Invite

It’s finally Weldwerks Invite time! When the event was announced way back in February, I knew it was going to be the can’t miss event of the month of June, possibly the summer. I was fortunate to be selected as one of the volunteers for the day. So I spent 8 hours downtown helping ticket, ID, check-in and  promote Greeley to all the visitors. Most importantly, I got to sample some amazingly rare beer from around the country. I served the first shift with Fremont Brewing from Seattle and the second shift with Boulevard Brewing from Kansas City. Even got to spend some time with Scribbs! 









 

Tattoos

Getting matching tats! For Jens Mother’s Day present, Noah and Jen got matching owl tattoos! This would be Noah’s third and Jen’s first. Noah did great. Jen, well, I think the pictures capture her feelings. Way to be brave Jennifer! 

Friday Night!

After wrapping up the BBQ, the fun wasn’t done yet. Some of us headed downtown for the grand opening of Tower 56, the newest craft distillery in town. It was great to spend some quality time with Kelly and Tom while Noah and Jen were busy with...

BBQ

For Noah and Leza’s last night in Greeey, we weee able to host a small evening gathering with his friends and ours. It was fun to see these kids that have finished their freshman year of college and are starting to make their way in the world. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and meet Leza. 

Laramie

Noah and Leza are having a pretty great visit here in Colorado this week. Meeting Noah’s friends, seeing places around Greeley and the Front Range, and today a trip to Wyoming to meet Grandma Roth and see everything Laramie has to offer. Grandma bought lunch for them today at the new steakhouse! I’m excited to be home late tonight to spend some time with them! 

Noah!

Noah’s home! And he brought a friend! Taking a quick trip back to Greeley this week between the end of his freshman year, and the start of summer classes next week. We are so thrilled and happy to have him back for a few days. Lots planed for him and Leza! 

Hail!!

Holy hail Batman! Massive storm rolled through Greeley this afternoon a dropped a bit of hail in the area. Thankfully Jen and the kids were all home to get out the hail/water that had accumulated in the window well and leaked into the library. Sadly, I wasn’t available to help since I’m at the mothership in Lone Tree all week.  

The 601

Noah has successfully completed his first year of college this week. Seems like just yesterday we were moving him into room 601 at Portland State. And now here he is saying goodbye to his first college roommate Marco, cleaning up, checking out and moving to his summer room before moving again in September to start his RA job in a different dorm. So proud of the kid and the great things he accomplished this school year. Looking forward to his visit back to Greeley this week with his girlfriend. 

Dropkick

Dads get to have fun too! While Jen and D were trompsing around Europe and the Littles were on their way home, I joined a group of good friends on the Party Bus to go see Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys. It was sweaty (98 in Denver that day), crowded (8000 people at the venue?) and loud (WHAT?). Also they only had either Guinness or PBR?? Oh well. It was still a great show. Didn’t make it on stage like I did 2 years ago, but Coach did.

In this edition of its a small world...the lady in from of me turned around and wouldn’t you know it; the maid of honor from our wedding: Jennifer Gram and her husband Mark and their two kids. How random! Haven’t seen her in like 20 years! 

Next concert is Darius Rucker! 

Montana

The Littles returned safely on Sunday night from their 10 day missions trip with the Mountain View E-free youth group. They were able to serve at Camp Utmost in northern Montana, staining building, cleaning the camp, and Leaving His Mark with the many people they came into contact with to and from. The adventures they were able to do this year included a tour of the former Wyoming penitentiary, a stop at Old Faithful and a tour of the Lewis and Clark Caves. I hope to have more pictures soon. 

Wesley!

Pretty proud of my brother. He had the opportunity this week to participate in the official swearing in of over 50 new American citizens. Living in the Black Hills and representing the Senator has its benefits. Great photo too. 

BBH-Greeley

I love networking with my job. Lots of opportunity to do that with all the groups I’m involved in: Greeley Chamber, Evans Chamber, BNI, and a few boards I serve on including the Community Grief Center. 

This morning was the monthly Business Before Hours hosted by my friend Brad at Sears Real Estate. It was a beautiful morning to shake some babies and kiss some hands! 

More Paris!

A few more from Europe today. The adventure to get back to 80634 begins in about 2 hours! 

Paris!

Jen, Little D and the group from Frontier are enjoying their last day in Paris. And what a trip it’s been! I can’t wait to hear all the stories when they arrive safely home tomorrow night. I hope it was worth 2 years of dishwashing for Andrew to pay for his own trip. 

2018!

Happy New Year! Welcome back to Campingdad. I’ve decided to start blogging again in order to capture the daily goings on in our family. I’ve missed it. I decided to disconnect the feed from Facebook, so only people who know about the blog will be able to find it, instead of clicking over from Facebook. It will be a little more private that way I believe. So I’ll be able to share a little more about our family then I normally would on Facebook. Does that make any sense? I hope so. 

Welcome back dear readers. Thanks for making this little piece of the internet a daily stop.