The parental visit - much overdue!

Wow - it's been a long time.  As Meagan would say, October was "uber cray cray".  Way back in September, my parents dropped by Denver for a weekend visit and we crammed in a lot of good times!

But first, a picture of Poochini...because I can:

Anyway - back to the trip! On Saturday, we went up to Breckenridge, CO for a beautiful day in the mountains. 

The main drag in Breckenridge

We had lunch at an adorable and delicious Mexican restaurant.  We sat out on the patio by the mountain river and took in the scenery:



Photo op!

They also had a silly hat store, which mom got into while dad was searching for a ridiculous gift for his annual office white elephant exchange:

Oh yes, and did I mention the aspens looked like this?  They did. 

Sunday, we headed down to Colorado Springs (and drove quickly past Focus on the Family headquarters, mind you), to Garden of the Gods.  Which is a fantastically cool display of plate tectonics and errosion - which I know because my mother insisted we watch the 15 minute educational video at the visitors center.  Oh, mothers.  Anyway - the park is absolutely gorgeous!  Here are some select views:

My parents fit in well in Colorado

I did a bit of climbing around the rocks, even though you aren't suppsoed to do that, and I wasn't wearing appropriate footwear. Typical.

See - don't they look good in this state?

Much fun was had by all!