Piney Lake

Hello Molnau's - Today was the first Monday that both Joseph and I have had off together so we decided to do something a little fun...we cleaned/organized a bit this morning, and I worked out after lunch, THEN we went to Piney Lake!

I do have to say that our time at Piney Lake was the best part of the day! Joe even surprised me with a little picnic packed for us to enjoy at the lake! So we sat and enjoyed some sparking wine, cheese and crackers, and some strawberries!

It is back to work tomorrow for me...boo! I have a Dr appointment tomorrow morning; nothing serious just a consultation with a Dr. out here should I ever need to see one.

I have attached a few photos for you to enjoy from Piney Lake, but I will send some more tomorrow when I have a chance! Tomorrow I think I will see if the Twins are on and watch the game for sure!

Love you and miss you!

Amy

XOXOX

Still in my pajamas

So here I sit on the couch still in my pajamas! One might say that I was a bit hung over this morning. We have done nothing today but watch football and sit on the couch - I did take a nap around noon to get rid of my headache.

So last night we went down to Boulder and checked out Pearl Street. It is a walking mall with shops, bars, restaurants and LOTS of people watching! I enjoyed a few beers last night and then for whatever reason had 2 glasses of red wine at the last place we went to. I think that is where I went wrong and why I didn't feel the best this morning.

It looks like you had fun today at the Twins game! GO TWINS!! And the video of Ben walking is great! I thought he was going to fall, but he got his balance and went on into the kitchen.

I am going to work out tomorrow and then I think Joe and I will go for a walk or check out Piney Lake. Joseph has changed his schedule so we now have the same days off work. Maybe I will call you on my way to the gym so there aren't any boys around :)

Enjoy the photos from last night. Oh, any word on a possible visit??

I am going to shower now that it is almost 8:30 P.M.!

Love you and Miss you all!!

Amy

XOXOXO

Here Comes Ben!

"Hi" from Ben!

Go Twins!

Ben

Fall Colors

Morning Molnau's! How is everyone doing this fine Saturday? I am doing well - I made it into work a little early this morning because I am going to be leaving early and heading down to Boulder, CO with Joe and Michael Payne to check out the town and hang out with the college kids :)

The fall colors out here in Vail are already close to reaching their peak - or at least that is what the weather man said this morning on the news. There are a lot more people staying out at the Racquet Club this weekend too - I guess this is like the "Duluth" of Colorado and people come here to see the change in colors.

Do you guys have big plans for the weekend? OH, you get to go watch the Twins tomorrow with Mom and Dad! PLEASE have a beer for me...and a pretzel :) I think Joe and I are going to go to a local establishment and watch the Vikings lose....I mean the game - HA!

Enjoy the photos of the beautiful fall colors; the last photo is from our last trip up the Gondola to the top of the mountain. Hopefully I will have some to post from our travels to Boulder!

Love you and Miss you all like crazy!

Amy

XOXOX

Almost the weekend!

Hello - how is everyone doing?!? I am doing good! Just sitting on the couch while Joe is on the phone with Sprint....and it is not going well :(

We went out last night to watch the Twins game with some other couples; most of them are also from MN! As you can see from the picture, there were some shots involved....not good! The other picture is of some of the people we were out with. It was a night that we left the cars parked in the ramp and took the bus home.

How was MRPA? I hear you met John Elder!! Isn't he fun!? How was the conference? Was there anything interesting to see there? Were the boys excited to see you when you got home?

Do you have big plans for the weekend? We are thinking of going to Aspen and 'explore' a bit and maybe go to a few bars and check out the town while it is quiet.

I hope that all is going well! Feel free to call me if you wanna chat at all.

Love you and Miss you!!

Amy

XOXOXO

SUNset Cruise

Amy,

The wedding was nice, really nice actually...kinda like something you'd see on "Platinum Weddings" on the "WE" channel.

I went kayaking tonight with Christian and 2 other people who had signed up for one of my kayaking classes that I offer. It was really fun, and pretty and quiet and I really enjoyed trying a new activity. I could totally go for a laid back paddle like that again; I think I may sign up for one of the early morning classes next spring, that way I can grab a coffe and have some quiet sanity time and still have a majority of my day to spend being productive or hanging with my boys.

Joe's company picnic looked fun and you could just about snatch that little Lexi up and put her in your pocket...SO CUTE! Food, wine and a little broke back mountain...oh and Joe posing as a cowboy! Did he wear his Wranglers and shit kickers too?!?!!?

I hope you enjoyed your quiet time before Joe got home. I attached a couple photos from kayaking on Lake Waconia for you to view. They should remind you (obviously) a lot of a picture perfect MN night. That's me in the bottom picture, Christian snapped one of me so that I'd have it for my work portfolio and the blog!

Have a good night, sleep well and I'll talk to you tomorrow!!!

Love you,

Sarah

4 Eagle Ranch

Hi there!! Today was Joe's company picnic at 4 Eagle Ranch just outside of Wolcott, CO. It was very nice and reminded me of the place where CJ and Ali got married last fall.

There were activities for everyone at the picnic; horse shoe pits, hay rides, 3 legged race, and potato sack races - oh, food and drinks too :) I have attached a few photos taken from my phone cause my camera wasn't working...I think it may be dead :( Enjoy them, most of them are of the views on the ranch, but I have included one of Joseph as well as one of Lexi (Joe's bosses daughter).

How was the wedding yesterday? I called Grandma's and talked to Joey for a little bit! Ben was hungry and wanting more Applesause so I didn't get a chance to talk to him much.

I am enjoying a bit of quiet time at the apartment right now! I convinced Joseph to go on a motorcycle ride with one of his co-workers from the the hotel. When he gets back I am sure we will watch football and enjoy a frozen pizza.

Nothing planned for the rest of tonight or tomorrow really. I am sure I will make it in to the gym at some time tomorrow but not sure when exactly. OH, and I am going to see a guy about a job serving or helping at the bar somehow.

I am going to get some reading done before Joseph gets home but wanted to post some photos for you and say hi!

LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!

Amy

XOXOXO

Afro-Men!

Amy and Joe~

Jesse and the boys were having a bit of fun during bath-time tonight, which in itself sounds kind of "dirty"; however, as you'll see it was innocent afro-bubble fun!

I also included a picture of Joey from 2006 in a similar bath pose...wierd to see how old he is getting and scary to realize how fast they grow up.

I hope your workout went well and that you had something yummy for dinner after all those calorie burning exercises.

Have a good night and we'll talk to you soon.

Love and Miss YOU!

Sarah and the Boys

An evening Hike

Hi there Molnaus!

The server at work is down today so I am a bit limited with what I can do for work. I thought I would take advantage of this situation and blog!

Last night Joe and I went for a nice walk/hike when we got home from work! We walked up by one of the waterfalls by our apartment. I attached a few pictures but I don't think they turned out the best - time for a new camera! As you can see we hiked up pretty far. Did you see Joe peeking through the trees in one of the pictures?! The leaves are starting to 'change' out here, but it isn't as nice as back home. I guess they really only change to a golden color, but at least there is some change!

How are all of the boys?!? I am sure you are busy, but hopefully getting some time to rest a bit. I am working out tonight after work but maybe I can call tomorrow while Joe is at hockey and we can chat? Let me know if it will work with your schedule. I really don't know much but I think it is more fun to talk on the phone sometimes ;)

I hope you are all having a great day and I will talk to you soon! The last picture I snapped myself on Saturday while I was at work...it was beautiful out and tried my best to get the ski hill in the background. I think I have a funny face in the photo...do you?

OKTOBERFEST

Oktoberfest is here in the Vail Village this weekend so I thought I would go walk around and check it out over my lunch break! I saw brats, kraut, lederhosen, beer steins, and even heard the 'beer toast' while I was out!

I do have to say it is a bit over piced, but that is just my opinion. I mean $5 for a 6 oz. or 8 oz. beer!! COME ON! It was nice to get out though and check out all of the events and vendors at the festival. I found my favorite lady....the one with the cupcakes!

When I took the picture of the brats the guy walking next to me asked "Did you really just take a picture of the brats?" and I said YUP, I'm gonna email to my sister in MN :)

Last night I didn't do much and it was perfect! I woke up 4 times during the night though...I think it had to do with sleeping in the apartment alone for the first time. Not sure what the plan is for sure tonight - I am supposed to call Polly when I am done with work. I am thinking it may be another low key night because Polly is trying to get over a cold.

How are you feeling? Well enough to do the 5K for Nickel Dickel Days? Maybe I will call tomorrow before I head into the gym and check in to see how everyone is feeling. I am going at 6:00 (7:00 your time) - or I can call after? Let me know.

I hope all is well! Tell the boys Hi for me! Yesterday at work I went through I read ALL the blogs from June until the most recent post. I laughed when I saw Jesse's post of him and Clay.

Love you and miss you!

Amy

XOXOX

A 'free' weekend ahead

Hi All -

Well, Joe left this morning for Denver to catch his flight home for the weekend - along the way he hit a 'rock slide' and was worried that he had done damage to his car, but it sounds like everything was OK.

Can you believe we had some snow already?! Nothing much and it was mostly up in the mountains, but still I saw snow this morning on my way to work. I stopped on the frontage road and snapped a few pictures of the dreary morning we had here today. Katja is back in the office after her vacation to Finland and I told her the story of you calling her Fajita Katija. She laughed and thought it was cute :)

Oktoberfest is going on again this weekend so I hope to check that out tomorrow on my lunch and maybe afterwork - who knows?! I don't have much planned for the weekend besides enjoying some quiet time, a little reading, organizing the extra bedroom at our apartment, and maybe some 'girl talk' with Polly - oh some wine of course!

How is Joey feeling? Keeping everything down? Ben doing OK after the bee sting too? WOW - you need a weekend of RELAXATION!!! You know a good palce to relax....VAIL, CO!! :)

Well, I should get going...I am going to run out and grab a slice of pizza from Vendetta's for lunch today - YUM!

Give the boys a hug and kiss from Aunite Amy!

Love you and Miss you!

Amy

XOXOX

Goodnight!

Amy~

Nothing new here, but wanted to send you a picture of your nephews...cuddling under your blanket! I'll take a picture of the boys in the morning and send you a photo of them in their new shirts that they got from you in the mail today.

Have a good night and we love you!

-Sarah, Joey and Ben

Back to School

Amy~

Joey had his first day of Pre-School 2008 today and it was traumatic and scary at first, but once the bus pulled up to Shelly's it was "Bye Mommy!" and away he went.

You can see the stunned look on his face as he is getting off the bus, because NONE of his classroom teachers were outside to direct him to his classroom...not cool! Once we got inside the tears were finally done and he was a happy camper!!!

I'm sure his afternoon will go fine and it is so hard to believe that one year from now, he'll be in school all day long! YIKES, time flies by way too fast!

Hope you have a good day and enjoy all the pictures of Joey. I've posted them small, but you can click on them to enlarge them.

Later Tater,

Sarah

Ben's First Hair Cut!

Amy~

We took Ben for his first hair cut today, and he did great. I have included photos of both boys from their big day at Rich's Barbershop and Rich is also going to be Joey's bus driver again this year too. So, now when you hear Joey get all excited about Rich's Bus you'll know who is talking about. Rich is also a retired firefighter too.

I hope your dinner turned out well and I'll blog Sunday night or Monday morning. We'll have photos from Emma's Birthday party AND Monday is Joey's first day of school! Big 48 hours coming up around the Molnau house.

;)

Have a good night and miss you guys lots!

Hugs from MN!

Sarah