Denver

On October 19th and 20th Jon and I were able to take a quick get away with just the 2 of us to Denver.  Why Denver?  Well, the flights were ridiculously cheap and I just wanted to go somewhere!  Grandma Trafzer and Grandma Clark were kind enough to watch the kiddos for us including Grace (who I missed terribly!).  We had a great time though.  We took an early morning flight on Friday.  It was thrilling flying over the Rocky Mountains!  When we got there we drove to our hotel and then went to lunch.  On the drive from the airport to the hotel I was amazed at the trees!  The leaves were changing and it was incredibly beautiful.  I've never seen anything like it!  After lunch we just started driving.  We had no idea where we were going or what we were doing.  We stumbled upon the Denver temple.  So we got out there and walked around.  It was a nice day and nice to just be on the temple grounds for a bit.  Then we kept driving toward the mountains and came across a place called The Red Rocks.  It's an amphitheater built right into rocks overlooking the city.  It would be amazing to see and hear a concert there.  It was a very beautiful place.  As we were driving up to The Red Rocks, Jon couldn't believe how many deer there were just right off the side of the road.  We have a lot of deer pictures from this trip.  :)  We also decided we would love to live along the river in a big beautiful house! :)  Friday night we had dinner at a delicious steak house.  On Saturday we had breakfast at a great place called Snooze.  I thoroughly enjoyed a peanut butter cup pancake and the best hot chocolate I've ever had.  Just thinking about it I am craving it again! Jon had pumpkin and marscapone stuffed french toast with chile maple syrup and candied papitas. (How's that for a fancy breakfast!) After breakfast we went to downtown and walked around.  We saw the Capitol building and walked around the outdoor mall.  Then we took a tour of the Hammond Candy Factory.  They still make all their candy by hand.  It was a pretty cool tour.  We got to watch them make candy canes.  The cinnamon candy cane was really good!  It was a short trip but a fun one and I'm glad we could go!