When I was young I remember watching an episode of "The Simpson's" where Homer gave Marge a bowling ball with his name on it for Christmas or something. After that, whenever anyone gave someone else a gift that benefited the giver, we called it a "Homer." Well...I gave Matt a "Homer" this last Christmas. For some reason, he has always wanted to go to Denver, so I decided to give hime two plane tickets to Denver. I called my friend, Lindsay to see if she wanted to give her husband the same thing. Not only did she want to, but she also said her aunt lived there and that we could stay with her. So began the long wait for March 24th! We had a fun time planning along the way! The day we flew in, we decided to hang out in downtown Denver because we were going to the Broadway play "Mary Poppins" that night. We spent the majority of our time at the 16th street mall. Our first stop...lunch at Hard Rock Cafe.
Matt and me at Hard Rock
Matt and me at Hard Rock
Skylar and Lindsay at Hard Rock
There was a bus that you could ride up and down 16th street. When we were cold and tired of shopping, we just rode the bus all the way up and back down.
We were so cold, we stopped at Mcdonald's to get shakes!
I really wanted Lindsay's Oreo shake.
Finally it was time to go to "Mary Poppins"!! Matt and I saw this in New York when we went, but it was just as fun the second time and one of the many highlights of the trip!
The next morning we went to the Denver temple, which was only a few minutes away from Lindsay's aunts house. It worked out perfectly.
After the temple we went to Brunswick Zone. I felt like I was back in junior high at 49th street Galleria. We had a lot of fun!! Here we are getting ready to play lazer tag.
Bowling
That night we went to the Melting Pot. This was a new experience for all of us. We liked dessert the best! We just might need to get us a fondu pot!
These guys are professional posers!
This was another highlight of the trip! We met up with Leslie at Panera bread and reminisced about the good old days! She's still as cute as ever! Not to mention an amazing career woman!
Yes...another restraunt! This time we are at the Cheescake Factory. By this point I think we were all stuffed from 3 days of eating out! (Popcorn anyone?!! It's free!)Yes...that night we went to the movies and ate popcorn even though none of us wanted any! Then we went home and ate our cheesecake!
On our last day there, we spent a little more time in downtown Denver before heading back to the airport. We toured Invesco field where the Denver Broncos play. Here we are in the guest locker room.
All of us!
On the field.
And of course our last stop...FOOD! Really?!!
On our last day there, we spent a little more time in downtown Denver before heading back to the airport. We toured Invesco field where the Denver Broncos play. Here we are in the guest locker room.
All of us!
On the field.
And of course our last stop...FOOD! Really?!! California Pizza Kitchen!
Between eating, shopping, and sight seeing, we played games and watched HGTV. This ended up being a four date double date!!! SO MUCH FUN!!! Thanks Skylar and Lindsay!!!
5 comments:
Glad you got to get away for a bit! those types of vacations are the best!
The trip looks amazing!!! And I am so jealous of all the food! I think we need to plan a double date sometime soon...
Cute! Looks like fun. Eating...my kind of trip!
What a fun trip! Brandon and I went to Denver a few years ago and stayed right in downtown. It is so fun there and there is so much to do. We also went in March, but it was a pretty mild winter that year so the weather was not too bad. Anyway, I am so glad you got to get away with your hubby and have fun with your friends too!
How fun! We love Denver...such a great city. Glad you guys had such a great time!
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