President's Day Weekend

    The kids recently had a four day week for President's Day.  Since we had four days of fun, we decided to go to Denver on Friday.  My sister was working that day, so Ella got to come with us.  We packed so much fun into our day and the kids kept talking the whole way home how much fun they had in Denver.

Some president art Dawson made at school

George Washington I believe?

   We started our day at the museum of Nature and Science.  We are members and like to go as much as possible.  We always have a blast and find something new to do.

That is one big bear!

Dawson always likes building with these blocks

   After the kids played for a few hours at the museum, we had all worked up quite an appetite.  We decided to go to Steuben's for lunch.  It's a really neat and tasty restaurant in downtown Denver.  It is decorated 60s retro and always fun.  The kids were sure hungry!

Dawson devouring his hotdog

      After our lunch, we headed to our next adventure.  Touring a candy factory!  There is a candy factory in Denver that allows you to tour the factory.  The candy factory has been around for a long time and they still use most of the same equipment that they did almost a hundred years ago.  Of course, they have a huge candy story that we allowed the kids to each pick something from.  The tour was short, but it was really neat getting to see how candy is made.  They also gave us each a huge piece of taffy at the end which we all enjoyed.

The old candy truck

Ready for her tour

Watching candy be made

Dawson with his free taffy

  After the tour, we decided to make one more quick stop before heading home.  There is an ice cream place in Denver that makes all of their own ice cream.  I have been wanting to try it for years.  It was a really warm day, so we decided to stop on our way home.  They have really different and unique flavors.  Ashlyn was so excited they had hot coco which is one of her favorite things in the world.  She said hot coco ice cream was really good.  It was excellent ice cream and we will definitely be going there more often when we are in Denver.

Ice cream time!

  On Saturday night, Ella and Jameson spent the night and the kids had a giant sleepover.  Joey took this picture of the kids in bed and I had to share it on the blog since it is so darn sweet!

Our kids love their reading time