June 17, 2008
The birthday weekend!
Here it is...what all of you have asked for...pictures!
Group shot...Estes Park Wool Festival 2008!
From left to right: Kelly, Wanda, Michelle, Jeni, Genia, Me, Terrie, my Mom, and Mary-Kay. In the front row are Sam and Michaele.
These are the 2 cabins that we stayed in at Meeker Lodge. The bigger cabin had a really fun porch where we all got to hang and knit. It was so fun to be out of our normal element, but still all together knitting. We had dinner that night to celebrate my birthday. Needless to say, we laughed a ton and really had such a great time.
The next morning it was Wool Festival time. Our first stop was Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool. I love their sport weight wool. I made a Seraphim with the yarn I got a few years ago.(here on Ravelry, mine is pictured here) I picked up 6 skeins in the color Dark Magenta to make a sweater for myself. I would normally only buy 5 to make a sweater, but I was wisely guided by Michaele when she told me that if I was going to do something with a hood or cabled at all, I should get an extra skein. I'm thinking about knitting Roam with this yarn. I'm not 100% decided, but it's a thought. I also picked up 3 more skeins of Plain & Fancy in a gorgeous Reddish-Orangey color aptly named Red on Red. This is to make myself another Seraphim since I gave the first one to my Grandma.
Saturday afternoon, all the knitting girls went home and the rest of my family came up for the night.
We went to dinner at The Stanley Hotel that night. Seriously...the best meal that I've had in a long time. I highly recommend going there and eating at Cascades. We made S'Mores in the fireplace, instead of making a cake. The kids had a ton of fun with the s'mores and we all ate way too many. Boy it was fun! We all got up the next morning to a home cooked meal of biscuits and gravy. Thanks Drew! (my brother-in-law makes the best gravy ever!) We ended up going back to the wool festival on Sunday so that the kids could see all the animals. All in all...it was a fabulous way to spend my birthday.
This is my favorite picture that I took all weekend. It's my Dad and Mimi taking a little snooze together. Too cute!
My Dad starts a new chemo treatment on Thursday...we are hoping that his body responds well to this new clinical trial that he is participating in.
*You can see more pictures here!
I had such a fun time! So glad the fun continued for you with your family :) Mmmmm s'mores!
That's a really cute picture with Mimi and your Dad! I hope all goes well with the chemo for him!!
Posted by: Terrie at June 17, 2008 10:04 AMIt looks like you had a great time! Best wishes to your dad, too.
Posted by: margene at June 17, 2008 10:08 AMHappy Birthday! What a fabulous weekend.
Posted by: KM at June 17, 2008 10:54 AMmy favorite person is Terrie who looks like she is prepared for some major sun with that hat and shades! hehehehe
i'm so glad you had a good birthday and such fun.
What a great weekend Stacey! Happy belated birthday:) Hey your Dad looks really good!
Posted by: marisol at June 17, 2008 02:33 PMHooray for clinical trials. Im so happy he's in one . The ones I have been part of as a nurse have been rewarding and very successful. Keep thinking positive. Looks like it was a wonderful birthday.
Posted by: kathy b at June 17, 2008 03:05 PMYour birthday weekend was super fun. I'm so glad we were able to do it as a family. But, for my birthday, how about we go without my kids. JK love you sis!
Posted by: Whitney at June 17, 2008 03:59 PMsoooo fun! I loved every minute of it! What a blast! Now, I can't wait for camp....WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Mary-Kay at June 17, 2008 04:45 PMHappy Belated! The weekend looks so fun and the yarn yummy! LOVE your yarn tee...where did you snag that? MUST HAVE.
Posted by: Wannabe at June 17, 2008 06:08 PMLooks like the birthday gurl had tons of fun!!
The mountains are just gorgeous in the background of that 1st pic!
My favorite picture is of you and your Dad...it almost made me cry. He looks good and so do you. Blessings~Julie
Posted by: julie at June 17, 2008 08:58 PMWe had a grand time! Thanks for arranging it all. I'm glad the rest of your birthday was equally fun.
Posted by: Wanda at June 18, 2008 12:27 AMaww... what great pics! wish I coulda been there to help celebrate your b-day. It looks like it was a great time. Will be thinking of your Dad on Thursday!
Posted by: cyn at June 18, 2008 01:49 AMI had a blast! Can't wait to see what we do next year. I love that picture of you and Genia with your matching shirts. I also love the picture of you and your dad. I'm glad you had a great birthday weekend. Many more to come!
Posted by: Kelly at June 18, 2008 07:54 AMFabulous weekend! What a perfect way to spend a birthday -- surrounded by friends, family... and yarn!
Posted by: sam at June 18, 2008 06:26 PMOkay, I have to add this fest to the list next year, it looks like such fun! Glad you had a good birthday!!! We will be praying for the new chemo!
Posted by: sarah b. at June 18, 2008 07:47 PM