In November we took a four day weekend over Veteran's day and took off for Colorado. We hadn't been back since we moved so we were really missing our friends and family. We were incredibly busy the entire time we were there and didn't have a spare second but had SO much fun seeing everyone and so did Taylor. Thanks to everyone for your hospitality. We miss you!
We started off the trip on Thursday and it just happened to be the first snow in CO. Every year Uncle Weed makes his famous Sweet Weed's chili on the first snow so we got really lucky to be a part of it again this year. John's cousin Jenni and her family and his cousin Jodi came over to see us and friends Ben & Mackenzie were there too. Two years ago Ben, Mackenzie & Mimi joined us for chili when the girls were still babies and we got a picture of them sitting in Papa and Nana's chair. We took the same picture this year. Wow, have things changed!
We had such a great time with some of the best family on earth. We are SO blessed to have you in our lives. Can't wait till you all move to SD (hehe). Thanks for the hospitality Weed & Denise! You're the best!On Friday, we had breakfast at our friends Leigh and Corrie's house. Unfortunately Leigh had to work so we didn't get to see him but we got to see our friends Dan & Mel and Taylor got to play with her buddies Noah & Mia. We miss our small group friends and hope they come visit us soon. :) (bummed that I didn't take any pictures).
After that we went to spend some time with John's grandpa (Opa). He is such an amazing man and it's such a gift to be around him.
After Opa's we went down to our friends Kole & Shannon's house for dinner. We got to meet their precious little girl Payton. She's such a sweet baby girl. Josh and Kelsey came over for dinner too and we had a good time catching up. We miss you guys tons! Thanks for dinner and hope to see you again soon. xoxo (once again, no pictures...bah!)On Saturday morning we got spoiled with breakfast again at our friends Ben & Mackenzie's house. Mackenzie is such a good hostess and made some amazing food (Can you say Nutella croissants...Yum!) Taylor and Mimi had fun playing and we had fun catching up. Thanks guys!
It makes me sad that we're not closer so that these two can grow up together. They are so sweet to watch when they're together.After Taylor got a quick nap we packed up and headed down to Cherry Creek Mall to meet John's sister Becky and niece Riley and my cousin Matt and his family. We played in the playland for awhile and then headed up to Denver to our favorite restaurant - Marco's pizza. We enjoyed lemon basil martinis, limoncello chicken wings, proscuitto pizza and Nutella pizza (Nutella twice in one day - pretty lucky). We then went to Matt & Courtney's house (which is beautiful by the way) and hung out for the night. The girls had a great time playing and dancing together and we enjoyed a glass of wine with a couple of our favorite people. Thanks for letting us crash at your house guys. We loved getting to see you, your sweet sweet girls and Dakota.
Sunday morning we packed up once again and headed over to John's sister's house and had breakfast (man, we're spoiled) there. Yet another fantastic meal (are you seeing a pattern here? I think we gained some pounds on this trip). Taylor and Riley had fun playing and we enjoyed chatting with Becky. We miss you guys and wish we were closer for our girls to grow up together, especially with baby Wolfe on the way. We'll have to come visit lots! Love you!
That pretty much sums up our trip. Such an amazing weekend! We really do miss all of you but this trip was also good for us to confirm that our move back home was the right decision. It just feels good here. Now if we could just talk all of you into moving here. Perfect!
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