Going to the Chapel....

And we're gonna get married. Going to the chapel of love.
So, at the tail end of the great 30-day birthday present, the beloved birthday book Greg made for me, I had one last envelope to open. It was Greg's, and it came with an engagement ring. I said yes! It was the most special, unforgettable day. We were celebrating our anniversary belatedly, because it was raining on our actual anniversary. Greg wanted to plan a picnic for me, since our first date was a picnic. But the weather hasn't cooperated. Since it poured last night, Greg told me we couldn't picnic, that he'd made reservations at a restaurant near his apartment. Unsuspecting, I arrived at his door to deposit my work bag, only to find he'd turned his apartment into a beautiful French garden. Lilies, mums, daisies, heather, plum branches, floating gardenia, even a lime tree! It was the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen. Candles dressed every single surface, and there was a picnic spread on the blankets that even Emeril would've been excited about. We ate cheese and bread and fruit, drank champagne, talked, ate our delicious picnic lunch, and then talked some more. And then Greg insisted I finish up my book, from a French bistro chair he insisted I sit in for photographs...so it was his page, and because the first three lines brought tears to my eyes I had him read it. And then more tears came, and then Greg, conveniently on his knees, asked me to be his wife.
And now my fiancé and I are going to my place to tell my parents...Life couldn't be better. I'm so thankful! Hope to see you all soon. Until then, check out the photos, which are worth more than a thousand of my humble words.
Paige

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Two Days, Two Mountains

Blue skies and sunshine warmed the slopes of Copper Mountain today, softening enough of the ice to make for a nice day of riding. Since they have not had a significant amount of snow here in Breckenridge for over a week, we decided to take advantage of Kelly's comp passes to Copper Mountain. Copper is only 20 minutes away from breck and has plenty of great terrain.


Yesterday, with the help of Kelly, her roommates, and Mountain Wave snowboarding shop, I was able to borrow/rent all the gear needed for a great day on the mountain. I got to Demo a Neversummer board with the new mission toe-strap bindings which made for a pretty sweet ride (although I still prefer my setup best).

We toured the mountain searching for some trace of powder taking runs on peaks 7, 8 and 9. It was great to get back to Peak 7 which, although it may not have the best runs on the mountain holds the most nostalgia of anywhere on the mountain.

After a hard day on the mountain, we retired down to Mi Casa for the best happy hour in town. We got a bunch of dollar tacos, two dollar buckets of wings, a ridiculously heaping plate of free nachos and a round of house margaritas. For old times sake we hit up the hot tub at our old apartment complex for some maxing and relaxing.

My gear arrived finally Thursday afternoon, apparently it was put on a plan to Minneapolis instead of Denver.

I wanted to give a special shout out to Jeff Livak, for not only keeping up with my site, but also offering to loan me snowboarding gear from his parents house down here in Blue River. Check out Jeff's Site, he is a kick ass graphic designer.

Boardless in Breckenridge

OK I know that probably sounds beyond cheesy, but it is infact my situation. I took a direct flight from SFO to Denver this afternoon and all of my gear did not make it. That includes all the clothing except what I was wearing, my board, and my kite.

Frontier seemed pretty cool about things and said they would deliver it when it gets in, if it gets in I guess will be the case. Besides that they will pay for me to rent my gear and buy some snowboarding clothing. We shall see.

Besides all of that, Ryan and I had little difficulty meeting up at the airport. We rented a totally stripped down chrysler sebring, who's station was pre-set to the hottest hip hop station in Denver.

The drive from Denver brought back a lot of old memories and the two hour drive went by in a flash.

It was obvious from the looks of town that the affects Katrina had on Mardi Gras spread beyond the big easy, as the main street of Breckenridge was quiet. We spent the evening hanging at kelly's house on White Cloud Dr.

We plan to get up in the morning and hit the mountain, we are praying for snow and cooler weather to get in a couple great days of riding.