Another yummy dish!
‘R’ made a Chicken Pot Pie
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
‘A’ made Tater Tot Casserole
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
I was his sous chef, but it was all his doing and it was delicious!
Early Run
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
I love running early in the morning with friends. We could not catch a good shot, but we came across three coyotes who had cornered a hare. Our disturbance gave the hare enough time to run away. Also, we saw a pheasant in a tree!
Good Times at Unleashed
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
The boys and their friends always have a great time at the annual church event, ‘Unleashed!’
The Old Man and the Pups
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
They hate it that he never wants to play, but they all get along for the most part…
Coalition for Placer Youth Leadership Strategy Meeting
Feb 28th, 2018 by leigharev2
Coalition for Placer Youth is an organization that the boys and I have been involved in. They held a day long strategy meeting to plan out the next year. I offered to cater their breakfast and lunch.
Breakfast was a breakfast taco bar, with potatoes, scrambled eggs, refried beans, and black beans as the hot ingredients. Toppings: cilantro, scallions, red onion, radish, avocado, pomegranate, cheese, salsa, lime wedges. Fruit was mango with tajin.
Pomegranate arils garnished the sweet potato soup, (along with scallions, and Greek yogurt, if desired). I had two people come up and thank me for placing pomegranate in the soup. They never considered doing it (neither had I before seeing the recipe) and they loved it! This is a photo of my lunch, without the yogurt in the soup or the goat cheese in the salad. Pop and cookies as well.
‘The Office’ Trivia Night
Jan 25th, 2018 by leigharev2
We have a local pizza place (Campelli’s Pizza) that hosts themed trivia nights. One night, they held a trivia night for the TV show, ‘The Office’. Coincidentally, Alex has just finished binge watching the whole series. We would not let this opportunity pass us by and decided on a mom/son date night. We named our little team of two, “The Freezer Cats”.
We ended up getting 17 out of 30 correct. And of that, I might have contributed to two of the answers. We had a terrific night together.
Denver 2017/Day 4
Jan 25th, 2018 by leigharev2
Happy New Year! What a great way to start a new year. In a beautiful hotel, in a terrific city, with wonderful friends.
We let the boys stay up all night , so as they were sleeping in, David and I walked to this incredible vegan restaurant called Watercourse Foods. If I were to have a restaurant, this is exactly how I would want it. No changes. The ambience. The beverages. The food. The service. All fabulous.
It was busy, so we sat at the bar. Did not detract from the experience at all.
Walking back, we ducked into the Brown Palace Hotel for a minute to see their lobby.
I love their chandelier!
Then we walked down to the Union Station. Beautiful. Inside is the Crawford Hotel. We will consider staying here another time.
We walked over to the Tattered Cover Bookstore and David left me there for three hours. Heaven! I did a little damage 🙂
Heading back to the room…
Our last night, we gathered with Stan and Diane for one last moment together. We sat in the hotel bar and relaxed after all the wedding activity. Stan and Diane are the parents of Chase. Stan was the best man at our wedding and David’s last roommate before me 🙂
Next morning, the Blue Bronco on the way to the airport…
Denver 2017/Day 3
Jan 25th, 2018 by leigharev2
A full day to play…walking through Denver…
We went to the Clyfford Still Art Museum. He was an abstract artist who liked to take a piece of art from another artist and use it as inspiration to make his own piece. We also learned that he received his Master degree, and taught at, Washington State University. Go Cougs!
This was his take on a Georgia O’Keefe piece…
The gallery used interactive devices for displaying art. Here you see a blank wall next to the piece of art, but when you aim the device on the wall, a piece of art appears on the device.
We did not go inside, but this is the Denver Art Museum…
I was intrigued to see this house plopped right in the center of a parking lot among tall modern building. Discovered it’s a property you can rent while on vacation! Established in 1887, it’s marketed as Denver’s oldest residence!
Ryan is always on the hunt for boba tea. Found some and the place had this terrific graphic piece.
It was New Year’s eve and we were thrilled to discover our view from the hotel was of the fireworks!! We did not have to bundle up to go watch them. Grateful.
Denver 2017/Day 2
Jan 25th, 2018 by leigharev2
What a beautiful wedding it was! A full Catholic mass wedding; another first for our family. Attire was formal/black tie. We all got to dress up!
Waiting for the event to begin…a little thumb wrestling to bide the time.
Chase and brother/best man Adrian. 
Ashlee and Chase!
Fancy dress shots…
The reception was at the Four Seasons. A cocktail hour, then three course dinner, and dancing!
This might end up as our next Christmas card photo.
