Thursday 5/8/08 - chopped my hair off just before we left for the airport (you'll see in the pictures). It had been about 6 months since my last cut, so it was way overdue. We flew out of Spokane, landing in Denver at about 5:30 pm. Seth's brother Oliver met up with us and we all got in our rental car and headed to our hotel, where Seth's Mom, Dad and sister were waiting for us. We went to dinner at the Cherry Cricket Bar near our hotel (Seth's Dad, Tim's choice, and a good one!). Then time for bed!
Friday 5/9/08 - Breakfast at the hotel, then made our way to the Cherry Creek Mall for a tiny bit of shopping. On to Priscilla's of Boston where Maia had her final wedding dress fitting. She looks so gorgeous!! Then to lunch and into the car where we caravaned up to Loveland, CO for a quick viewing of Maia and her fiance Steve's new house. (This girl has SO much going on.....graduating from pharmacy school, buying a house, moving, and getting married). Their house is great! We met up with Seth's Uncle Earl and Aunt Janell and all of us went to dinner before heading on to Laramie, WY.
Saturday 5/10/08 - An early morning - graduation was at 8:30 am. Maia is finished with school - congratulations! Now a few tests and she'll be a pharmacist officially! After graduation we all got together at Steve's parents' new home in Laramie and celebrated a bit before heading to dinner at the coolest place. About 30 minutes outside of Laramie is an old ranch turned B & B/restaurant, called the Vee Bar Ranch. We had a great dinner (even with Ella letting us know she didn't appreciate us keeping her out so late).
Sunday 5/11/08 - My first Mother's Day. We checked out of our hotel and met up with Steve's parents and sister for brunch at Altitude, a restaurant in Laramie. Yummy brunch.... i think we all at too much. Then we all said goodbye and Seth, Ella, Oliver and I got in our car to make the drive back to Denver and the airport. After dropping Ollie off for his flight, we were able to meet up with my good friend Courtney at a restaurant near the airport. Her daughter, Harper was born just a couple weeks before Ella, so we were able to meet each other's kids for the first time. I'm so glad we were able to get together, even if it was only for a few minutes!
First plane ride
with Uncle Ollie
with the Grad
the whole family
Harper & Courtney with Ella and me
To sum up - we had so much fun! Ella did wonderfully and I think really enjoyed being out and about and hanging out and meeting the family. It was a lot for her though and we heard about it on the plane home last night. But I think it was worse for us than anyone else on the flight, as some of the other passengers commented on how good she was!? Now we look forward to our next adventure - heading to Rapid City in July for Maia's wedding!
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