Graduation, Shuffleboard, and Laramie, WY

Ayn Rand once said, “The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” Last weekend Brian and I, along with my parents, traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to celebrate my brother’s successes at his college graduation. Sean was three years through a tough mechanical engineering program at the University of Wyoming when he decided to think about who he wanted to be once his college life was over. Knowing the great financial success an engineering graduate usually receives once finding employment, Sean put his passion ahead of his wallet and changed his major to Kinesiology and Health Promotion. He has always had a great passion for physical fitness and felt he wanted to help people find their way to a healthier lifestyle. I have no doubt this world will be a better place with Sean at the forefront of health promotion helping a society struggling to get fit! Good luck at the NCED in Norman bud!

We flew into Denver on Friday night and promptly drove up to Laramie via Owl Canyon Road. Brian has many fond memories growing up in northern Colorado and loves to drive around reminiscing. Friday night we stopped by Altitude’s for dinner, a great place to eat and drink and a Laramie icon! Saturday morning we enjoyed seeing Sean in his cap and gown finally accepting his diploma at the graduation ceremony. After the ceremony we all headed to our hotel suite for a little party complete with Winger’s wings and a cake imprinted with two of Sean’s cutest baby photos. Around 6pm we headed to the Ranger to play shuffleboard. Who would have thought that sliding metal pucks down a salt covered lane would be entertainment? But it is my friends, I am now a shuffleboard addict and we hope to have one in our garage one day. After shuffleboard and several cocktails, we decided to hit the Cowboy (another Laramie icon) for some country swing dancing. My husband is a wonderful dancer and I love to dance with him! We had a blast dancing and we all burned off some of the calories in the wings, cake, and cocktails with cardio-packed dancing! A good night out in Laramie wouldn’t be complete without a trip to Taco Bell at 1am for some tacos and burritos. After eating in attempt to soak up some of the alcohol in our systems, we hit the hay around 2am. Sunday morning was Mother’s Day and Brian and I had breakfast with my mom in the morning and then drove down to Fort Collins, CO to surprise Brian’s mom! She had no idea we were in Laramie so she was really excited to see us and it was a great surprise.

All in all it was a perfect weekend. College was such a fun time for us and it was so neat to relive it, if only for one weekend.
Have a great day everyone!