Good Times in the Ghetto

So I'm really tired, having just returned from a wonderful day spent in the city with my good friend Jenni. I should be either in bed or downstairs working off all the food I ate (hopefully Jenni didn't notice me reach for that fourth sopapilla!) But what am I doing? Blogging, of course!!

Jenni and I were friends in Arizona, but we've both moved around since and we realized today that we haven't seen each other or our families in over three years! It was so much fun to get together in person again!! Jenni's oldest, Brandon and Isaac used to be great friends and the girls and her second, Luke are the same age. Oh yeah, and we both have bouncing baby boys! They all had a great time together. For some reason which no one could figure out, Luke kept calling Audrey Asia. I think eventually she just started responding to it. We met up at the Museum of Nature and Science and basically let our husbands shepherd the kids around while Jenni and I sat in the dinosaur puppet play place and talked. Oh, we did hit the planetarium too, which was about Black Holes and admittedly way over my head, but fun to look at. It scared Lincoln half to death at first, which was pretty funny.
Chloe decided she wants to marry Luke. From the looks of this picture (that's them on the right), I think they will be a perfect match!!

After the museum, we went to a famous Denver landmark, Casa Bonita. How do you begin to describe such a place? It is in the middle of the ghetto--seriously, you know you are in a sketchy neighborhood when the tattoo parlors don't even have professional signs--just plywood with spray paint. The restaurant itself is in a strip mall. When Chloe saw it, she said, "It's beautiful! I want to get married there!" When you go inside, it is like you are in a Mexican village or something. There are caves for the kids to explore and even very friendly cliff divers. Oh! And all-you-can-eat sopapillas! It's kind of hard to explain, but come visit us and we will brave the ghetto and the bad-ish food to take you there! Or better yet, just wait until Chloe's wedding reception!!



It was such a fun day! Thanks for coming, Jenni! Hopefully it won't be another three years before we get together again!