Sunny Saturday, Olive Oil Sunday

Some weekends are just ho-hum, not much to write home about.  Other weekends have high expectations and fall short...but this weekend was just terrific! 

My brother-in-law turned 30 this past weekend and we had been planning his celebration for what seemed like months!  My sister had bought him a kegerator as a surprise gift, and after buying one online, receiving it and finding out it was a piece of crap, selling it on Craigslist, then thinking we accidentally gave the Craigslist buyers the custom tap handles but then later found them in our basement, buying a new kegerator, spending a couple afternoons getting it set up, we finallllllly got to the fun part where he got to receive it.  It was perfect!  We drank delicious Sunshine and Fat Tire all afternoon.  We ate crab/shrimp boil, played with Mike's new cornhole boards, and soaked up the sun with family and friends.  Cheers to a new decade, Adam!

On Sunday, after a full morning of lounging, I got motivated to do some domestic things in the kitchen while Mike was working...after reading a blog on kale chips, I knew I needed to try it out myself.  And while I was at it, I figured I might as well make some hummus too.  A quick trip to King Soopers and I was all set up in the kitchen to get cracking.  The kale chips were incredibly easy and even more delicious.  Crunchy salt that is also good for you?  Yes please!  The hummus is a tad bit weird, but I bought the most adorable mini bell peppers to dip in it, so its hard to care what I'm dipping into when the veggie is so darn cute.

Sunday night we were off to the Taste of Fort Collins.  The air was eerie from the High Park Fire, but the good people of Fort Collins were still out enjoying the town.  We ate a shmorgisboard of food and then found a nice patch of grass to listen to Mat Kearney.  He put on a great show and then we were home in time to get ice cream and watch a creepy movie (We Need To Talk About Kevin).  Luckily I was administering Mike's weekly pedicure so I was able to dodge some of the horrifying moments of the movie but not all. 

Welp, see ya!