Weekend Overview: Pizza, Cyclocross, Church

Happy Monday everyone!

It's the start of a new week after an exciting weekend here in Colorado. Since my last post, my life has been full of delicious homemade pizza, cyclocross races, more exploring, and good company. 

•Pizza: Amber did an amazing job on her homemade pizzas. There were four different kinds; two wheat crust (one with pears and one with veggies and feta) and two white crust (one was Hawaiian and one with pepperoni). *There was other fancy stuff on some of the pizzas, but I just remember the major component that made up each pizza. I tried all four and all were delicious. My favorites were the Hawaiian pizza and the one with pears on it, both of the fruity pizzas, which I found kind of funny. I had leftovers for dinner the next day, and it was still super yummy. 

Popcorn from Mountain View

•Church: I tried out Amber's church this Sunday, Mountain View UMC, which I liked a lot better than the first church I went to. I will probably go back to this church and maybe even try out their adult Sunday school class which is at 9am, followed by their traditional service at 10:30am. They also have an 8:00am option, which is a much smaller group that Amber usually goes to, and a 9:03am service which is more contemporary. They were quite welcoming, and the pastor hands out a package of popcorn for first time visitors to thank them for "popping" in. Amber warned me about that, but I forgot until I was pointed out and given free popcorn. Overall, I really enjoyed Mountain View and will go back, but no church will never compare to Northwood back home; that will always be my church. ♥

Blending my own smoothie!

Sunday's Cyclocross races

•Cyclocross: I got the opportunity to go to my first ever cyclocross races this weekend in Boulder! I unfortunately didn't get to see Amber or Eric race earlier in the day, but I did get to see their friend Sunny race in the women's elite group (watch a video of the women their first lap here) in the afternoon on both Saturday and Sunday. I also got to watch the men's elite group on Sunday. It was very fun to watch and document some of the races. During Sundays races I decided to get a fruit smoothie which I got to blend myself via bike! It was pretty awesome, and I also got it on video which you can watch here. Overall, it was very fun to watch and experience the cyclocross races. Cycloross is something that I think would be fun to do, but I kind of lack the self-confidence, assertiveness, and funds to be able to do it. I will probably just stick to biking on a nice, solid, flat surface. :) 

 *Side story: while I was walking back and forth to my car, which was about .75 miles away from the actual races, I stopped to chat with a (fairly attractive) security guy who said hi earlier. It turns out that he lives in Denver, but he's actually from Chaska, MN! I thought that was pretty cool. Looking back on it now, I should have said something about wanting to visit Denver to go to an Avalanche game, but...I didn't. Learn from my mistakes I guess!

West End Tavern

After the races on Sunday, the five of us (Amber, Eric, Torsten, Sunny, and I) went out to eat at a little place called West End Tavern. They had a cool map of the US with numbers labeling which state has which livestock, produce, etc. which was neat. I ordered a veggie burger with a side salad which was pretty good! There were also yam chips with guacamole which were good, and Sunny got a crock of homemade mac n' cheese which was amazingly cheesy and delicious. I think it is safe to say that we all left with full and happy bellies.

Overall, it was an enjoyable weekend! This week Amber goes back to work part time starting tomorrow, so I'll get to spend a lot more time with Torsten which will be fun. I will have to introduce him a blog post very soon! 

I hope everyone has a great start to their week!

♥ Jane