#11 Go green at the St. Patrick's Day parade

On Saturday, March 12th we packed up and headed out to the St. Patrick's Day parade. Luckily the weather was perfect, maybe a little chilly but sunny. We drove downtown and found a parking garage pretty close to the parade for $5 bucks and ended up parking on the very top.

First we walked down close to Coors field and the start of the parade route and got a pretty good spot. Briana had made a "Bead Me" poster for BJ, Howie, and Erica from 105.9 so we wanted to make sure her sign could be seen so she would get her beads. And she did get her beads and so did Jameson so all was well.

Jameson was more interested in the fire trucks than anything going on with the parade so we watched for about an hour and headed out to find a place to eat.

We walked down Market until we found delectable egg and decided that sounded good- we were right, it was amazing. I love that place and I love breakfast food.

When we got back to our car we looked over the side of the building and found we had a perfect view of the parade going by. We sat on top of the building for another half an hour or so and watched more of the parade. I was amazed that we were the only people up there cause the view was totally perfect.

I'm pretty excited to keep crossing more off of my bucket list!

#100 Donate hair to lock of love

I did it! I had been growing out my hair, first just because I was too lazy to cut it but once it hit a certain length I decided to let it keep growing so I could donate to locks of love. I normally like to keep my hair longer but I can't think of a better reason to rock a short new 'do.

It felt great to chop off 11 inches, L.O.L only needs 10 inches but I gave one extra just cause. My whole head feels quite a bit lighter and I really like the cut!

My sister in law, Bayli, did it for me and I think she did an awesome job!

Dearest Briana;

I have changed so much since having you, I think I'm a better person now. A better person because of you. I always thought being a parent meant teaching your children things. Teaching them manners, how to read, tie their shoes, cook eggs.....but you taught me that children teach their parents more than we can ever teach them.

While I taught you manners, you taught me to laugh at messes.

While I taught you to read, you taught me to make up stories as I go.

While I taught you how to tie your shoes, you taught me to have patience.

While I taught you to cook eggs, you taught me that life is filled with the simplest pleasures.

You have such a big heart, care deeply for other people and you've taught me to care more for others. To have compassion and empathy when I may not understand where someone else is coming from.

I'm so proud of you and I love you!

Love forever and always,

Mom

#97 Try a new top rated restaurant

I have went out to Encore on Colfax last night with my brother, Amber (his girlfriend), Zach, and some great friends- Jake & Jamia, Jessica & Greg, and Zach & Sarah.

It was really good and the company was great!

I had the trout for my entree and

it was good but a little dry, luckily my chocolate mousse made up for it.

We went for 5280,

which is a two week period in Denver where a to

n of restaurants do a three course meal for two for $52.80. It's a great way some of Denver's top restaurants.

He's off!

Dominic really has this crawling thing down now. He looks cute scooting across the floor.....and of course it is just in time for us to be packing.

The little things

I've posted before about Baby Maddie and today I was reading her mom's blog and saw this in the comments:

"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

Wow! What powerful and true words. They really hit home. You think you will remember every moment of your child(ren)'s life. But you don't.

Time fades memories.

That's why I take pictures. Lots of pictures. And I mean a lot of pictures.

Today I went with my mom, Jameson, Dominic, Alyssa (niece), and Xavier (nephew) to the Denver Diner. It wasn't anything special, just a lunch date while the car got worked on but it's a little thing that really is the big things.

The kids were really good and enjoyed looking out the window- Xavier and Jameson would point out each bus or big truck that went by and were just giggling with each other. Alyssa got up to dance and got embarrassed because someone caught her.

It was just nice. Being with my mom is nice. She flies back to Ohio Saturday after being here a month and I am going to miss her.

Oh and this morning I blew bubbles with the boys. Dominic loved the bubbles. It was adorable watching him try to catch them and look confused on where they had gone.

It really is the little things. No one is promised a tomorrow, so laugh a lot, dance a lot, love a lot, live a lot, and dammit.....take pictures