::sneak peek interruption::

This little interruption to the LONGEST drawn out bike race report ever is to give you a sneak peek of the yard/garden stuff I'm going to show you later if I can ever get to it. This is a rosebush that lived in our courtyard before we lived here. It was dying. I had never seen in bloom in the year since we moved in. Then we got the drip system installed and a new planter built and a while later I checked the bush and there were what seemed like a dozen buds. It was amazing. And the roses are gorgeous.

I'm very happy with our courtyard right now and I'm excited to show it off!

::leadville part 2 part 1::

This is mostly just photos for you. Pre race at 5 something AM in the morning. Crowds crowds and crowds.

A sea of helmets.
Kris is pumped up!
At least when he knows we're watching!


Max was the one that was really pumped up though.

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I figured since it's been a WHOLE MONTH since I posted last, I'd better post something so it didn't seem like I had left the country or died or something. We're still here! It's just been a very very busy summer with work. We bought another practice and hired a new dentist and figuring out how to manage all that along with all the problems that come up at our main office has been really challenging. I'll post the rest of Leadville soon and we just went on a fun beach vacation to San Diego and I actually had time to take some photos. We also did some cool things with our little courtyard in the middle of the house and now we have flowers! So this is my hope--that I will get to post more, because I love to do it and I miss it when I'm too busy. And later on when I go to read back there'll be a big hole in the fun history. So hold me to it, I'll be back soon.