Sweethearts on the Hill

My efforts to find a nearby Dodgers game (i.e., Atlanta.. Cincinnati) for a Father's Day surprise for Richie didn't land us to nearby... Instead, we ended up at Coors Field in Denver, CO - which was really a win-win as far as I'm concerned. The kids have grown to be pretty big Dodgers fans over the past couple years... especially Luke.  It's hard not to love a winning team.. especially when you get to see them on TV almost every day from spring through fall. It was a gorgeous day for a baseball game... And, lucky us...  we had club seats, which I totally booked without even knowing I was booking club seats.  We literally walked all over the dang stadium looking for our seats and kept avoiding the "special elevator" that led to the club seats. We finally asked - and were informed that mama splurged. Yay for us! The Dodgers were spectacular.  Walker Buehler pitched. Max Muncy had two home runs and four hits. Mookie Betts had one home run and four hits. Dodgers w...

On sort of a whim, we took a long weekend family vacation to Boulder, CO.  For Fathers' Day, we surprised Richie with tickets to go see the Dodgers play the Rockies in Denver. We made a long weekend of it and explored Boulder for a few days. Boulder continues to be one of my favorite places in the country... I love the blend of energy, outdoors, mountains, city, hippie, cool, and laid back.  The food is fabulous. The people are nice. It reminds me a lot of Asheville, NC, but with a bigger sky.  I keep encouraging my kids to consider it for college... I have to imagine it would be a spectacular college experience (and I know they would love for their mama to visit them a LOT!)  After a few failed attempts on prior trips to find a legit hiking trail, we found our way to Flagstaff Mountain, a stone's throw from Boulder. It still was not hiking the way I know it to be in the Smoky Mountains, with lengthy trails under canopy of trees... but i...