Marc's parents are preparing to leave on a mission so we thought we should go spend a holiday in Denver. We figured we would have better luck in November with the weather than we would in December so we let the kids skip a couple of days of school and headed west the weekend before Thanksgiving. We drove through some pea soup fog and saw this as we drove!
We spent a day at the Denver Aquarium.
The kids had a blast petting the stingrays. There was one that kept swimming really close to them and splashing!
We made some decorations for the Thanksgiving table.
We decorated some turkey cookies with Jonas.
We ate WAY too much.
Tanner got hooked on the ipad that Uncle Todd brought.
We spent lots of time playing games and having fun with the cousins.
We also ran a 5K with Jason (Marc's sister's husband) and saw a couple of movies.
One of the big surprises of the week was Mary and this dog. Marc's brother Kent and his wife Stacy, rescued this 'vicious' pitbull. I will admit to having some reservations when I heard of his size. I was sure one of my children would be eaten. Mary who trembles in fear around my parent's (really my brother's) hound dog, could not get enough of this 90 some pound bruiser named Moose. I was shocked at how gentle he is. He was great around the kids and supremely patient and tolerant.
We had a great time! Can't wait to do it again!
