An adventure under the sea!

I had not been to the Denver Aquarium in a long time and thought it would be a great winter place to visit.  Wes especially loves animals and could not get enough of the moon jelly fish.  Luke loved the mermaids and was asking all kinds of questions about them.  He really enjoyed meeting them as well!

We met the mermaids!

Wes with Great Grandma Vi and Grammy Joanne

Luke loved the mermaids!!!

Check out those teeth!

I gotta face only a mother could love... (wolf eel)  Interestingly enough, he picks his mate by biting her abdomen and then wrapping himself around her.  They mate for life.

Stockshow!

What a Denver tradition and what a fun event!  The stockshow has been around for more then 100 years here in Denver and we try to make it an annual family trip.  This year we went with Luke and Grammy. Nick and Wes were not 100% so they stayed home.  Luke enjoyed looking around but wanted to get out of they cattle and horse pens as soon as possible.  The people there were preparing the cattle for show so it was full of action.  We also got to see a rodeo clown and ropes expert.  Now home for the big Broncos game tonight!

Luke's first time on skis!

Luke was so excited to try out his new skis the day we got them back.  Since it was a great, sunny day but still snow in the backyard, we decided to try it out.  Luke did great and Wes loved to watch him.  Nick got a great workout hauling Luke up the slope in our backyard.  

Happy New Year 2012!

Nick and I on New Years Eve at our neighborhood party.

We rang in the new year with style... going to church, watching the Broncos with Tim Tebow and having the Nelsons and Rufners over for dinner.  Crazy with all 11 of us but fun... would not have had it any other way!