Denver Vacation- Part One
Our 1st family vacation!! The drive out was pretty good considering how long the kiddos had to be stuck in their car seats. We figured it normally would have been about 12 hours in the car & it probably ended up being 15 with all the stops- about 30 minutes each stop! Ugh, trying to take the girls into the bathrooms and Brooklen is SCARED to DEATH of the toilets flushing and the hand dryers. At our last stop I didn't even make her go she was crying & I thought it's not worth that!! I don't want her to be scared & have any potty regression. We stayed overnight in Lincoln, NE. Most rooms were booked because of a bunch of construction going on so we didn't get the best place... it was a motel, not a hotel- I just don't like motels, kind of creep me out!! Austen maybe slept 2 hours in the motel. Just out of routine & missing his room. He has continued to struggle with naps & bedtime. It was just so different, we were all in the same room & the kiddos are in sleeping bags (ready beds- they had a blow up mattress in them, pretty cool) but Austen is so use to being in his own room, by himself. Every night he has crawled into bed with me for at least a 1/2 hour, if not the whole night & then he has been up at 6:00am I think every morning!!!


Saturday: We got into Denver on Saturday night, we ate some dinner and then just drove around our old neighborhoods until it was almost time for Traci, Steve & Brady to get home. (We are staying with one of my best friends & they were just getting back from a vacation in CA- I know, how nice to come home from vacation & have people waiting for you-- THANK YOU Traci!!) We just unloaded some of our stuff & chilled on Saturday night.

Sunday: we relaxed from the drive. We just hung around, played in the backyard and went on a walk to play at a park. Then Sunday evening we went to a BBQ at Traci's neighbors who had a small kiddy pool & a nice swingset to help entertain the kiddos!! My friends Katie & Kenny drove up from south Denver to visit with us before Katie had to go out of town most of the week. Thank you sooo much for driving up Cuz (I know it was a long drive), it was so good to see you!!!

Monday: we got up & drove to the Denver Downtown Aquarium. It was great and the kiddos had a wonderful time!! We saw all kinds of fish, sharks, stingrays & even a tiger! Then we went to play at "Sharky's Play Zone" a kid play zone & there weren't many kids playing so we just hung out & played away!! Unfortunately both of my camera batteries were low, so we didn't get many pics ;(
Tuesday: it was going to be a cloudy & rainy day so we decided it'd be a good day to just take it easy. We got up leisurely and then went to a couple of scrapbook stores- yep, I got to visit Archiver's Westminster, one of the stores I use to work at- store still looks great! Then I went out for a couple of drinks with my friend Noelle. It was great to see her & catch up a bit!