Sorry!

So, having been shamed into returning to my blog by both my family and friends, I am returning to posting. Lots of stuff has been going on, but none of it really seemed blog worthy (meaning: funny).

But LOTs of stuff has happened, and I guess I need to catch a couple of people up.

First, Mom turned 60 this year and my Dad's present was to come out to Denver for a few days for her birthday! Greeted by a rare snow flurry (snowing at Easter - can you believe it?) we saw the sights of Denver, many of which we hadn't even seen yet. Unfortunately, the US Mint tour gets booked up as bad as Alcatraz (3-6 months in advance), so we had to scratch that off of the list. But the Colorado Historical Society was great - learned a lot about the history of the state, and got to ride a horse! (see inlay) I think that Mom had a good time - I know that I did. And to the kids of her elementary school class, my most humble appologies...I am sure that you were greeted with a pleathora of stories about Colorado history, Lewis & Clark, etc--just listen, you may learn something.

So after that, we went and did something that even Mark Summers of "Unwrapped!" fame hasn't done - visited Hammond's Candy and Confecionary for a factory tour! - on account of being Obsessive Compulsive about germs...The tour was, well, I can't help it! It was SWEEEET.