So my brothers wedding was great and so was NYC but one of the highlights of my Summer has to be the time I spent in Colorado!
So it's just a state over but I have never been. I have to say it is a breathtakingly beautiful state and the best part about it is that its home to my dear ibff/KS and one of my best friends Kate.
It was a fabulous 4 days that ended too soon but I think we crammed enough fun and late night talks in to last us until the next time.
This is us right after we met!
I got there early Friday morning so I was starving so we headed straight to breakfast from the airport. After we ran a few errands and Kate gave me a tour of her lovely city.
We stopped by the Denver LDS Temple..it was one of the things that I wanted to see while I was there.
After that I met up with a friend from college. She and her husband just moved to Colorado. It was alot of fun to see her and catch up on life. Most exciting news is that I found out they are expecting their first baby in January!
Friday night we and then we stayed up late to chat and do girlie things :-)
Saturday Kate had a breakfast for her work so I got to sleep in and then we headed to a Eclipse matinée. I loved it and since we had both seen it a few times before we sat in the back of the theater and gave our own commentary on our favorite(or not so favorite) parts of the movie. If you haven't done this you really should. Sometimes it can make the movie all the more exciting.
After we went to lunch at Quotoba ( oh how I wish we had one of these in UT) and then we headed to Kate's favorite bookstore.
Tattered Cover...it is the most lovely little bookstore. Not to big, not to small. Its perfect while feeling quaint and welcoming. I could have just crawled up in chair and stayed awhile.
Sat we drove around some more and sang GLEE at the top of our lungs.
Kate introduced me to her favorite TV show "How I Met Your Mother" and I have to say I'm hooked. I've only had time to watch a few more episodes on Netflix but I am hoping to eventually make it through.
Sunday we got up early and went to church. After church we went on a fabulous picnic.
Where we had fruit and meat and baguettes. It was fabulous and felt very French even in the middle of Colorado. Kate then took me to one of e miraculous views I have ever seen. Having grown up on the other side of the Rocky Mountains where a trip up one of the canyons was only 15-20 minutes I had always wondered what was on the "other side". We'll I can tell you what's on the other side and the view is just as spectacular.
Daniel's Park is this beautiful park that overlooks the Colorado Valley and has a magnificent view. Not to mention it is on a private golf course that a guy built just for his wife. Talk about a gift of love.
So back when Kate and me first became friends I told her about some of my favorite movies growing up. "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea". I have seen them both so many times that I have them memorized and I never get sick of them. I still swoon the very sight of Gilbert Blyth and the way he says "sorry" in fact I think he may have been my first "movie crush" :-) So I made sure to bring Kate her very own set so we could have a marathon, and marathon we did. We watched every wonderful Anne and Gil moment from first glance to broken slates, to tests, to the epic and swoonful ending. If you haven't seen them. Change that STAT!
What's an Anne of Green Gables marathon without a little Raspberry Cordial?
and then it was over far to fast. Monday morning hopped back on a plane and headed to my side of the mountains.
I had the most wonderful time and I am so grateful for wonderful ibff's who become real life bff's. Can't wait for our next adventure Kate!
