Travis' Baptism

Tonight, we went to an informational dinner about baptism. If you're thinking of a baby being bapitized while screaming their little head off, having cold water poured onto their forehead, and entering into a faith they don't know exists, this is different. This entails choosing to be baptised when you're an adult into a faith you believe in. The ritual will take place on Easter and Travis will have to emerge his whole body into the holy water. The act symbolizes the believer's death to self (being "buried in water"). He will proclaim himself as a follower of Christ. It's probably an act that many people think of doing, but not many go through with it in public. To see more about our church, go to Pathways Church.

Benjamin's Going Away Party

Tonight I had a party for Benjamin. He is leaving to New Mexico April 10th, so I invited a number of his friends to the RIO Grande downtown. This was almost a disaster because a party of 50 people showed up at 4pm, and my evite was for everyone to arrive at 6:35. Luckely my bro was able to get off work around 4, so he arrived at the Rio around 5:30, and saved a table. If everyone were to arrive at 6:35 there would not have been enough room for everyone to sit, but as it turns out most everybody arrived around 7:30, and we bearly fit everyone.
Of those that were able to make it included: Judy, Sam, Katy, Brook, Chris, Emily, Jose, Bridget, Kent, Joyce, Dave, Kerri, Myself, Scott S., Paul, Benjamin and Michelle.
Kerri, and I split the Mango saled, and a steak burrito. I ordered 2 margs + one strawberry light marg which I had to try b/c Chris orders them all of the time when he goes to the Rio. I talked to Bridget, and her friend Kent about the Colorado Relay. Both of them said that they are thinking about joining my team.
Overall I would say that it was a great turnout, and luckely we had enough room for everyone to sit.

Benihana

Tonight Kerri and I had dinner with Jennifer and Rodrigo at Benihana. The sushi was amazing. Kerri and I split a couple of sushi dishes which were delicious. Jen and Rodrigo ordered there own items. Jen ordered two different sushi dinners, and Rodrigo ordered the filet. We all enjoyed our dinner and will plan to go back.

Salsa Verde

Tonight we had dinner with Ben and Michelle. Kerri made her famous chicken with salsa verde.

Engagement Party

My mom and dad were very thoughtful and held an engagement party for us at one of their friends house. My mom grew up with Toni ever since high school. There house is located in the Cherry Creek area and is decorated quite ornately.
We had about 50 guests that included our friends and my parents friends. Overall it was a great showing, with plenty of food to go around. There was even a chocolate fondue fountain which Emily had a fun time with.

Kerri and I

Kerri, and I met Last January from a site called www.outsidebyside.com. This is not a regular style dating site, but rather it is a site to meet new people to go play outside. On our first date we drove up to Brainard lake which is located west of Bolder. This is a beautiful hike with plenty of trails to wonder off for the day.

The next date was up in Breckenridge. Kerri was up in Vail for the weekend with her friend Lindsay, and I was in Denver, so we met half way in Dillon in a coffee shop. From there we found a cool snow shoe trail close to Breck, and the three of us (including Punto) hiked the trail, admired our surroundings, and ate lunch. Once we made it off the trail, we both decided that a hot tub would be nice, so we snuck into a hotel hot tub, and found it very stimulating. From there we drove to Idaho Sprigns for some dinner, and after dinner we kissed for the first time.

My dog Punto (puncho) was born on May 29, 2002. He is a Certified AKC Pedigree Weimaraner. He has a been a great companion since the very beginning. We have been on numerous hikes up 14nrs, snow shoe excursions, trip's to the dog park, and many others. At first Punto was afraid of swimming and wanted nothing to do with water. I put on some swimming shorts and lead him into the water with me and once he found out that he could swim, he loves it.