While
Tutu was here, we actually let her leave the house and we took her out to dinner and dessert. First, we introduced her to Morton’s Steakhouse where she gasped as the lobster moved when they showed it to us on the plate. Then we took her to d-bar - Denver’s best dessert restaurant. Keegan and Lisa took care of us and brought out lovely desserts for our expanding waistlines. Lisa even accommodated my picky dessert needs and brought me out a plate of various ice creams/gelatos and a coffee shake. It was more than delicious!
My university had their first chicken win
g eating contest. It was a hoot and I was requested to be a judge…um…the only judge. All colleges faced off against one another for a minute’s worth of consuming chicken bones. It was hilarious and the crowd was fun and rowdy in our student union. Everyone was laughing! Well, after using sanitary gloves and counting all the bones, it came down to a recount. I recounted and our College of Business won by one bone. It was fun to see everyone engaged and enjoying the end of the year. 
In mid-May, I was honored to help host the Colorado Governor’s Service awards on the west steps of our state’s Capitol. I nom
inated two of the individuals who received awards and I was astonished that the reviewers chose my selections out of a fabulous candidate pool. Dan Condon won for still serving as a great ambassador of the AmeriCorps program and Neill Quinlan was honored for his military service and ensuing commitment to serving others through his nonprofit activities.
The following Saturday, six of us were honored on the field at the Roc
kies baseball game. Ryan and the kids went to the game and we sat in the nosebleed section. BUT, it was great to have them there (with the exception that my husband called me on the field requesting a diaper). 
The kids were amped up from all the excitement and we had to leave after the 4th inning. Eban was making friends with some of the Lt. Governor’s staffer’s kids and then made his new friends share their ice cream dots with him – Jack was yelling he wanted to go home
– Jack then wanted a sip of my beer and didn’t understand why he couldn’t have it – Eban was going to others and asking for bites of their food (such a big burrito) – trust me, it was time to leave. At least all of the people we were sitting near were part of the Colorado Governor’s Commission on Community Service or AmeriCorps so they at least knew the rowdy kids were mine.
Chicken Wing Contest
Tutu was here, we actually let her leave the house and we took her out to dinner and dessert. First, we introduced her to Morton’s Steakhouse where she gasped as the lobster moved when they showed it to us on the plate. Then we took her to d-bar - Denver’s best dessert restaurant. Keegan and Lisa took care of us and brought out lovely desserts for our expanding waistlines. Lisa even accommodated my picky dessert needs and brought me out a plate of various ice creams/gelatos and a coffee shake. It was more than delicious!My university had their first chicken win
g eating contest. It was a hoot and I was requested to be a judge…um…the only judge. All colleges faced off against one another for a minute’s worth of consuming chicken bones. It was hilarious and the crowd was fun and rowdy in our student union. Everyone was laughing! Well, after using sanitary gloves and counting all the bones, it came down to a recount. I recounted and our College of Business won by one bone. It was fun to see everyone engaged and enjoying the end of the year. 
In mid-May, I was honored to help host the Colorado Governor’s Service awards on the west steps of our state’s Capitol. I nom
inated two of the individuals who received awards and I was astonished that the reviewers chose my selections out of a fabulous candidate pool. Dan Condon won for still serving as a great ambassador of the AmeriCorps program and Neill Quinlan was honored for his military service and ensuing commitment to serving others through his nonprofit activities.The following Saturday, six of us were honored on the field at the Roc
kies baseball game. Ryan and the kids went to the game and we sat in the nosebleed section. BUT, it was great to have them there (with the exception that my husband called me on the field requesting a diaper). More pictures should come if people share them with me...or if I can ever learn how to scan photos to this thing??
The kids were amped up from all the excitement and we had to leave after the 4th inning. Eban was making friends with some of the Lt. Governor’s staffer’s kids and then made his new friends share their ice cream dots with him – Jack was yelling he wanted to go home
– Jack then wanted a sip of my beer and didn’t understand why he couldn’t have it – Eban was going to others and asking for bites of their food (such a big burrito) – trust me, it was time to leave. At least all of the people we were sitting near were part of the Colorado Governor’s Commission on Community Service or AmeriCorps so they at least knew the rowdy kids were mine. Chicken Wing Contest
Sweet Video of the Kids Sharing
