First Christmas in Denver, CO!

This was our first Christmas in Denver, CO and our first solo Christmas in a few years.  The last time we had Christmas without other family members was our first year living in Phoenix, AZ.

The Thursday before Christmas, Denver received about 15 inches of new snow, followed by days of warm, sunny weather (that is my kind of weather!).  Should remain in the upper 40′s the rest of the week, fabulous!  I have to say, the Rocky Mountains look BEAUTIFUL on a clear sunny day, the sky seems to be a bit bluer here in Colorado.

Back to Christmas…we started the season off by seeing The Muppet Movie, which Ryland and I had a happy-cry at the end of the movie, it was quite moving.  We also were lucky enough to have breakfast with Santa last week.  The boys were so excited to see the big man!  This event is held at the Wildlife Experience, here in Parker, which is a short 2 miles from our house.  They also put up a spectacular Winter Wonderland light display, which we have attended every year.  This year they had a pit for roasting marshmellows, which, of course, we participated in!  On Christmas Eve the boys got to go to Build-A-Bear to make their new stuffed animals…Ryland made a nice, fuzzy Denver Nuggets bear named Kayden and Easton made a Colorado Avalance Smurf named Smurfy.

The boys have been busy playing and ichatting with the cousins and we plan on topping today off with a visit to glow-in-the-dark monster mini-golf, which was one of the boys Christmas presents.

Hope you had had a fantastic Christmas!!  Happy New Year to everyone!!

So, we are a little out-of-focus, but that is OK.  :-)