Vacation to Denver

We went to Denver for the Memorial Day weekend. We left early Friday morning. The kids were so excited to be going that they both woke up at 5:30 a,m. so we were able to leave earlier than expected. The drive to Arvada was pretty uneventful and the kids were really excited to be there. We all went to dinner (us, Grandma and Grandpa, Andrew, Lisa and Mike) and Courtney insisted on sitting by Grandma. Ethan kept telling the waitress that he was also a new graduate. It was cute.

Saturday the boys went golfing and had a great time. Ethan went with them and became the ball boy when someone lost a golf ball. Ethan wasn't allowed out of the golf cart which actually made it much easier to golf because Bryan didn't have to worry about him getting into something.

While the boys were golfing, Courtney, Grandma and I did karaoke on Grandma's karaoke machine. Lisa, somehow, slept in a recliner through all the noise. Courtney loved it and we had a lot of fun.

When the boys got home, Grandma, Lisa and I went to have some girl time. We had pedicures. It was awesome and so relaxing. I hadn't had one before, but we were pretty pampered.

Everyone was pretty relaxed and having a good time after the morning, so we ate lunch and went to the APEX swimming. Courtney is fearless and kept going down the kiddie slide, which went really fast. Ethan played around on the slide too. Then everyone decided to go down the big slide and Courtney couldn't get enough of it. Ethan figured out how much fun it is to go across the logs and spent most of his time showing up the big guys by carefully going across, over and over. It was fun.

Sunday was a challenge because Church was in the afternoon, but we made it through by reading stories and playing games. Ethan did a great job by going to his Primary class without a fuss. I think it helped that Andrew promised him a toy afterward if he would go peacefully. Courtney, on the other hand, freaked out and wouldn't let go of me. Grandma offered to stay with her, but had to go after the first hour. So Courtney spent Relief Society with Lisa and me. We weren't very reverent and didn't get much from the lesson, but Courtney kept us laughing.

Monday morning, we went to the Train Museum in Denver and the kids loved it. They climbed all over the engines and had so much fun watching the model train run. Ethan and Bryan did some pretty funny pictures. (Courtney kind of ruins the effect, though.)

In the afternoon we went to the Elementary School to feed the ducks. There were some geese there too and they all had babies. It was fun to watch them and feed them. It started to rain while we were there, but no one really cared. Then the kids played on the playground.

Monday night Courtney had Grandma paint her fingernails and toenails because she felt bad to have been left out when we got pedicures.

Tuesday morning we left for home. It was a long drive, but it wasn't too bad. Ethan watched an old "Hardy Boys" video twice, for about 2 1/2 hours each time. Courtney listened to it and took a bit of a nap. We were pretty happy to be back home. But we had a great time in Denver!