Weekend Company!!

Was I ever surprised when my sister Patty called me a week ago Sunday night and asked what we were doing for the weekend - I started telling her what was planned and then stopped in mid-sentence and said "Why do you want to know?" And it was then she told me that her and Leonard were coming out for a 3 day weekend!!!

WOW - I was VERY surprised!! And thrilled! And excited!! Patty had been to Colorado a couple of years ago but Leonard hadn't been here since 2003!! So of course hadn't been to our new place!!

My boss was kind enough to let me off at noon on Friday so when they pulled in, I was done with work for the day!! We headed to Glenn's office to show them his workplace and then over to the Chinese place for lunch! Glenn had to finish the afternoon work before he came home but the 3 of us headed out to the house and spent a relaxing afternoon on the deck!

Our Friday activities consisted of drinking strawberry dacquiris, eating guacomole dip along with bacon cream cheese dip and crackers, more deck sitting, eating grilled chicken with french onion make ahead potatos and a yummy vegetable salad, a walk in the subdivision and hot tubbing under the stars!! We were all tired and felt "fat" when we headed to bed that night!!

But of course Saturday morning we were back up cooking again!! This time it was sausage casserole with scrambled eggs and fresh strawberries out on the deck - gosh it was pretty that day!!

Glenn had a couple of work related things to do so he and Leonard took off for the day and Patty and I met a couple of friends and we headed to Cripple Creek for the melodrama and tea - we knew there was a motorcycle rally going on but we had NO IDEA how huge it was!! My oh my - they guessed about 3500 bikes were in the town which made for a sea of people down main street!! Pretty impressive!!

We saw the melodrama, "Gunslinger - Billy the Kid" and it was great - but the olio at the end was even better!! It was "beach" songs and dances and we about rolled out of our chairs laughing - they sure did a good job!!

Then it was to the "tea" house!! Just a perfect spot to be with ladies and have your tea!! We each ordered the special of the day which consisted of many tiny sandwiches, torts, scones and hot and cold tea - it was so much fun to taste everything and just sit and visit!!

Patty and I were so full from eating at the tea that we didn't even think we could eat dinner that night but the ribs had been cooking all day in the crockpot and smelled SO good that of course we indulged once again!! We ended up watching "It's Complicated" that evening and all had a good laugh!! I think all 3 nights we ate the fresh peach crisp with ice cream for our dessert!

Sunday morning Glenn played chef and we ate bacon/potato/cheese/scrambled skillet once again out on the deck!! I was happy the rain held off for the entire weekend!! We decided to go for a drive on Sunday and a little hiking but first stopped for coffee in Florissant and then made our way out to a hiking spot!

It was a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon and that evening found us down at the Wines of Colorado for our evening meal - the night was beautiful and we had a table right by the stream!!

And then Monday came - and it was time to head back to work - and Patty and Leonard had to leave to go home to Iowa as work was calling them too!! What a fantastic weekend we had and I'm so glad they made the trip out!! You're welcome to come back ANY TIME!!