Dever

Since things have been really crazy around our house the past two weeks we took a small vacation and went to Denver for the weekend. Kris had gotten some tickets to a pre-game for the Denver Bronco's Vs. the Dallas Cowboys. (his team being the Cowboys, FYI they lost) On Friday the 15th we rented a van because his sister, her daughter and her boyfriend went with us and we all wanted to ride together and since none of have a big enough car we rented a van. I think Kris liked driving the mini van, it suites him. LOL
On our journey there my poor sister in law got a little bit sick and left her trade mark on the side of the road just before Cheyenne WY. Poor thing. She seemed to be feeling better later, that is until we got into Denver on the busy freeway and she decided she needed to throw up again. We didn't have anywhere to pull over so Kris said "roll the window down and good luck" so the next thing we know us in the back seat had a nasty view out the window. I am sure the drivers behind just thought it was the rain little do they know! Luckily it was raining pretty hard so the rain washed a lot of it off.
My sister Kristin drove from Nebraska with her four kids to meet us there. It was so fun to see her and the kids. Saturday morning (still raining) we went to the Aquarium. I had never been there before and thought it was so fun. The kids had a great time looking at the fish and sharks. Broc got his face painted with of course a Thomas Train. Surprising! After that (still raining) we went to the mall. Since it was still raining and pretty cold we had to find Kris and poncho and sweatshirt to keep him dry and warm at the game. I kept telling him before we left don't forget a sweater or jacket, and of course he didn't grab one, MEN.
Later that evening Kris, his sister and boyfriend headed off to the game and Kristin and I ordered pizza for the kids and had a carpet picnic. We then took the kids swimming and I found out how daring her 3 year old was about jumping into the pool. He was a mad man, no fear at all! Once Broc saw him doing it he wanted to try. So we put a life jacket on him and away he went. It took him a couple times of drinking the water to figure out he needed to keep his mouth closed. But then he wouldn't close his eyes so his eyes were pretty red by the time we were done.
After we got the kids showered and put to bed Kristin and I stayed up and talked. I felt like a little kid again. When we were younger we used to share a room and sometimes would talk late into the night. I miss having her around and hope that they come back home soon. We had a great talk and laughed a lot. We figured we should do this more often meet in between to visit and do things. So hopefully this fall we can do that again.
On our way home on Sunday the trip of course seemed longer, but we had a little entrainment as my niece got her hair caught in the wheel of one of Broc's Thomas the Trains. I thought for sure we would have to cut it out but with some patience from Taylor, her mom was able to get it out without cutting it.
Great times and this was a wonderful and welcoming break for the three of us.