US MINT and DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM

June 10, 2010
First we went down to the US MINT in Denver and waited in line for the tour. It wasn’t easy waiting in stand-by with three kids for over two hours, but it was a rare opportunity to take this tour before moving. There are only 5 US mints in the entire United States, with 3 of them being on the far upper east side of the country.

















After we were done at the mint and the kids had the souvenir coins we moved on to the Downtown Denver Aquarium. Julia and Braden meet us at our parking spot by the mint and we all drove over together in her car to save on parking costs. Of course my camera had to die while we were there and now I carry with me a new pack at all times just in case. I hate missing the opportunity to capture family moments. Photos are my memory and journal. Lucky for me Julia had her camera and we were able to capture some more great moments.

Touring the Colorado Capitol

June 9, 2010
We went back as a family to see the Capitol during the week so we could take a tour. It was fun and we got to go all the way up to the top and into the dome. After we had taken out tour, we went out into Denver again to explore. We saw the Rockies Stadium and the Union Station as well as other things along the way.

SKYLINE DRIVE

June 7, 2010
While down in Canon City visiting Nathan’s brother Phillip to get some dental work done, we went up to Skyline drive to see the dinosaur tracks. We had been there several times before, but now the kids are getting to an age where they have an understanding and interest in what it is they are looking at.



While we were up there I told Elaine that she was born in the hospital here. We could oversee the city from upthere. Of course this started up the conversation of "Mom did I come out of your tummy?" and "Did they have to cut you open?" so on and so forth.

During the evening we played games and let the kids enjoy seeing each other at Phillip's house. All in all a good time.

DOWNTOWN DENVER

June 5, 2010
 

We meet up with Julia and her kids outside the capitol in Denver to take a tour, but they aren't open on Saturday's like we were sure it had said online. Oh well. We still took pictures and then went down to the people's fair a block over. I LOVE FREEBIES. The kids had lots of fun and we won free admission coupons for the aquarium.


After we were done exploring the fair and extremely thirsty from all the walking and heat we went walking over to the 16th Street Mall where we purchased some drinks at Subway. There was no way we could afford to purchase drinks at the fair with it being $3 for a single bottle of water not big enough to quench the thirst and there was 9 of us too. The cool air conditioning and bathrooms gave us a nice break too. While at the outdoor mall we did some more exploring and picture taking (and cooling off in the water).

Prepardness Pantry

After reading about this on my sister-in-laws blog, I decided to try it out. The Preparedness pantry offeres a food storage analyzer that helps you calculate where your food storage stands. Mine came out to be just over 40 days of storage for a family of 5 at a consumption of almost 9,000 calories a day. Unlike other sites it allowed me to plug in the ages and genders of each person in my home, so I would get a more accurate calculation for my family. If you need help with your food storage then check it out. As an added bonus they are currently giving away $10 gift cards for trying it out and bloging about it. Here is the link....

Chiquita Banana

Chiquita Banana

The kids took this photo while at the fair in Denver.