On December 26th the McClure Gang (Michael, Juli, Mikayla, Kennedi, and Julian) traveled to Denver for a visit. Everyone stayed at our house. Michael, Juli, and Julian slept in the basement and Mikayla and Kennedi slept on the air mattress in Jackson’s room. Jackson slept on the top bunk of his bed. We saved the bottom bunk for Nana Sawny who arrived the next day.
The adventures started right way with everyone heading to Cherry Creek Mall. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen and then started shopping. The kids and the men hung out at the playground in the middle of the mall. Michael said he would rather shop than hang out at the playground. As you can see from some of the photos…the playground was a zoo!
The next day we split up. Michael, Juli, Mikayla, Jackson, and Tris went skiing/snowboarding while Nana Sawny, Kennedi, Julian, Benjamin, and Amy went to the children’s museum. Jackson tried to bail on the snowboarding before he left. Luckily he has nice parents that forced his to go. As you can see from some of the photos, Jackson is still pouting during his snowboarding lesson. Everyone had a great time at Loveland Ski Resort. I have a feeling the McClure’s will be coming back soon to ski! Meanwhile, we were at the children’s museum playing in all the different areas. They had a fire station, grocery store, bubble makers, trains, underground forests, painting stations and more. Here are the photos from the Ski resort and the children’s museum.
The last full day was spent eating at City ‘O City (a vegetarian bar) and visiting the Denver Aquarium. The vegetarian bar was quite the adventure for us animal lovers, but we had fun trying new foods. The Aquarium was a great place to visit. The adults liked it just as much as the kids. Here are the photos of the aquarium.