Hiking with friends.

One of our awesome friends from Chicago

came to visit for a couple of days last week.

We took advantage of the gorgeous 

weather & went on a favorite hike

of mine.

Uh oh, altitude....

Getting a closer look at the rock face.

Pointing out Boulder landmarks.

Nice, but, um...we're still not at the top.

Best seat in the house.

They are number 1.

I was there, too!

Other highlights of Adam's visit include eating

lots & lots of yummy food.

We love showing off Colorado,
and love seeing friends even more!

On landing at dusk

Our late afternoon stroll last Friday

(pre-Springing Forward)

ended with the rapid

onset of dusk.

Just across the road from the

local airport,

we reveled in the small

aircraft racing the encroaching darkness, 

seemingly milking every last ray

for their flights

before the sun disappeared behind the mountains.

Portraits

Last night Z took me out for an

early birthday dinner, 

since we'll both be working on 

my real birthday.

Spring is starting to show up, 

bringing some amazing weather, so

I decided that I wanted to stop for a few

new photos before we ate.

Here are some of the fun shots we got.

This week...

I normally work an alternative schedule, 

longer hours for 4 days a week

then 3 days off.

But this week I ended up working

normal people hours, 

which unfortunately meant that

I had a crazy-long commute each day.

While I was stopped in traffic one evening

I snapped this photo.

Changing up my schedule was nice

for a week, but I'm looking forward 

to getting back my short commute & long weekends!