Early Spring in Denver

In late March, Abby and Elizabeth flew to Denver, Colorado to attend the regional conference of the Society for College & University Planners (SCUP). Lucky to arrive 12 hours post-storm, we missed all of the flight delays and were greeted with sunny, blue skies and 14" of fresh snow!

 The conference was a jam-packed three day event that took place on the Auraria Higher Education Campus in downtown Denver - just a short walk from our hotel (the semi-eccentric Curtis Hotel).

The old Tivoli Brewery - now a Student Union at the Auraria Higher Education Campus

Never having been to Denver, we took advantage of every free moment to check out the sights:

Denver Children's Hospital

Denver Art Museum

Abby's favorite installation at the Denver Art Museum - interactive projected doodles

Abby's second favorite installation at the Denver Art Museum

Clyfford Still Museum

Denver Public Library

Share the Love: Canine Companions for Independence

Just before Valentine's Day we hosted our 4th annual Share the Love party; a fundraiser to benefit the Canine Companions for Independence. We had a great turnout - which included 7 dogs!

One of the very well-behaved dogs

CCI raises and trains dogs to provide a variety of services (pretty much everything except seeing-eye dogs). Check out their website for lots of information and ways to get involved. At the party we had puppy raisers and program graduates (the people who get the dogs after they are trained). One dog helped assist a man in a wheelchair, another assisted a deaf woman, and a third worked with young children in a school. Seeing the dogs and hearing the stories had us all considering becoming puppy raisers.

 Looking forward to our 5th Annual Share the Love party in 2014!