Denver, June 2011

At the end of June, we made the 8 hour drive to Denver for our new nephew's baby blessing, and then we planned on staying about 4 or 5 days. We rented a car (a Chevy Traverse, which was really awesome), packed up our stuff, found dog sitters and hit the road.

We stayed with Jake and Crystal at their new house in Aurora. This is the reservoir by their house, complete with a sandy beach! But the water was freezing, so we swam at the pool instead.

This is Brandon with his new nephew, Eli.

WARNING: Our future might look something like this.

While we were in town, so were the White Sox! Jake is friends with Mark Buehrle, so we got to hang out with him and his wife and kids while they were here. They're big dog people, so they are my kind of people!

On Wednesday, we headed to downtown Denver to hang out with Mark, his kids and parents. We ran into some bands that were playing on the street and here were some of the fans.

This dude was rockin out.

This guy was also having a really good time...he was dancing around and wearing what appeared to be a women's swimsuit bottom. Yeah....

All around downtown Denver, they have these old painted pianos set up and you can just sit down and play them for free. Here are Reese and Taylor (nieces) and Braden and Brooklyn (Buehrle's kids) playing.

River that runs through downtown Denver. We took of our shoes and stepped in to cool off!

Oh yeah, I went with Brooke and Crystal to get pedicures...I'm in love with this color!

The night before we left, we went to the White Sox game to watch Mark pitch. Brandon went the night before with Jake and sat in really good seats with Mark's wife Jamie, but the 2nd night, we had to get tickets, so we weren't very close. But it was still an awesome game! White Sox won!

Warming up.

Pitching during the game.

Mark actually got a double when he was up to bat! This is him standing on 2nd base. It's a bit ironic, because he has one of the best records for picking off the first base, and he got picked off shortly after this picture was taken!

Some pics of us and downtown Denver.