September Weddings in Colorado and Kansas City

In September, Jim and I were fortunate to go to Colorado for my good friend Kathryn's wedding.  We left Thursday night and after a looooong wait for a rental car from Avis at the Denver airport, we made it to the cabin in Florissant, CO by 2:00 a.m.!  I do not recommend Avis!

After breakfast with the bride, groom, and their families on Friday morning, Jim and I drove to Colorado Springs and rented some mountain bikes.  It was a lot of fun to ride and we saw some amazing views!  I was glad no one else was with us; I had to stop and walk my bike at several spots that I deemed too dangerous.  I'm sure my younger self would have disagreed.

The biker who took this used to live a few miles from where we live now.  Small world.

Queen of the mountain!

Kathryn and Keith rented a cabin at the wedding site and let several of us stay there.  It was very spacious and so fun for all of us friends from high school to hang out together.  One odd thing about the cabin was that everything was for sale.  Jim and I tried on these outfits that were hanging in our closet, but decided not to purchase them.

The high school friends:

After breakfast on Saturday morning, we went to the Garden of the Gods to hike.  Another great thing about our cabin was there was a huge teddy bear in the bathtub.  Yes, that's right.  In the bathtub.  We decided the bear needed to explore with us.  Jim was more than happy to pose with it.

Damon shows off his hiking skills.

The wedding was Saturday evening.

Jim and Damon were the only husbands who came from our group of friends.

There were special K-squared labels for Kathryn and Keith!

The beautiful bride with her two brothers.

I was honored to do a reading during the ceremony.  I'm pretty funny.  :)

That's Pike's Peak in the background.

We dared Sara to drink from the centerpiece and she did.  It was just like high school again!

Kathleen proved she could still do the splits!

The following weekend, I went to Kansas City for the wedding of one of my former cross country runners.  I was honored to be invited to the rehearsal dinner on Friday night, too, where I met up with a couple other former runners.

The wedding and reception were beautiful, and the bride was stunning!

Another bonus was that I got to see my cousins Katie and Kristen, and their adorable families. Kristen let me stay with her in her beautiful home.  I may or may not have gone to the wrong house after midnight after the wedding because I made a wrong turn.  Oops!