Today was the luckiest day in Matt Holliday’s career.  He had his picture taken with two of the most handsome guys in Denver. Clint Hurdle got pretty lucky today too.  Even my mom got in on THAT picture.  She’s a huge Hurdle fan.  The boys had a great day with the Grandparents!

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My Mini Cooper has had some company for the past couple of weeks.  On July 6th I bought Nicole her dream car.

Through out 13 years of marriage I have been the “car hog”.  Always choosing the new vehicle.  During these times I would always ask…what she wanted.  She would usually just agree with the decision at hand and move on with life.  I mean this girl has been through Jeep after Jeep.  Some brought home on flatbed trailers.  Some she didn’t even know about until they pulled up out front.  She has been through a lot.

Every good husband notices things though.  Like when I would mention my days of driving my 73 Super Beetle.  Which by the way is sitting in my garage, needing work.  She would mention that she has always wanted a Volkwagon Karmann Ghia.  That was quickly followed-up by “a convertible Ghia”.  As if to make sure I knew exactly which model.

So I found one.  I had been actively looking under her nose for about 8 years.  I found it on Craigslist.  It had been garaged since 1999, and was in good drivable shape, and close.  It was in Loveland.  The icing on the cake for me was that it was a 1970 model just like Nicole.

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keep up to date on the restore on my car blog at 5280driver.com

What a great time we had last night.  My mom gave us the tickets for last nights Colorado Rockies game.  We couldn’t have asked for a better night.  The traditional after the game fireworks were amazing.

Here are some quick iPhone pictures I snapped last night.