weekend wrap-up

hi friends!  as promised, i'm here with an awesome wrap up of an incredible weekend :)  in all seriousness it was one of my favorite weekends of the summer (see last post).  i didn't even post this - but yesterday while we were nursing our hangovers, we actually biked down to cherry creek to the farmer's market that we always want to go to and never indulge in.  what is up with all the food cars?


after hanging at the market for a good part of the late morning/early afternoon, we retired back to the house via bike ride to hang out with walker.  it was quite lazy and much deserved after friday's insanity.  anyway, all weekend we have done all kinds of cool stuff, and today was no different.

mom, aj, philip and i enjoyed a boozy brunch on the patio at lola, one of our old favorite hangouts.  it was nice just the four of us - we don't always get that when aj comes in for one of his quick visits.  the wedding he was supposed to attend sort of fell through, so we ended up having him all to ourselves for the weekend.  huzzah!

just want to throw it out there that lola's makes GRAPEFRUIT MIMOSAS.  for those of you who are new to the blog, you'll need to know that i am totally obsessed with grapefruit.  which means that while the sun still shines on sunday mornings, you can find me on the lola's patio drinking one of these.  they were amazing.

of course, some had bloodies

some had mexican mimosas (& fancy fingers)

the fam :)

two goofy peas in a pod

my fave

biking home, y'all

it was a great time.  and the vegetarian chili w/fried asparagus and eggs... to die for.  after brunch we ditched the bikes and headed right over to mom's for a aj's-last-night-here family barbeque.  grilled shrimp and pesto quinoa... delicious.  and, of course, a few rounds of family table topics.

lovely, lovely, lovely weekend filled with lots of my favorites.  and i needed it big time.  tomorrow is a big day for me - august 22nd, the day i start school.  of course it's just logging into my two online classes, but all the same i definitely have the first-day-of-school jitters big time.  i'm nervous - there's no screwing up for me this time.  i just need to stay motivated, stay positive, and keep studying.  it'll be over and on to the next chapter before you know it.  at least i hope so - i want to see what that next chapter is :)

but for now it's time for me to relax outside with my hubby i love so much.  happy sunday once again, all!

xoxo