Denver Road Trip!
I have returned from an amazing weekend with some friends from high school and we had such a great time together. It just shows that true friendships will last, even if you don't talk for years! It was so good to spend a few days reminiscing with Kate and Ang, our goal is to make a trip each year together, hopefully we follow through! Kate had a friend (that neither ang or I knew) getting married in Denver, Colorado, so we tagged along for a road trip to the mile high city!
We started off with a goal to drive through Yellowstone (which was even more amazing then I remember!) and make it to a hotel 2 hours past to stay the night. We made a pit stop at the Silver Dollar restaurant to get some souvenirs and eat breakfast. We decided to split some pancakes and ang had to get french toast and we spent a grand total of $4.25, kate was so kind to treat us, and it was delicious!
We made it to Yellowstone and saw the sights (they are prefect to travel with, just like me. really we just wanted to say we had been there!) we ended up getting some great pictures and stretched our legs, which was mush needed! the mountains were amazing and we even saw some bison.
After a few hours we were off to Dubois, Wyoming to spend the night, or so we thought! We ended up making it, although they did have a hotel there was no place to eat and we were starving! So we decided to continue on to the next town, then the next town, then the next town. after being disappointed in Wyoming, we finally decided to drive all night and make it to Denver!
We finally made it to our hotel at 4am (mountain time) and the guy at the front desk was so kind as to let us check in early for the next day and didn't charge us of the night before(already off to a great start!)
We ended up sleeping in till about 11:30 and then were ready to start a fun day in denver! we decided to do a little shopping (and of course I didnt bring a bathing suit for the pool, so a new one was on the list.) we went to a hug mall and had a successful shopping spree! We ate amazing sandwiches at a 50's dinner and were back to the hotel. We had a great plan to go to downtown denver and eat somewhere we never have, but practicality got the best of us and we ended up going to chili's across the street and had amazing chips and salsa(thanks to Kate) and a quesadilla along with a few drinks. we made it back to the hotel for a late night swim (good thing I found a bathing suit), then called it a night for the bug day tomorrow!
Sunday was the reason we made the trip, Kate's friend was getting married at 7 that night. we decided to kill some time and went to Elitch Gardens, a theme park in downtown denver. I have a strong love for roller coasters, and made us go on the scariest one first. it was a hot day so we decided to head to the water park next. we went on a few rides, got wet, then decided to get the heck out of there! We headed back to the hotel and got ready for the wedding!
Thank goodness of the gps (I'm defiantly convinced i need one now) it saved us several times. we finally made it to the country club after a few wrong turns (our fault, not the gps!) It was a beautiful and elegant wedding. the tables were decorated with fancy china and flowers. The ceremony was outside on the balcony overlooking denver and beautiful landscaping. and the bride was of course gorgeous. They wrote their own vows and it was so cute! The reception was so much fun even though we didn't know anybody. the food was to die for and the wine was just as good! We danced, made new friends and decided to head back for the night.
We planned to wake up at 5, get ready and head for home. I woke up at 4:30 and decided I was ready to go (i get this from my dad) so we got a great early start for our several hour journey home! The only complaint i have about the drive was our eating choices. for some reason we thought it would be a good idea to stop at mcdonalds (for the 3rd time this trip) against my own will we ate it and payed for it later! We each drove about 5 hours and made it to spokane, dropped kate off and made it to omak at about 11:30.
We had such an amazing time, so glad i decided to take the adventure with them... i love you guys!
Swimming and VBS
Just as I thought, I have already fallen behind on keeping this dang blog up to date. But in all fairness I havent heard from Matt in 19 days, so i dont really have much new to report. There have been a few more incidents with some of the soldiers in his unit, you can read about the details on the Fort Drum website if you want(www.drum.army.mil/) Just in case you dont know he is in the 3rd Brigade, 2-87 Infantry HHC Company.
I get emails periodically from our FRG(Family Readiness Group, which is basically a group for spouses which keeps us informed about what is going on with the unit). Latley there has been several emails regarding upcoming events in the North Country (Northern New York) and it reminds me of why Matt and I loved it so much. They always have so many fun events going on, especially this time of year. It almost makes me wish i was still there, and gets me even more excited for when we get to go back!
This past week I have been helping with Vacation Bible School at Cornerstone doing preschool and kindergarden crafts with Jacque. It has been so much fun getting to know the kids and especially watching them sing praise songs! Yesterday afternoon Mandi went swimming with the McCunes and I tagged along and got some cute pictures of mandi and her very best friend Shantell, i just had to share them they were so adorable!
Im off this evening to Spokane and leaving in the morning for a summer road trip to Denver with some friends for a wedding! Promise to update with hopefully some great pictures of the city and our drive! And of course if I hear from Matt!
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