Adventures with Mom

My Mom, an amazing lady

So, my Mom decided to come down and celebrate my birthday with me this week. It was going to be a quick trip, so I knew I had to plan to cram a lot in during a short amount of time, and we succeeded!

We got up early and headed to Lucile's for breakfast! I hadn't been there in WAY too long. After that, we spent a bit of time enjoying all of the flowers on Pearl St. before I decided it was time for a little exercise! I think my mom must think I'm always trying to kill her when she comes to visit as I always end up taking her on hikes that I don't think will be too bad and then they're always harder than I remember them being! My Mom is a trooper, though, after a few good rest breaks, we had a good hike enjoying the Boulder sun.

The storm that dumped some rain before our hike.

At the bottom of the 2nd Flatiron

After that, we headed to campus to go on a "Tree Walk" with the head CU groundskeeper. It was a lot of fun to get to hear what someone who has spent the last 25 years hanging out with the trees had to say about them. There are 5000 trees on campus with at least 50 different kinds! Who knew?!?

The second largest Redbud in CO

After that we headed out to fondue dinner, which is always fun. The only bad part is that you feel completely stuffed when you leave!

Stuffed but still found room for chocolate! :)

All in all, we had a great time in a short amount of visit time! Thanks for coming to visit Mom! :)