Colorado

We stopped in Denver for a few days on our way back to Atlanta to visit with our good friends the Strobels. Kelli and I have been keeping in touch for years through writing (yes, by hand) letters but haven't gotten to see each other much because they have lived in Scotland and then Denver for the last 5 years. It was such a pleasure to meet their little one, Brighton, and to share life with them for a few days. Brighton was such an awesome baby, very easy going and fun to be around and it was really fun to watch Kelli be mom. She is such a natural! Aren't we cute with Brighton above. Someday soon, Lord willing, we will be our own cute family!

Brighton especially took a liking to Bob.

We went to Garden of the gods, a rock formation area, walked around, and had a picnic lunch.

Bob calls these the praying hands.

Our friends Whitney and James from Atlanta moved to Denver a year ago so we got to catch up with them over dinner at their house which was really nice.

Bob had never been to Colorado before and I had only been when I was young. It is so beautiful there, very home on the range-ish. It also is so dry and because of the elevation, very difficult to breathe. I made the mistake of going on a run there. I was so exhausted by the end! It was a hard adjustment coming back to humid Atlanta from dry Denver. It made me realize that there are so many beautiful places you can live out there. I was so happy to see that a couple of friends have made a life out there for themselves and really enjoy it. It is fun having friends all over to visit.