Denver

Well, everyone, it's official. Kurt and I are moving to Denver in just a few months. Kurt's start date is September 16th and we're so excited to move onto the next stage of our life! We headed down to Denver last weekend to scout out houses and neighborhoods. Our friend James is down there for training right now so we brought his wife along so that could see each other. We left on Friday afternoon and since I don't know anything about the I-70 route decided to take that one. It was a full hour longer but there were some really cool things to see!

Early Saturday morning we met our future real estate agent. She wasn't able to show us around because she was helping out with a wedding, but she did type up a guided tour of the neighborhoods we could afford in the areas we were interested in. We set off for the nearest area, checking out the 'hood and grabbing flyers for houses for sale. After about an hour, disaster struck ... our car over-heated and we quickly pulled over to the side of the road. We called James and Camille and I read Harry Potter 7 (so good... had to reread it!) while Kurt tried to fix the car. When the Winfield's arrived we took our car to the shop and continued our neighborhood-hunting adventure! As a note... don't stop at Good Times for food in Denver. The times there aren't so good. The two cities we checked out were Littleton and Lakewood.

In the late afternoon we headed over to the downtown area to walk the 16th Street Mall. What a cool area! We then went back to the shop to pick up our car. They tried to tell us that our radiator needed to be replaced, that it would cost $1000, they wouldn't be able to do it till Monday, and there were $1000 worth of other repairs needed. We called their bluff and took the car home, stopping at a cool street fair in downtown Littleton and finding the coolest Safeway ever on the way, and at home we ate Freschetta pizza and watched Runaway Jury. The next morning for church we discovered that Kurt forgot his church clothes, so we attended sacrament meeting with Kurt in a sweater, button-up short-sleeve underneath, jeans and sneakers. Better to go under-dressed than not go at all, I say! After church we went to our real estate agent's house, where her husband grilled delicious steaks for lunch. Afterwards she took us around Parker and Aurora. Then we grabbed Camille, said goodbye to James, and took the I-80 route home to Provo. The areas we liked best were Littleton and the non-ghetto areas of Lakewood. We really liked Parker but then Kurt would be commuting for 1 hour each way and I'd like to see my husband sometimes. It was a fun, adventurous and productive trip!