Our Life in Denver: The Giesa's Arrive!

Tuesday morning I woke up early and took Christian to work before doing some last minute things around the house to prepare for the Giesa's arrival.

Pretty sky while driving Christian to work

I headed to the airport around 9:00 am. This is the 32 foot blue horse by the airport....

The man who was building it died when a piece fell off and killed him- yikes! It was also voted #3 most bizarre public pieces of art in the country.

So happy to see my nephews!

Here is Dominic chillin' in his plane seat/car seat/stroller.

(He looks a lot skinnier but still feels like a ton of bricks!)

Lisa and Johnny

We made a stop at Wal-mart to get a few things for the kiddos before heading home for lunch & naps.

Checking out the toys

Notice Dominic imitates Ernie's laugh :)

After the kids woke up we headed out to pick up Christian from work. I brought Johnny up to get him and course he was the center of attention dancing for everyone. Someone gave him a little chocolate candy and while he was eating it someone else offered him a lollipop. He took the chewed up chocolate out of his mouth, put it in the nurses hand, and grabbed the sucker. Luckily she has a 2 yr old and found it hilarious!

From there we headed to the playground to let the boys run wild a bit.

They are too quick and most of my pics came out blurry :(

The boys watching someone with a remote control car

When we got home we ordered a pizza for the boys & gave them a bath.

I had my clients old nanny & husband come over to watch the boys while we went out to dinner. She nannies for his friends now and we play with them a few times a week. Dominic was already in bed so Johnny hung out with the sitters until he passed out.

Lisa, AJ, Christian & I headed out to an area of Denver called the Highlands. We had dinner reservations at 8:30 but we headed to a place called Linger a few blocks away from the restaurant for some drinks. Linger has a great view of the city....

Unfortunately there was a 30 minute wait just to sit at the bar! Geez. So we walked to Root Down where we were going to have dinner and sat at the bar there.

Ice cream place on the way...Reminds me of The Cone

This was our first time here and we LOVED it!!

First we hit the bar for a round of drinks.

The boys got Moscow Mules (ginger beer, lime & vodka served in a copper mug):

Lisa got a dirty martini which the bartender referred to as the Lindsay Lohan :)

I got a vodka tonic. Root Down makes their own tonic which is why it has the more brownish color. Sounds gross but it was soooo delish.

At our table...

The menu has a lot of small plates and a few larger entrees. We pretty much ordered all of the small plates and shared.

First up:

Diver Scallops / Plantain Hash, Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce, Fines Herbes & Crispy Red Onions (don't have pic & can't comment bc I don't eat scallops)

“Devils on Horseback”/ Date & Goat Cheese stuffed Peppadews, wrapped in Serrano Ham, Smoked Paprika-Sherry Gastrique (again no pic but VERY good!)