Halloween

What a fun filled weekend for Halloween.  It started with happy hour at a new restaurant that I have been wanting to try for a long time, Tahona.  Michelle and I met up to grab a drink and appetizer before meeting up with Brad for dinner.  The happy hour was great with lots to choose from and amazing food.  We will defiantly be going back and it is on my list for best restaurants, I was very impressed.  It was so fun to get out with a best friend and just chat and forget about life, what a treat!!!  We later met up with Brad did some site seeing and people watching before dinner.  We went to SALT, it is the new "it" restaurant on Pearl Street.  There food is very good and they use ingredients from local farms in the area.  They even have a salt dish on the table with salt from Greece and the Middle East.  Michelle and I shared a beet salad, squash salad and pasta.  Brad had the New York strip steak, it was all simply amazing.   See below for a link to both Restaurants...

http://www.saltboulderbistro.com/index.html
http://www.tahonaboulder.com/index.htm

Saturday we bummed around Boulder and ran some errands.  We also meet up with my mom for lunch and shopping at 29th Street mall.  Brad had a soar throat so we headed home early and called it a night.

Halloween was a ghoulish time with lots of fun.  We started the day out with a Bronco loss which was no surprise with the way they have been playing football.  When ever they suck I revert to calling them "the donkeys".  This year it seems like all the football teams are a lost cause.  Anyways now on to the fun.  We booked a tour with Banjo Billy's in Boulder with John and Maggie, it was a ghost tour.  I read online to get there early to snag the  "saddle" seat.  We were the first one's to board and sure enough I rode on the saddle the whole tour.  My legs and butt were a little soar afterward but I DID IT!!!  It was a great time with lots of spooky ghost stories.  It was fun to drive around Pearl Street and see all of the costumes and hear lots of fun stories.  The tour was great and I highly recommend it for a fun Boulder activity. The horn was great on the bus with three different options... A dogs bark, I horses nah, and a woo, woo, when ever anyone waved we would yell YEEHA!!  It was lots of fun, all four of us had a great time.  Afterward we headed to West End Tavern to have some of their famous wings before calling it a night.  I have been shocked all weekend the the beautiful weather we have had for October!!!  When I grew up trick-or-treating it never failed we always had to wear our coats because of the cold weather.  Not this year it was absolutely gorgeous.  I hope everyone  had a great fun filled weekend, we did!!!

In front of the bus, before the tour

Saddle up!!

 

Flavors of Fall-Pumpkin

I have a confession to make...  I am obsessed with pumpkin and pumpkin flavors.  Today was an all time low for me when I went to 2 different places just to get my pumpkin fix.  This has become a daily run for me and I start to get grouchy if I don't have my pumpkin fix.  Here is what I have been obsessing over.

1. Einstein Brothers: They have a new "fall" pumpkin beagle.  As if this isn't good enough they also have pumpkin smear to go on top.  Let me tell you this is so good.  I have already gone there a least 8 times in 2 weeks and was dreaming about it when we were in Mexico.  Yesterday the lady said to me " You know you could just buy a dozen and freeze them, it will save you money."  Wow that is when you know you crossed the line when the employees are telling you how to save money.  To my great joy she also told me that the pumpkin bagel will be there until Thanksgiving.  Great news I don't have to go everyday now just every other!!

2. Jamba Juice: I have always been a fan of the drinks here but when I saw the promotion for the "Pumpkin Smash" I could hardly hold in the excitement.  IT IS BY FAR THE BEST DRINK EVER!!  It tastes like a pumpkin pie in drink form.  Today as I made my run the guy making my drink turned to me and said you are our best costumer for the "pumpkin smash".  Once again I don't think it is good to be recognized when you are getting your fill of pumpkin.  However after talking to him about how much I loved in and couldn't get enough he gave me a free drink coupon, SCORE, that means another pumpkin shake. 


YUM, YUM!!



3. Pumpkin Butter: this is a cheap easy treat you can buy at the store to put on like jams.  I use it on toast in the morning, to put on yogurt and even ice cream.  I have already gone through 1.5 jars and still going strong.

4. Pumpkin Seeds: Each year the best part about carving the pumpkins is the seeds.  I will roast them up with different flavors.  Some how the all disappear in a few days.  Hmm.. wonder who eats them all :)

Brad thinks I have officially gone off the deep end.  O'well I look forward to my pumpkin fix each year and I can't let myself down!! At lease it is a semi-healthy option right?  If you have any pumpkin ideas or recipe's I would love to see them.  After Thanksgiving will be a smooth transition into my PEPPERMINT FIX, if I have said it before I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

Fall Time at the Pumpkin Patch

Well what can I say I took a blog hiatus.  Well I AM BACK, I am ready to start blogging again.  With all the crazy things in our life it is a way for all of you to know what we are up to.  I promise this time to keep up and keep the blog updated at least weekly.  There will be lots to come with lots of traveling this summer and other activities.  I really enjoying reading everyone else's blogs  and I hope you all enjoy ours.  Happy Blogging!!!

This weekend was the usual craziness that we are used to.  It started with the CU game on Saturday.  We meet up with some friends at The Dark Horse in Boulder to enjoy drinks and burgers before the game.  It is always fun to hang out with friends and tail gate before the games.  Lets get real sometimes this is the only fun had because CU is not doing very well.  They are so wishy/washy you never know what you are going to get.  So lately instead of focusing on the CU game its self we are trying to focus on the time we have with friends before and after.  CU had and awful game and lost to Texas Tech. which they should have one against.  O'well we meet back up with our friends afterwards to have a drink before calling it a night.  I think even Ralphie the CU buffalo mascot is pissed about their losing streak as seemed to be running slower then normal.  We have found when you purchase season tickets you need to make the best out of them.

Ralphie Running before the game

On our walk to the stadium

Today we decided to be productive and try not to have our whole day revolve around the Bronco's game.  Don't even get me started on their season.  We thought CU was bad, well Bronco's have brought it to a whole to level!!  We decided what better timing then to pack up the "kids" and go to the pumpkin patch.  After fighting through the crowd we finally arrived a a good spot to start the search. This was the dogs second time to the pumpkin patch and they LOVED it.  Lucy likes to roll on the rotted pumpkins and Frankie likes to lick the pumpkins.  Between the two of them it is quite entertaining.  After walking, rolling and licking around we finally picked out 3 perfect pumpkins.  We then went to go see the cute farm animals.  They even had red colored baby pigs so my mom and I were in heaven.  We both love baby pigs and these were exceptionally cute.  

Ever holiday I day dream in my mind the perfect set up for the decorations.  In years past I have always wanted to get corn stocks to decorate with.  Well this year it popped into my mind that I wanted a hay bail where I could set up the pumpkins, gourds and mums.  Long story short it is not easy to find hay so we are "borrowing" hay from our farmer neighbors :)  We will put it back when we are done.  Sad to see the weekend coming to an end, but it was great to enjoy the beautiful Colorado fall weather.

All of us at the Pumpkin Patch.