A few recent photos

We're Rockies fans... but they're our second-favorite team. The only time we're not rooting for the Rockies is when they're playing the Cardinals. The Cards were in town last week and we were fortunate enough to find some really cheap tickets to one of the games. The Rockies swept the Cards in the three-game series, which was kind of a bummer, but it was great to get to go to the game. Even more great was the fact that the day we had tickets, both teams were throwing their aces. We got to see Ubaldo Jimenez pitch for the Rockies, and Chris Carpenter was the Cardinals hurler.

Here's a Jimenez-to-Albert Pujols pitch, taken from our right field upper deck front-row seats (really great seats, actually):

Jimenez ended up having the better pitching day. Even though our preferred team didn't win, it was nice to see Jimenez pitch so well, because even though he's having an unbelievable year, his previous 4 or 5 outings hadn't been all that great. Here's us at the game. The guy sitting next to Elizabeth was kind enough to offer to take our picture, even though we were in "enemy red."

The rest of these pictures are from our anniversary night stay at the Hotel Teatro in downtown Denver. Neither of us had ever really stayed in a "luxury" hotel before. It was extremely nice. I was reading through the notebook of services and amenities they offer while I was sitting in the room, and I came across one paragraph that said if you desire a running companion on your daily jog they have a majordomo (or "Zazu," as I like to call it) who's willing to run with you. What? Crazy. Anyway, the service was really really great (as you should probably expect from a high-end hotel). We booked our room through a website called Perfect Escapes, and when you book through that company, they put a complimentary bottle of wine in your room for when you arrive. So this was waiting for us on the coffee table in the room:

When one of the hotel managers found out we were celebrating an anniversary he also sent us up a complimentary bottle of champagne (don't worry, we didn't even open them both)! At one point I came out of the bathroom to find my wife curled up in the hotel's bathrobe on our king-size bed (most comfortable I've ever slept in, I think) with a package of Twizzlers on her lap (one of her favorite indulgences -- I bought them for her as a gift, though I've probably eaten as many of them as she has), and a glass of champagne in her hand. I laughed and told her I had to get a picture. She's really sitting in the "lap of luxury."

We had a really great time. Even though it was only about an 18-hour getaway, we were able to really relax and de-stress a little. We had a nice dinner out, we got to sleep in the next day and then go out for coffee and breakfast. And since our hotel was right in the heart of downtown, we were only a few blocks from everywhere we wanted to go. We were about a block off of Larimer Square, which is one of the more happenin' areas of the city. Really fun!