in mid-july, jamie was out of town for a bachelor party and my parents came to visit me in den! if i haven’t mentioned it yet, my parents are trying to ride a tandem bike in all 50 states [they’ve hit 16 so far!] and colorado was on their list. they spent a couple weekdays here while i was at work, so they were able to do their bike ride and check out denver a little more [we would have dinner together in the evenings when i got off work], and then we got to spend time together over the weekend too. here are some photos from their visit:
{we had one amazing meal at il posto and another at fish n beer [see above].}
{the tandem bikers! they are the cutest.}
{they got to see some trains while they were here!}
{…and they also came to visit me at work, so we all took a selfie with our hard hats, haha.}
{on saturday morning, we took a hike at eldorado canyon. [you may remember this hike from this post.]}
{we took a ton of photos, but just bear with me, since i don’t get enough photos with my parents these days!!}
{it was really cool to see some trains going through the tunnels in the mountains as we hiked.}
{we saw a black squirrel, which jamie and i had seen on a hike once before too. i guess they’re common in the rockies, but i think they’re so cool!}
{love them}
{made it to the top!}
{we saw all of these giant dandelions on the hike!}
{they’re hard to see in these pictures, but there were tons of mountain climbers all over these rocks, all the way up to the top of the mountain!}
{we watched the mountain climbers for a while, and then dad pretended to be one! lol.}
{after our hike, we checked out the union station farmers market…}
{…and had red velvet ice cream sandwiches at milkbox ice creamery.}
{we had an eight-course meal at the populist for dinner, and then ubered to el five for drinks on the patio.}
{the views from el five.}
{we ended up walking home from el five because it was such a nice night. it’s a pretty long walk, but we were having such a great time chatting that we didn’t even notice!}
{from our evening walk}
{on sunday, we made breakfast, went to church, and then mom and i did a little shopping and had lunch at nordstrom while dad went to the train museum!} ;)
{that afternoon, we walked to blue moon brewing company.}
{this was a fun brewery to visit.}
{we all got beer flights!}
{selfie time!}
{and then we came home and i made paella for dinner. mom also made this fantastic hors d’oeuvre with honey goat cheese, marcona almonds, and cherry balsamic preserves that she served with crackers.}
{i wish jamie could have enjoyed this meal with us!}
{paella!}
{i had to go back to work on monday, but that night, jamie got to see my parents as we all met for dinner at beatrice & woodsley.}
{the food was artfully prepared and tasty as usual.}
thank you SO much to my dear parents for coming to visit! it was wonderful spending time with you – it made me so happy! i miss you guys so much. love you both! xoxo