Our Denver Adventure

Last weekend, we finally got to go visit Brent & Renee *Vander* Dixon. We have been trying to find a weekend that will work since they moved up there two years ago, and we finally made it happen! I usually get to see Renee (one of my very best friends in college - and still today!) at Christmas when she comes to Dallas (home), but this Christmas was extra busy for her, and I hoped we would visit, so we didn't this year. So, I was super ready to see her. Renee is one of those friends you leave feeling encouraged & refreshed after spending time with her!

Thursday evening, we made the trek down to Austin (to leave Kate), and my parents kept the kids so that my brother, sis-in-law, David & I could go out to dinner kidless! It was GREAT! We've missed spending time with them on our last few trips to Austin, so it was really nice to have a chance to visit. A dinner at Chuy's & visiting at Starbucks was a great start to our weekend.

Friday we dropped Kate off to spend the day with Kristin until Nana got out of school, grabbed lunch at Pei Wei with Dad (we make sure to eat all the good things when we go to Austin!), and headed to the airport.

Our time in Denver was wonderful - not what we expected - but an adventure none-the-less. We had plans to head up into the mountains on Saturday afternoon so that the boys could ski, but Brent & Renee's car broke down that morning. After some time at the shop, we were told we were good to go, so we headed up later than expected.

Well...about 20 minutes into the trip, it became obvious that the car was NOT fixed, so we cancelled our hotel, turned around & headed back for Renee & Brent's apartment, dropped off the car, and settled in for the night. We called a bunch of rental companies, but unfortunately (AND IRONICALLY??) they had all closed.

Since we were stranded, we ordered pizza and played some monopoly.

David ruining my picture :-p

The game got down to Renee & David - Renee won!!

Before bed, we found a rental place that would pick us up in the morning, so we figured we'd just make a day trip in the morning. They opened at 7. Called them, they wouldn't pick us up, but here, call these people - they will. Supposed to open at 8. Didn't answer the phone til 9. At that point, we decided that it wasn't worth the trip to the mountains. CRAZINESS!! Instead we spent the day at a local outlet mall, playing more games, and finished up with David's request to go to A&W for a Pepsi float.

So, maybe not what we planned, but the main reason we were going was to get to spend time with the Dixons & we definitely got to do that!

Thanks for letting us come visit Renee & Brent!!!