Travel Tuesday: Colorado

Alex and I went on a vacation to Colorado a week ago to visit some friends and to re-charge for the new year. One of my very dear friends whom I met in Spain lives in Denver and brought us to literally every cool place there is to go. What I loved about Denver was that it was an extremely crafted city. From their food, beer, cocktails or boutique stores, everything was handled with such great care and pride. Sorry about the plethora of photos, I couldn't help myself. Here are a few key places to check out while there:

1. Resturants: Linger-my favorite, Le Central-delicious and authentic French food, Benny's-Mexican food with Green Chile sauce to die for, Euclid Hall-this was Alex's favorite, and last but not least-VooDoo Doughnut.

2. Coffee Shops: Kaladi Coffee, Leela

Top:Hot Chocolates at Leela//Bottom: Inside of Leela

3. Places to visit: Glenwood Hot Springs, Denver Art Museum-Passport to Paris-this was one of my favorite activities we did, Garden of the Gods-this was too gorgeous to explain in words & Willams & Graham- a speakeasy with some awesome crafted cocktails.

Glenwood Hot Springs

 

Garden of the Gods

 Beautiful Mountains everywhere 

4. Shopping: Downtown Denver was full of boutique stores, specialty stores, vintage stores & book stores. I personally fell in love with Buffalo Exchange, a consignment shop with some really great finds. Besides that I could have spent hours in a used bookstore downtown Denver.

It was so lovely seeing my friends who live so far away! Thanks Maddie for driving us everywhere and showing all the cool places to go, thank you mother nature for cancelling Chloe's flight so I could selfishly spend two more days with her, and thank you Stacie and Allen for your generous hospitality. Alex and I are truly blessed with some awesome people in our lives.

What are your favorite places to check out in Colorado?

 xoxo, Katelyn

South Carolina: Part II

Great news, folks. I got my camera back! Spirit Airlines was kind enough to hunt it down for me, and they shipped it back! Now it's safely in my possession again. Thank you, Lord. 

So I was able to upload the remaining photos I had of our Myrtle Beach trip. 

Enjoy.

For Mother's Day, we took our mama on a dolphin cruise in the Atlantic.
It was amazing!

 

Tomorrow is Katelyn's BRIDAL SHOWER! I can't believe it's already June and her wedding is a month away. I hope she enjoys her party tomorrow.  Pictures to follow! :)

xoxo, 

Laura

South Carolina

Whew, I'm back! I've been MIA the past week due to work/activities/and vacation, but it feels good to get back into the groove.  Also, I'm moving into a new apartment in a few weeks, so things have been bonkers around here. 

Last week I headed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with my family and Steve for a much needed vacation.  I spend the long weekend drifting in a lazy river next to the ocean while sipping on rum and tequila.  It was terrible. ;]  We stayed at the Compass Cove Oceanfront Resort, which is a family favorite. 

The trip was just what the doctor ordered.  I feel motivated and ready to jump back into things, full speed ahead! 

I did so something really bad, though.  I left my DSLR Canon Rebel t2i on the airplane on the way back home.  After calling the airline and Detroit airport several times, they FOUND IT.  It was in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and is on it's way back home to me right now.  Praise the Lord!

I'll have a better update on the trip later, but for now, here are some photos I took on my stupid iPhone--

 

Stay tuned for hi-res photos as soon as my camera is back in my arms again!

Hope you all have a great weekend. 

xoxo,
Laura

Spring Stress

It's insane how busy and stressful this week has been so far.  I thought that with the weather in west Michigan finally heating up and the sun showing it's face every now and again that things would seem less stressful.  Boy, was I wrong.

Fortunately I have a family vacation coming up two weeks from today.  I seriously may never come back home. 

Maybe I'm just in a funk, or maybe it's just the week I'm having at work, but I just want to hide under a rock and take a deep breath. 

So for now I will do this: 

What are your favorite stress-relief activities? I think tonight I will take a hot bath and do some crocheting. That always seems to calm my nerves.

xoxo, 

Laura