I all went down to Albuquerque around September 26 to help Nathan move into his newly acquired house. Hope he's unpacked a little...

Finally, last Friday, October 2nd, Brent and I and Scott and Holly all spent the evening in Boulder. It was Scott and Holly's first night out without the boys in a while, and we had a lot of fun! We started out at the Dushanbe Tea house, where we had lovely, spicy chai and appetizers. Then we went to see the Kronos Quartet play at Mackey Auditorium. They played "Black Angels" which is a very famous, though disturbing, piece of theirs - it was really fascinating to see them play it. We finished up the evening with dinner at Jax Fish House, which is an INCREDIBLE restaurant. It was a really fun evening, we hope to do it again soon!

That's pretty much it! Work is busy, our apartment is great, and we got a big bag of local Honeycrisp apples at the farmers market this past weekend. Leaves are changing, and there's a forecast of snow for tomorrow. It must be fall!

Best wishes all! Here's another bonus picture from Brent's Longs peak hike.


Kim

p.s. - Brent and I have both found our way onto facebook in the recent past as well. If you haven't found us there already, friend us!