Great-Grandma in Denver

This past weekend, we flew to Colorado to see Matt’s grandmother. We left early Friday morning and returned late Monday night. Friday started at 3 AM for us and 4 AM for the boys. They were awake for the 1 hour from Boston to Pittsburgh but then slept much of the 3 and half hours to Denver! We had a bumpy start with minor issues like the Sienna needed a jump because a light was left on in it the day before, the neighbor that was taking us to the airport was off by an hour and we missed our turn for 90east. Our seating was also goofy which took extra time at check-in to resolve and security is tons more involved with 2 little kids, strollers, coats and all shoes must come off!. Lets just say the airline was paging us by the time we finally arrived at the gate.

We didn’t last very long for visiting on Friday, but we did have a nice lunch with Aunt Judy, cousin Brittany and Grandma. That’s Thomas riding on Aunt Judy’s foot in Grandma’s apartment.

Saturday, we went swimming in the morning. The pool at the hotel was beautiful and the kids really enjoyed the pool. The picture of the mountains is what we could see from the pool. We went to the Denver zoo in the afternoon. The kids are at an age to really be enthralled with the animals. They were totally into it. They saw the tigers and both were saying “Ellie!”(our housecat).

Sunday was a quiet day, just some really nice visiting and hanging out together. I had to get a picture of Thomas asleep in Grandma’s lap.

Monday morning, we saw Grandma while at breakfast and then headed for the airport. It was a real treat to have this time with Grandma.