Friday I flew alone to Denver to meet up with my great friend, Sherri. We treated ourselves to a mani/pedi, had a nice lunch, did a little shopping, and enjoyed some crepes for a late afternoon treat! She dropped me off at my hotel and I rendezvoused with Brad who had flown in from St. Louis where he had been for the week with work. We cleaned up and headed to the rehearsal dinner.
This weekend was a reunion as much as it was a wedding. We got to see our very special friend, Joy...she is the one who introduced me to Brad.
It was a beautiful evening and the dinner was on a roof top patio in the city that had a great view of the city and mountain range.Saturday morning we walked a few blocks to a great breakfast place and probably ate our days worth of calories in one meal. Afterwards we put the top down on our rented convertible and drove to Elitch Gardens to ride a few roller coasters. Elitch Gardens is a Six Flags park and so admissions and parking were free since we have season passes. We spent less then two hours there...but road all the big coasters.
On a whim we decided to take advantage of the convertible and the beautiful weather and drove about 45 minutes up to Bolder for lunch.
We drove around the University of Colorado campus. School starts soon so there were already a lot of kids moving in. Old couches on the front lawn. Run down Frat houses. Beautiful sorority homes. Bikes everywhere. Flyer's everywhere. I felt old.
After a leisurely lunch we drove back to Denver. The combination of the high altitude, clear skies, and roof down led to a sunburn for both of us! Oops.
We were headed back to the hotel to relax when we decided we would check movie times at the theater down the street. Bourne Ultimatum was starting in five minutes so it worked out perfectly! The cold movie theater felt great since we were starting to feel our sunburns.
It was finally time for the Saturday evening wedding. Brad's friend that he played football with at the Academy was getting married. It was a reunion of the "4 B's"...Bret, Beau, Brandon and Brad...they all played football together and the nickname came for obvious reasons. They've all managed to participate in each others weddings...which is pretty amazing for Brad alone who has been gone so much over the years...can't believe he was around for each wedding.
All the B's are now married. Brad was the first so I was solo for awhile...it's nice to now have some girls around when we get together.
Dianna and Bret, The bride and groom Allison and Beau, Brandon and Angie, and us.
We had a great weekend. It's always fun to get dressed up and have a night without the kids. We rarely get the chance to do that anymore. Sunday morning we didn't have to check out until 11:00 to head to the airport...so we slept in and then went for a run. It was a lot of fun to run downtown. We found a river with a beautiful city park pathway that ran along it and went under a lot of bridges. I only did a 5K but Brad ran about 8 miles. I started to feel the high altitude after a few miles but it wasn't too bad.The girls had a great time with Nana but were happy to see us...it's so great to return to all their hugs and kisses.
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It sounds like you guys had a great time! It is always fun to get together with old friends.
Sherry
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