Mammoths

We headed to the Nature and Science Museum to check out the Mammoths and Mastodon exhibit today.  It was a neat exhibit with lots to see and read.  Our kids liked when we got to the elephants as they could relate! 

Snow!

We got lots of wet, heavy snow today and Avery and Ryan wanted to help daddy with shoveling.  They really didn't do much helping, but did have a great time running through all the snow and making snow balls!

Night out with Jennifer Weiner

Amber works for the Douglas County library and one of the events they put together was a "Night out with Jennifer Weiner" at the Highlands Ranch mansion.  It was a perfect outing for our book club.  Jennifer is one of my favorite authors and I have read most of her books!  The event was well done with appetizers and Prosecco.  And, we got our books signed and a picture with Jennifer.  She spoke for an hour and did Q&A.  She was so funny - we had a blast.  Afterwards, we went out to meet Lyndi,  one of our book clubbers who recently moved to Texas.  What a fun night!

Sports Connection

On Sunday, Shyloe made cute pancakes for the kids - a 3 for the birthday girl and A for Avery and R for Ryan!  They loved it!  One thing Avery said that was so sweet - "Shyloe, your house is amazing."

We got all of stuff packed up and heading over to the Sport Connection.  It has a Jump N Play area and then a game area. We started in the inflatable area and the kids had fun checking each one out!  Then, we headed over to the game area and they got to pick out what games they wanted to play.  I think the favorites for everyone were the driving games!  We were so glad to get to spend the time with Greg, Shyloe, Greyson and Taiten - they were great hosts!

We had smooth travel back to Denver and back to reality on Monday!

Greyson's 3rd Birthday Party

The other reason we decided to make the trip was to celebrate Greyson's 3rd birthday!  Her birthday party was on Saturday afternoon at Greg and Shyloe's house.  And, my Mom and Dad came down from Hickory, so it was good to see them again.  Shyloe leaves no details out - she planned a music party for Greyson and it was a huge hit!  The music teacher did a great job of getting everyone engaged! Greg made pulled pork overnight on the Green Egg and it was very good!   And, we followed that with delicious cupcakes!  So glad we could be there in person to sing happy birthday to Greyson!

Shyloe's collage

Charlotte

We got to Charlotte around 8:30 on Friday night after an easy drive.  The kids were so excited to play together and have a sleepover.  It was probably close to 10:30 before they finally fell asleep!
We woke up on Saturday morning to snow!! I had envisioned our weekend to NC being warm and sunny, but that wasn't to be!  We had breakfast at Chick-fil-a and the kids got to run around the indoor playground to burn off some energy.

Hickory

On Friday, we slept in a little and hung out at the house in the morning. We then headed to Science Center and Aquarium with Mom and Dad. We lucked out and it was Free Friday!  We checked out the aquarium first and then the science center.  They have some great exhibits!

For lunch, we went to Jason's Deli and then I gave Andy a tour of Hickory while Avery and Ryan took a nap in the backseat.  Mom made us a delicious dinner and afterwards, we decided to head to Charlotte so the cousins could spend more time together.