Frisco, Colorado Part II

Happy Friday!  When I last left you I posted photos from the first half of my trip to Colorado.  I took so many photos that I had to split it into two posts.  Here are the rest of the images from this beautiful city.

I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Frisco, Colorado Part I

Two weeks after our Florida vacation, I traveled to Frisco, Colorado for work.  My department has an annual conference/training there and this was my first time attending.  The meetings were informative, but the best part of the trip was the scenery in my opinion...oh, and the happy hour sponsored by the vendors each night...free drinks! :)  When we arrived it was partly cloudy, but overall sunny outside of the airport.  We flew into Denver and had a two hour drive to Frisco.  We stopped a few times along the way to get photos.  On the drive up (literally up, Frisco is at an elevation of 9,100 ft.) it started lightly snowing.  It was surreal and beautiful.  It looked like we were in the middle of a movie scene.  Anyway, enough talk.

On the way to Frisco:

Frisco:

 

This was the view from my hotel room window to the left...

 ...and to the right.

 

The Colorado sunsets are amazing!

We found a cute little crepe stand in the nearby town of Breckenridge.  The crepes were AMAZING!  The ambiance was great as well as they had their fire pit blazing (it was in the 30's at night).

 

Since I took so many photos I had to break this post into two, so I'll be back tomorrow with the second half!

May events: My 30th Birthday

The next big event in May was my 30th birthday.  I didn't feel depressed turning 30, I was rather excited and thankful.

Here's how it all went down:

Friday
I went to a wine tasting with a friend and we had a great time!  I ended up purchasing two wines, a Sweet Shiraz called Jam Jar and a Sangria by Ed Hardy.

Later that night Simon gave me my gift, though my b'day was two days away.  He figured I would want to use it over the weekend.

I am in love!

Saturday
My family came over and we had a seafood feast!  I ordered a load of crab legs (of course!) from Joe's Crab Shack.  Didn't get any pictures of that...too messy!

My sister brought over cupcakes from a different place, Whimsical Sweets.  There were a lot of us, so there were a lot of cupcakes.

I requested that my Grandma make Mango Margarita's to drink that night, so she did.  My Grandma is a stickler about drinking drinks from the appropriate glass.  I told her that I wanted to drink from my pink cup, and though she'd rather me use a margarita glass she said, "Well it's your birthday".

We played a little Birilli lawn bowling.  I suck, but it was still fun.

I opened gifts.

I also made and played a playlist that consisted of 40 songs that came out in 1982.  Wow, there were so many hits that year!  It was a great night.

Sunday, my b'day
Initially I wanted to go on a bike ride in the morning, but I was too worn out from the night before.  Instead Simon and I went to Flying Biscuit for brunch.  I had the smoked salmon scramble with creamy grits and a biscuit.  They are famous for their biscuits (they come with every meal, even dinner), and their creamy grits are to die for.  No pictures of my food, I was too hungry :)

Did I mention that I am in love with this lens?

Later on we went to the grocery store and got some food to grill.  Well, for Simon to grill.  We then went on an evening bike ride (more details about that bike to come).  After we got home, Simon grilled.  We ate al fresco, listened to Zero 7 and I was in heaven.  I love the outdoors...minus the bugs!

Look at that beautiful sunset that God created.

I drank out of a fancy glass that night.

That was my 30th!