#134doCO

The Yadlin girls (minus one) met in Denver to celebrate Youval's birthday and to enjoy a long weekend. Shiri arrived first and then I arrived later, stopping to pick up the rental car for the weekend and get some cupcakes for the birthday girl the next day. We got Noodles for dinner and then watched this BIZARRE movie called "It's a Disaster." Look it up. Watch it. Then call me to commiserate.

Here's a rundown of the weekend. 

Saturday- Youval's birthday!

We went to Ross and found our Christmas outfits. These cost over $40 each. Unreal.

After getting Panera, we drove up to Red Rocks. I made sure not to fall this time. We did some hiking, posed on stage, read about the amazing musicians who have performed in these hallowed stones and wandered up and down the steps.

We went to dinosaur ridge and looked at what they claim are legitimate dinosaur prints. Which I'm fine with. I love anything related to dinosaurs. We walked a ton and enjoyed some amazing views. 

Went to Alamo Brewhouse for dinner, ordered food at our seats and watched "Book of Life." It was INCREDIBLE. Watch it immediately. Or when it comes out of DVD. Or something. It was so great. I laughed, I cried, it moved me, Bob.

Sunday: We drove down to Colorado Springs and met up with the Simons to hike through the Garden of the Gods. Lots of catching up, laughing, taking pictures, taking pictures of other families who needed us to make sure their shoes were in the picture, eating lunch under the large rocks, watching rock climbers, and enjoying some lovely company.

After a Starbucks break, we met up with Matt Simpson, Shiri's W&L friend and he took us to the Olympic Training Center in C Springs. We sat in a bobsled, learned about famous Olympians and toured the various training areas, including Men's Gymnastics, swimming, and the cafeteria.

We were supposed to go to a celebratory birthday dinner that night. It got postponed when there was mad awful traffic back to Denver so instead we got dinner and went home to watch the Galaxy game. It was Landon's last regular season home game and there were much festivities, including Five for Fighting serenading Landon and Shiri losing it while watching.

Monday: Walked to coffee and then headed down (up?) to Boulder for some hiking in the Flatirons. Once again, we got lost numerous times but it was just gorgeous, we had some good conversations, and couldn't stop looking at the views. Oh, and we saw a bear.

Lastly, we had the celebratory birthday dinner at Park Burger before I had to take myself back to the airport for my flight home. 

And that's how #143doCO.