The Good Life

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, we went to visit our sweet friends in Colorado last month.

It's amazing to me that we've been there three times now and we still haven't seen all there is to see around where they live! It's gorgeous there, and I feel like every time we leave, a little piece of my heart stays behind.

Side note: I'm listening to my Young the Giant station on Pandora while I'm writing this. I love it. You should check it out sometime.

The first day we were there, we walked around downtown and went to a museum. I always find it fascinating to learn about the history of an area and to look at old pictures of what things used to look like.

(All taken inside the museum)

Our second day was mostly spent relaxing and hanging out with their kiddos. They had their second child since the last time we'd been there and he's adorable. This was only our second time spending time with him. He's such a happy kid.

 (Phin)

Our third day there, we went to a really cute soda shop called Squeak. They have a whole bunch of different flavors of soda. They encourage you to smell the different flavors before you pick one, and you get to pick the color of your soda as well if you want. They had so many amazing different options, but I knew what I was going to get as soon as I saw the name.

 (The flavor bottles of the sodas, my husband sniffing one, and part of the list of the different flavors they offer)

 (With our yummy sodas)

(My Butterbeer soda. Just the way I pictured it would taste after reading all those Harry Potter books)

(The boys)

We spent our fourth day driving to a few different places. We stopped a couple of times to walk around and explore.

Em and I also went out dancing that night with a friend of hers and had a blast.

Our last day there, we drove up to the top of Pike's Peak. It was so beautiful and peaceful up there. It started to rain while we were outside and we had to run inside very quickly. It was cold up there, so the rain was coming down in ice chunks.

 (The view from the top of Pike's Peak)

(This little guy kept peeking up at us while we were taking our pictures)

 (Em and I on top of Pike's Peak!)

 (The hubby and I)

(All of us, taken with Emily's camera)

(Playing down by the water on the way down the mountain)

We then headed to downtown Denver to eat dinner and walk around. It reminded me a little bit of San Francisco.

(The capitol building in Denver)

Some of the other things we did while we were there (that aren't pictured):

We ate at Which Wich, Chipotle, Chik Fil A, Old Chicago, Cy's Drive In, Jimmy John's, Pita Pit, and Smash Burger.

We went to their Bible study with their friends that they have each week. They are going through a book on marriage and it sounded amazing from what everyone else was saying during the discussion. Josh and I fell in love with the format of their study, the honesty of everyone in the group, and the fact that everyone was very real with who they are. It was very refreshing for both of us.

We saw the Dark Knight Rises. While my heart still breaks for those involved in that horrific shooting not far from where we were, it was a good movie and I really enjoyed it.

We also had some great conversations with our friends. We always have amazing conversations with them and it always makes me wish we saw them more often. They challenge us, encourage us, and get us. We feel completely comfortable with them, and I'm pretty sure they feel pretty comfortable with us as well.

We were sad to leave, but so grateful that we were able to make it out there again. I'm already looking forward to our next trip...whenever it may be.