Wednesday, July 30, 2008
 So we all made it to Colorado in one piece and although the hotel isn't so glamorous and the kids are all sick with colds, we're having lots of fun. Our first day here we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and I got to show the kids all the things I used to do there when I was their age. One of our favorite displays was the Gem and Minerals display so that's where we stopped first. They've changed it a bit, but all the main parts were still there, just exactly as I had remembered them. Then we visited the mummies, the boys' favorite part, and then we visited the disection stage where we all got to see pig lungs at work and where we all vowed we'd never smoke. . . ever! Then we went to see the dinosaurs and that's where Mark's blood sugar went crashing and so did Caleb's happy personality. So we grabbed us some lunch, hit the planetarium, visited a few more displays and hit the road back to the hotel.
After a few minutes back at the hotel we headed over to Jewell Elementary School (where we all attended at least a year or more of school) for a family picnic. Denver whipped out his ultra cool museum toy--a dino dig--and entertained several of his family members by letting them take a turn digging out a dinosaur. The weather looked a bit threatening as we arrived and Caleb was a wreck. So Megan saved the day by sitting with him until he was convinced there was not going to be a lightning storm anytime soon. And of course there was lots of time to catch up with each other and be silly and take lots of family photos. Here's a few previews. If you want to see the final, polished photos you'll have to ask Kathy, cause she's the real professional photographer and all.
  
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After the picnic we headed over to what used to be our local DQ which we frequented quite often and ordered us almost $80 worth of ice cream and left with almost as much melted down our fronts. Next stop. . . Elitch's!
posted by Shana # 8:34 AM 
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