"You have the most comfortable guest bed ever!"

An exact quote from my Mom after she stayed with us. I told her I'd be using it as a promo to get my friends to come visit. (Shannon, H'ie, Laura, Cali, Bluey, Meggles, Danielle--hint, hint)

We had a really nice weekend. Friday night Mom's flight was delayed so I waited in the 45 minute lot for 2 hours. Sweet. We were both super hungry so when we came home to Jackson cooking dinner we were thrilled. He made homemade chicken parm with spaghetti. YUM!! He is quite the cook these days! :) Then we headed to the Container Store (a requirement for visiting Hotel de Petefish) and got the goodie bags for my sister's wedding. They're super cute and I think will really work out well. I'm a little bummed that I cannot help my Mom build them though. :( We also hit up our 2-story Bed, Bath & Beyond. Everything here is so darn BIG! Finally, we headed downtown to the 16th street mall. It is a really cool part of Denver with lots of little shops and one big mall. Mom got her Hard Rock pin and all was well with the world. ;) She also got to taste "Rocky Mountain Chocolate" YUM again.

Saturday Jackson made his world famous french toast. It was wonderful. Then we lounged a bit before heading out to go on a "hike" with MacKenzie. I put quotes because it was POURING down rain and therefore there was not a hike. We drove to Boulder to see CU (I LOVE colleges and collect college t-shirts) and we loved it there! Boulder is such a cute place. So fun! We drove through the mountains to Estes Park. If you previously read of my distain for misnomers you will understand my annoyance with this place. It is not a park! It is just a city plunked in the mountains! There was no park!! No park!! Grr. I drove the winding roads through the mountains for nothing! (Except great scenery) Years of my life were taken from the stress of the height and lack of guardrails. We did stop at a winery (a very great place for a winery- on the side of a mountain?! Drive much?) and did some tasting. It was a really cute place. We dined in Boulder then headed back to Parker. We were pooped!

Today we planned to go on the Cog Railway up Pike's Peak, but the rain prevented this. Instead Mom and I went shopping. :) We hit Nordstrom Rack- LOVE and of course the Park Meadows Mall. Mom was quite impressed with the mall. Not to point any fingers at anyone who wasn't (S. Pete). We did some serious damage and had fun. We met Jackson for lunch then headed for the airport. I got Mom all dropped off and during my crying session went the wrong way on I-70. (Note: Jackson told me yesterday that to get home always got South or East) I guess I was headed back to Indy as I went I-70 East for quite a while. Oops. LOST AGAIN! GRR!! I was supposed to go West however I had previosuly been advised that South or East took me home. Hmm. I eventually got myself back on track. I swear this 2 year stint in CO is going to age me. I'm going to have gray hair when I return.

Tomorrow is a big day for Jackson as he has a presentation to make to like 10 very important people. Prayers and fingers crossed please. He was wonderful this weekend and I love him.

Thanks for coming out, Mom. I had a lot of fun. It was nice to get to hang out again. I miss you!

Have a great Monday everyone!