Ribbon Cutting

In April, ABE Painting, (Tim and Randy's company) joined the Camber of Commerce. This gives them certain perks like advertisement, networking, discounts, etc. The Camber told them to let them know when they had a good job in town and they would come and do a ribbon cutting and have their story and picture in the newspaper. The crew has been painting a very old fancy mansion in Carthage called the "Phelps House." It is primarily a museum now, but it is used for very fancy parties, receptions, teas, and weddings. Check it out: http://www.phelpshouse.org/.

Anyways... the chamber came and did a ribbon cutting last Monday. The story has not appeared in the newspaper that we know of yet, but they emailed us a picture, so here is a sneak preview. (By the way, Quil was the star of the show!)

The wives' job was to provide refreshments!

Starbucks or McDonalds?

I am just curious to know what your thoughts are about the new McCafe. My husband got one of their vanilla lattes and he thought they were really good. They are more mild than Starbucks. Is it really worth paying $4.00 a cup at Starbucks if McDonalds is just as good? Does status have anything to do with it? Just curious to see if any one has tried it and how it rates in comparison to Starbucks. Please comment!

Photo Album

Here is a link to view our picasa web album of wedding pictures. These are full resolution from the photographer and we have the copyright relase on them so you can order as many pictures as you want. There are other neat features such as photo albums that you can order. Just go to "order prints", choose the provider, and choose whatever sizes you would like. They are delivered to your mail box! It is as easy as pie! So here goes: http://picasaweb.google.com/tb.albertson/OfficialWeddingPicturesFullResolution

More Wedding Photos

Good News! We have our wedding pictures back from the photographer! We had some of our picures taken separately of us before the wedding and the ones of us together after the wedding. These are some of the ones taken before the ceremony.

Groom, Best Man, and Groomsmen
L. to R.-Eric Stevenson, Jeffery Albertson, Randy Albertson,
Tim, Jason Albertson, and Seth Stevenson

Bride, Matron of Honor, Bridesmaids, and Flower Girl
L. to R.-Audrey Stevenson, Emily Albertson, Lexi Peterson,
Brenda, Kariann Orvis, Enid Stevenson, and Beth Albertson

Me and the Flower Girl

Dad and I

This is my favorite picture of Tim! He looks so calm, cool, and collected!

Tim and Lexi

Tim and his brother Randy, the best man

My best friend, Kari, was my Matron of Honor

Emily was Jr. Bridesmaid and Lexi was the flower girl

Royal Gorge

On the third day of our honeymoon, we enjoyed a quick visit to Royal Gorge.


1053 in the air! The whole bridge is constantly bouncing and swaying softly...which makes it a bit freaky to walk, especially when you look down through the cracks between boards.


I forgot my pole anyway....sure would take a long line!!!


Riding the incline railway to the canyon floor. This picture taken with camera hanging out for a better view down than we could get from our section of train.


Looking back up the incline railway.


There is a blue (pictured above) and a red train going up and down opposite directions continually. The two tracks share the center rail and the trains can only pass in a short section where the tracks separate just enough to get by halfway down/up. It takes six minutes up or down, and they are synchronized perfectly, (I think the trains are attached to the same cable) and always pass in the wide place and stop at the opposite ends (upper or lower stations )exactly the right moment. Really neat!!


The area at the canyon floor platform above the river was packed with people. There is a railway running through the canyon beside the Arkansas River. A tour train stopped at the landing and 150 people decided to get of there and ride the incline railway up. Thus the platform was full of people waiting for a ride up. As soon as we got off, we were in line to get back on....instead of ten minutes looking around and heading back up, we stood in line for an hour.

So I took pictures of course.


Looking up at the bridge.


The train track


Daring whitewater rafters


The cable car (aerial tram, gondola, whatever you want to call it) making its way across the sky above us. Our admission ticket included a ride, but we didn't have time after waiting so long to get back up.


A self portrait while we waited in line

Thanks for your patience with our slow blogging. Blog-able time is a rare commodity. Much more fasinating reports are on the way! When I have time, that is.

We're in the newspaper!

http://www.johnstownbreeze.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2811

Stay tuned for more pictures from our honeymoon...

The first segment of our honeymoon

The first three nights of our honeymoon we spent about a mile and a half from the chapel where we were married in Red Feather Lakes, CO. We rented this cute little A-frame cabin. The whole upstairs is an open loft with one end the master bedroom, and the other end a half bath with a Jacuzzi. The downstairs had another bedroom, a full bath, a cute little kitchen, and a living room. We really enjoyed our time in this Alpine Hideaway.

The bedroom end of the loft

The Jacuzzi in the other end of the loft