Adventures in Denver

The day after Christmas, we got really sick. I hardly moved from the couch for 4 days. Some other Eastons had been sick earlier in the week and it made it's way through our family too. Mckay was sick for 3 days at the same time I was. Mom and Dad Easton started their sickness a few days before we did, so they were sort of on the mend as we got sicker. We all just laid around the house resting for 4 days. Dallin and Connor somehow escaped getting sick for any longer than half a day, so the 4 adults in the house took turns taking care of and entertaining the boys. One person would feed them breakfast while everyone else rested. Then someone else would get them lunch. Then someone else would play legos with them. We let the boys watch waaaay too many movies during the sick days, but you gotta do what you gotta do to get better. Even if that involves watching "Star Wars: A New Hope" several times each day. I thought about taking pictures to document our sick days for the blog, but that would have required enough energy to leave the couch and find the camera.

When we were finally feeling better, we had to get out of the house and do fun things. Our first stop was the Butterfly Pavilion with the cousins.

This butterfly landed on Graham and he was pretty excited about it.

Besides a walk-through butterfly garden, they had lots of caged insects and animals to see.

I know the glare makes it hard, but can you spot the tarantula in this cage?

There it is!

There was a tarantula that they let people hold. We all took a turn.

The kids were pretty fearless.

 Dallin and Connor had a fun time playing with their cousins.

Charlotte and Dallin

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We went bowling one day.

I played the best game I've ever played and scored about 150 (if I remember correctly)! Yes, we had bumpers up for the kids, but I only benefited from them once. Those strikes were all mine.

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 We went to the Denver Zoo. It was a warm but still cold day, so we enjoyed a lot of the indoor exhibits.

 Connor couldn't take his eyes off the Komodo dragons.

We have a book about Komodo dragons that he loves so I think he was really excited to see them in person.

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We had to make sure that we spent a day at the Train Museum for Connor's sake.

He was in heaven. He loved the indoor miniature train display.

And we saw the real trains outside.

And there was an outdoor mini train display.

Connor could hardly take his eyes off the trains.

Being sick was no fun, but we made up for it by going to fun places.