Denver Trip- Days 3-4

Thursday morning we went to a park. Rex had a phone interview with some place (sometimes I lose track with all his phone interviews, hopefully something will come through soon). We then went to the Children’s Museum when it opened. It was a nice museum, but the Gateway Children’s Museum in Salt Lake is so much bigger and has a lot more to do. The boys still had fun. We spent a couple hours there. They had a bubble room. This is the boys inside a big bubble.

They had a room with trains and tracks to connect together and build, which Ian loved. They also had a little market area.

They had a room that had all sorts of things to climb and go in.

We then went to eat. We saw the missionaries at Burger King and talked to them for a few minutes. We then headed into downtown Denver. We went to the state capital building and toured it. We got inside just in time to miss the downpour.  We went up to the Dome.

They were doing some scaffolding work on the outside.

There are different mile high markers on the steps outside because different groups of people got different measurements. Ian did not want to get out of the stroller at this point, but Jaiden was glad to.

We wanted to tour the US Mint but didn’t know that you have to schedule your tour like 2 months in advance.

We walked down part of the 16th Street Mall (outdoors). It was crowded (not used to big cities anymore, I like small towns). There were pianos every few blocks for people to play.

We then headed north to St Vrain State Park to camp for the night. It was pretty windy at first and almost slept in the back of the truck, but it eventually died down. I made pizza in our dutch oven. St Vrain is just outside a city and right off the highway, so you could here the traffic all night.

Friday morning, we had breakfast, Rex tried fishing (didn’t catch anything), and packed up. We then headed a little more north and then west. We were high up in the mountains. The highest elevation was around 10,000 feet.  There was quite a bit of snow still up there. We went down a little bit (and out of the snow) to State Forest State Park. We found a campsite and set up. We walked around a little. Rex fished some. After we started dinner, a ranger came up to us and said that someone had reserved the site we were at, they had just missed marking it, so could we please move a few camp sites down. We moved, with the help of people around. The ranger did get us some free bundles of fire wood. We had dinner. It started to rain, so we all decided to go to bed early. I woke up at 8:30, with the tent dripping and soaking our blankets. I woke up Rex and we hurried and packed everything in the car and headed home. We got home at 11 that night.

Denver Trip- Day 2, Zoo

Wednesday morning, we went to a park until the zoo opened.

We spent a fun day at the zoo. It was pretty good, I don’t think it was any better or worse than the Hogle Zoo (the only other zoo that I have been to that I remember). They are building a new exhibit, Asian Highlands (I think), that they are spending 50 million on. They will have a big area for up to 8 bull elephants (which apparently are very territorial).

Isn’t he so cute. Ian refused to have his picture taken. Jaiden lost his hat somewhere at the zoo.

They had a pretty nice sea lion show.

Denver Trip- Day One

Last week we took a trip to Denver. We left really Tuesday morning. Rex had training and an interview in Eagle, CO. The boys and I explored Eagle and Gypsum. We found some pretty cool parks.

This park was huge and all made of wood. They had a “tots” area with smaller things. There was a tire swing and sand box area.

We went to the library (which I wasn’t that impressed with) and drove around some.

We hung out at Costco. The boys found a huge bear to play with. We also hung out at the airport waiting for Rex.

When Rex was done we drove to Denver. We checked in at our hotel, Motel 6. We do NOT recommend this hotel. They did not have free WiFi, it was small, and no breakfast.

We went out to eat at a Brazilian restaurant, which was good but expansive.

Moab- Hole in the Wall

While in Moab, we went to Hole in the Wall. It is a house that is built into the rock mountain. They had to blast it out. We took a tour of the house. We were not allowed to take pictures inside, but you can look it up online and look at pictures.

They also have a little zoo. We bought some food to feed the animals.

This turkey bit Ian when he tried to pet it. So he didn’t get that close to the rest of the animals.

Jaiden loved feeding the animals. This sheep head butted Rex when he was trying to feed it.

Moab- Arches

We left a Thursday night after Rex got off work (June 9) and drove to Moab to meet my parents. We stayed at a pretty nice hotel.

Friday morning we went to Arches National Park. The boys did pretty well on the hikes. Ian tripped a couple times so he wanted to be carried for a little after that. The hike to Landscape Arch, Ian didn’t make it all the way, my mom took him back and they waited for us. It was nice to go with my parents. And they were able to take some pictures with the four of us together (which doesn’t happen that often).

Jaiden was done by the time we got to Sand Dune Arch. He did not want to get down in the sand at all.

Ian loved Sand Dune Arch, he loved playing in the sand. There were some kids that helped bury him in sand and he helped them.

It was so fun. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Tee Ball and Pictures of the Boys

Ian started tee ball a few weeks ago.  Rex is his team’s assistant coach. The team is 4-5 year olds. Ian has a hard time wanting to stay on the field or the dug out. The first game, he was off the field half the time and missed his second time to bat. They do not keep score, the inning is done once everyone has a chance to hit the ball. It is pretty funny to watch, they have a hard time knowing which base to run to. The second game Ian did much better and stayed on the field/dug out except for a couple minutes. Rex kept bribing him with the fruit snacks we brought for the team after the game.

Here is a video of Ian batting at the second game.

The other morning, while I was in the shower, the boys were playing. As I got out, I heard them pouring something out. When I came downstairs, Ian told me they made a party for me.

How this is a party, I don’t know but apparently it is.

Jaiden does not stay still at all for pictures, but I still got a good one.

 

This is from another day.