Colorado Trip

Mom needed a vacation. Badly. So I went ahead and booked a trip for some R&R in lovely Aurora, Colorado. My best friend Ina lived there while she was completing her internship in dietetics. It was so nice to get away, although I always do miss those girlies when I'm not with them. It had been a loooong time since I last visited Colorado, and I was so happy I got to have a little taste of all it has to offer. A girl I met in Phoenix, Arizona, at my Assistant Manager training happened to be from the area in Colorado, so I went to visit her and bring a little gift for her baby boy on the way... it was so nice getting to be with good friends, and having some time to myself. I am a little embarrassed to include this pic, but since Ina was away at her internship I had a lot of time to do whatever I wanted, which was WONDERFUL! I spent quite a bit of time at the gym in Ina's apartment complex. I was just so proud of my muscles I tried to snap a shot so that someday when I'm not so buff, I can look back and go, "see, I did it then, I can do it again!" Anywho, here is my embarrassing work out shot:

luckily I had the whole gym all to myself...

And here I am driving to visit my pregnant Chase friend Alexis :)

Ina and I wanted to hit up all the hot spots in Denver while I was in town.  So here I am about to take off with Ina and visit downtown Denver.  We had such a blast together!

Ready for our Girls Night Out

Ina and I at a fancy Italian restaurant in downtown Denver.  We feasted on mussels and other completely delicious Italian fine dining food!

A line from a movie comes to mind:  "You have a baby!... in a bar?!  It is from Sweet Home Alabama.  Haha, we went to hear this band play in this pub in downtown Denver and this baby was there!  Had to snap a photo of that...

Just because I was so totally missing my girls, I am including some shots of them that my parents sent to me. So completely adorable. Nana and Papa watched the girls while I was away in Denver. Lucky to have so many people who love them.


Avril doesn't look too thrilled here... but here she is showing off her lovely locks



Goldi locks McKel with the bright blue eyes...

Some more shots of the girls all dolled up :)

Meanwhile... back in Denver... us girls had another feast up in Red Rock.  It was such a fun day with a wonderful friend :)

We took a scenic drive up to Red Rock and snapped a few photos in front of the lovely scenery.

Ina in front of rocks up at Red Rock... imagine that!

Just me!

Thank you Ina, for being such a sweet host.  I had a blast visiting, and fell in love with beautiful Colorado!  It was exactly what I needed.