Starting off 2014 right!

No, no.  This isn't a post about my New Years resolutions or a new fitness routine.  I haven't even been getting enough sleep or hydrating more than usual.  What I have done was go on an adventure with my sisters!  We made the long, boring drive across Nebraska (thank goodness for good company and good jams) to colorful Colorado to spend a few days with one of my NASA buddies who lives in Boulder.  Two other great friends joined us in CO from OK and TX.  Great trip, great people, great memories. Enjoy the pictures!

The whole gang in front of the Boulder courthouse.  From left to right: Sarah, Lucas, me, Kirstyn, Lisa, Laura and Chris.  

We spent a snowy afternoon at the Left Hand Brewery in Longmont, CO. 

Free samples of tea/herbal infusions from Celestial Seasonings. 

Lisa and Kirstyn playing ping pong at Ace Eat Serve, a newer restaurant/bar in downtown Denver. 

We went tubing at Copper Mountain, and then we hit Breckenridge for shopping and some food.  Lisa, Laura, and I hit up a fudge shop for Mom and Dad. Nothing like some Rocky Mountain fudge! We went back to Kirstyn's house for pizza with her mom. 

Touring CU Boulder. Check out those flat-irons. 

Seriously, these two girls are two of my favorites in the whole wide world.  I miss them when I'm at school, but we stay in touch pretty well. 

Taken on the morning we left CO.  This is a popular breakfast/brunch place that began in Denver.  Lisa and I split the most delicious pancakes ever.  IHOP will never be the same. 

I have been wanting to travel since my family went to see a great movie a few weeks ago. My mom summed up the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by saying, "Instead of daydreaming about things, go out and live it." Pretty good words!  This year, make your life what you want it to be.