Denver Trip

  Jason and I had the opportunity to take a trip to Denver. The purpose of the trip was to attend a memorial for Jason's Grandmother who passed away the beginning of July. We decided that instead of driving out and taking the kids that Jason and I would just fly out. It was a fabulous decision! We had such a great time spending quality time together and checking out sites that we normally don't visit when we have the kids with us.  
  Friday we left Logan around 4:00 am. Our flight was REALLY early. We arrived in Denver shortly after 8:00.  We headed over to the hotel, checked in (they had our room ready for us early) and picked up our rental car.
  The first thing we did was head over to the Molly Brown House Museum.  Daryn went with us.  It was fun to check out the historic home and learn about the "Unsinkable Molly Brown."
  After the museum we dropped Daryn back off at the hotel and then headed to an amazing cathedral in downtown Denver that is famous for its stain glass windows.  The pictures do not do the windows justice. It was breathtaking! We left the cathedral and headed to the 16th street mall. I was excited to check out H & M. I had great success and was able to find new shirts. All the shopping made us hungry and we ended the evening by joining the rest of the Norris' family for a barbecue at Steve & Jackie's home.

  On Saturday we attended a memorial in honor of Marjorie Norris.  She was an amazing women who made the most of her 101 years of life. I enjoyed the stories and opportunity to celebrate her life. All the girls wore a piece of Nana's jewelry to the memorial.

   We enjoyed lunch back at Steve and Jackie's home.  After the luncheon we headed over to the Hammonds candy factory to take a tour. How can you go wrong with a tour in a candy factory? They make an incredible amount of candy including candy canes, flat taffy and some fabulous chocolate.
  That evening we enjoyed a fabulous Italian dinner at Maggianos. It was fabulous! We flew out the next morning and arrived home to find all was well in our absence.

 A little bit of heaven!

 Look how carefree and relaxed we are! That is what happens when you leave your kids home for a few days. I highly recommend it. Thank you to Shannon and Cindy who took care of our kids while we were away. It made it easy to relax and have fun knowing that our kids were in good hands.