first time for everything...

this is my first blog. well, i don't really know if what i'm writing now is the blog or the page, as a whole, is the blog. either way, it's a first.

i've had a lot of firsts lately. some good and some bad. overall, i would say i'm a fan of firsts. just last weekend, i saw a moose for the first time. i also went to rocky mountain national park for the first time. obviously, that's where i saw the moose, four of them to be exact. one was a baby moose. he (or maybe she) was unbelieveably cute! he, that's the gender i'm going to go with, was all legs. it looked like he didn't know exactly what to do with them. he was in the river and i imagine that he really wanted to splash around and play, but it looked like he just didn't quite know how yet. as a result of this, i think that my first moose experience was probably better than most, but maybe i'm bias.

what i really like most about firsts is watching someone else experience them, like taking a kid to the zoo for the first time. i've never done that before, but i think it would be fantastic. regardless of age, there's something so innocent and contagiously joyous about watching someone's face light up when they see or do something they never have before. my boyfriend, who is 31 years old, has never seen the ocean. i know, i know! it's an amazing feat to live 31 years without experiencing one of those large bodies of water, a world inside itself. i cut him some slack because he grew up in a landlocked state (wyoming) and moved to another one (colorado), but enough is enough! needless to say, i'm planning a trip to california for the two of us, which will be a first for me too. i've never been to california. i've never seen the pacific ocean. we're planning to go to san francisco. i'm excited to see the city, ride the trolley, cross the golden gate bridge and go whale-watching and wine tasting, but most of all, i'm excited to see his face when he experiences the ocean for the first time. even a manly 31 year old won't be able to hide the look of amazement on his face when he sees the water stretching past the horizon, hears the sound of the waves and smells the sea salt for the first time. the initial shock and awe, watching it take over all of a person's senses, is defintely the best part of a first.

i'm pretty sure my very first blog didn't have any of those effects on you (or me for that matter)! there's probably some sort of blog speak i need to learn to be an inspiring blogger. anyway, it's a first all the same. i suppose i'll catch on one day, or maybe i won't, who knows!

oh and here's the moose. mama and baby.














this is just one of my favorites from the same day.