Our Life Lessons: April 2017

Spring break has come and gone. We packed in as much as we could by being tourists. As we said in our last letter, we bought the Mile High Cultural Pass. The pass we chose had 7 museums options. We made it to 5 of the 7.

Colorado History Center - We saw this place on Monday. We looked at all 4 floors. The boys really liked the ski jump exhibit because they could practice doing a ski jump. We learned about where we live and the history of Colorado. At one station you could put your face into a student at the 1890s school.

Some of the displays talked about the future with water and population growth. We spent all day there.

Denver Zoo - Both boys wanted to go to the zoo. They were really excited. We met new friends at the zoo and looked at all the animals then rode the carousel and the train.

They had a lot of fun looking at the animals. We remembered to bring Flat Stanley with us this day.

He enjoyed the zoo as well.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science - In the afternoon after the zoo, we went to one of the boys' favorite place. This time we did the Expedition Health which teaches about how a team prepared to climb a 14 footer and what the body does at a higher elevation. Later we watch a show at the Planetarium and ended the day watching Dream Big at the IMAX.

Denver Botanic Gardens - On Wednesday we started in the garden.

Some things were in bloom, and the grass was starting to green. One of our favorite things to see were the koi fish.

They have a great education center in a pyramid.
Denver Art Museum - The day ended with Star Wars Costume exhibit. The boys were OVER THE MOON excited to see the costumes.

We spent over an 1 1/2 hours in the exhibit. The boys listened to every audio prompt. They loved the costumes. After the display, we went and saw art from Monet, Japanese 80s clothing construction, and art displays from Asia.

Each day we left each museum when it closed.

The next day we packed to go to Estes Park which is next to Rocky Mountain National Park.

We went to discover a new area of Colorado. Before leaving Denver, we headed over to Fractured Prune. The boys picked their own doughnut and toppings.

Over the course of the weekend, we climbed mountains,

played in the snow,

sat in the hot tub, rode bicycles, and enjoyed each other's company. The boys (of course) completed their Junior Ranger badge.

While we were there, I watched the LDS General Woman's session.
The next week Hurricane returned to school while Underfoot had another week of spring break. We didn't do really anything that fun except build menus, clean house, do the laundry, and read books.

Hurricane was tested for his hearing.

The curve looks the same. The new doctor said that once he gets the old records we may not need to return for 5 years!

The one REALLY EXCITING news was that Underfoot will be attending the same school next fall as Hurricane!!!!! This has been a hard year for the boys being at separate schools. We are really grateful for this news.

This past weekend we watch LDS General Conference and learned about building faith in God.