Since I, among many other competitors were blown away by what Kelly Kulick accomplished a few weeks earlier, I decided to get together a fun surprise party for Kelly in Denver, at our very last Women’s Series event.  Everyone in the women’s series was excited to help.  Big kudos to Amanda Beck who really helped to make sure all the details were taken care of, as well as one of the coolest cakes e v e r!

I asked Kelly a few weeks earlier if I could take her to dinner to celebrate. (my way of making sure she didn’t make plans for that night!) She was excited I asked, and looked forward to our little dinner together.  The dinner was anything but little, she would soon find out.

As Stefanie, Clara, Kelly and I headed downtown Denver to a little place called Armida’s (who was famous for their Karoake) the rest of the bunch were already there, hanging banners, balloons, and making sure everyone had the t-shirts I made for them that celebrated Kelly.

The night could not have been any more perfect. Everyone had on their Kelly t-shirts, and yelled “Surprise” when we arrived.  Kelly was in shock.  She didn’t have a clue that everyone planned on getting together to celebrate her.

The night full of Mexican food, Margaritas (for some), and fun Karaoke will be in my memory forever.  I laughed so hard all night enjoying the company of all of my competitors.  Except that night they weren’t my competitors.  They were my friends.  I can’t thank everyone enough for making this party a success.

The night was for Kelly, and by the end of it all- she left with a feeling of sincerity- That although we all compete against one another, we couldn’t have been happier for her breaking the barriers she had broken.

My only regret is that we didn’t get together like that more often during the women’s series.  That’s one fun group of ladies!

Some of the fun can be seen here:

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