Our Trip to Denver

So, last month, I took my kids out of school for a week

so we could drive to Denver, CO to visit family

and attend the Denver Comic Con.

I'm sorry that I haven't shared these sooner, but

we got back on the 23rd, and my family came to visit the next day

for my mom's 80th and it's been a little crazy.

But now that I've had time to catch my breath,

I can share.... ;)

It took us 19 hours to get to Denver.

Austin shared the driving with me (which was great!)

We spent the night in Rapid City,

where I stopped by their Hobby Lobby and stocked

up on watercolour paper. :)

We made it to Denver just before supper time on Friday, June 17th.

My husband's sister lives there with her family

and we enjoyed spending time with them -- shopping,

having lunch at Costco, playing kickball, attending their church,

& going swimming, for walks and for a hike in the hills.

I love this photo!

On the Sunday, we went to Comic Con, which was at 

the Colorado Convention Centre.

We took the Light Rail there and then the shuttle.

Outside, there's a huge statue of a blue bear who's

looking in to see what's going on -- so fun!

A lot of people enjoyed our costumes!

Here we are standing in line to get our picture taken with Stan Lee.

Cool, eh?

And then Sage and I got our picture taken with Alex Kingston

(of ER and Doctor Who fame).

She was so fun!

She's holding a Pop Vinyl doll of her character on Doctor Who: River Song.

Jonah asked some Star Wars cosplayers if he could get his photo taken with them.

And Sage and I found a fellow Dalek...

It was a fun convention!

On Monday, we drove to Colorado Springs to go

to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which was amazing!

We got to feed giraffes...

... and pet wallabies.

One our way back, we stopped at Focus on the Family.

We are huge fans of Adventures in Odyssey (and listened

to quite a few of them on our road trip through the Dakotas

and Wyoming) and thought it would be fun to get 

some ice cream treats at Whit's End.

Austin and Sage got their picture taken with some of their

favourite characters. :)

On Wednesday, we started our drive home.

We stopped in Sylvan Lake where we met Patti of Stationery Styles.

She is lovely -- so kind and generous and

a wonderful tour guide as well!

We had lunch together at the Sylvan Lake Lodge

and then went for a walk on the path around the lake.

The kids had fun climbing on the rocks.

It's such a beautiful landscape!

We also took a drive on the needles highway, which was amazing!

It was so fun to meet an online crafty friend in real life!

Thanks again, Patti, for giving up your afternoon

to spend with us!

We had so much fun!

And, if you've made it this far, we've come to the end of the trip....

pretty much!

We spend the night in Rapid City and got up early to drive

12 hours to get home. :)

I'm really glad we took the time to go on this trip.

Comic Con was important to Austin and with him graduating next year,

I really felt it was good for us to take the time to make these memories together.

Thanks for looking!

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