Ryan's grandma passed away last year after a good, long fight with breast cancer. My mother in law and sisters decided that Barbara (Ryan's grandma) would of been happy to have the daughter in laws start to come on the girls trip to carry on the tradition.
This is where Alysa, Anna and I come into play. Kim, LeeAnn & Deborah invited us along this year to their trip to Golden, CO. We had so much fun and it was so nice to have uninterrupted time with a family I'm still getting to know.
Our trip started on Friday where I met Alysa and Kim at the Denver airport. We got into our rental car and drove to the cute and quant town of Golden, CO. Deborah, LeeAnn and Anna drove to Golden, so we beat them to the rental house. Anna is pregnant, so we clearly blamed their 8hourturned10hour drive on her need to pee every hour or so :)
Our house was nice and big (even though it spelt of moth balls and the study area reminded me of a scene from the game Clue) and we even had our own bedrooms! No Ryan and Zoe meant I sprawled out on my big comfy queen size bed and slept like a baby.
Friday night was spent hanging around the dinner table waiting for our very, very spicy taco soup to become more on the "A Team"s level and just talking about life. On Saturday we went down to an outdoor shopping area where we got to see some local shops and whine about cold and rainy (and snowy!) weather. It cleared up in the afternoon and we had a nice lunch at a French cafe and finished off the lunch with a locally famous ice cream shop called Bonnie Brae Ice Cream where we stuffed our faces with fattening and incredibly satisfying deliciousness.
We had dinner in Golden that night and woke up somewhat early the next day to prepare for our Banjo Billy bus tour! Kim, Deborah and I took a hike up the hill behind the house in the morning which turned out beautiful. We then got to explore more of Downtown Golden where allof us purchased absolutely nothing with the exception of Alysa buying gifts for her girls and Deborah buying gifts for us. We headed into downtown Denver that night for the Banjo Billy ghost bus tour and a nice dinner at Ted's.
I'll stop boring you with words and show some pictures of our trip:
Snowmageddan! Can you see it??
myself, Kim & Alysa before some shopping!
beautiful skyline while driving to Golden
Howdy! This picture brought to you only because Alysa blocked all incoming traffic.
myself, Alysa, Anna, Kim, Deborah & LeeAnn at Red Rocks Amphitheater
Lower part of Red Rocks! I imagined Dave Matthews singing to me here. Who woulda thunk this would be such an exercise kingdom for Denveridians?
Banjo Billy waiting for our arrival!!
Pretty restaurant area in downtown Denver
I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to, but Deborah & some others got some really good ones that I just don't have saved yet on my computer. Ladies, thank you for a wonderful weekend away and I can't wait until we do it again next year!! I had so much fun!
In other news, Ryan and I have LOTS of changes coming into our lives in the next couple of months. We're stressed/anxious/nervous/scared/excited/worried. I'm not going to announce details just yet, but I'll leave with a prayer that has been helping me get through these last couple of weeks:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
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