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Downtown Denver

We spent the evening at the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. It was such a fun time for all of us. The kids liked seeing all of the musicians playing for money, the fun restaurants, the horse drawn carriages and riding the bus. It was a great family evening.

Little L loved all of the horses we saw that were all fancied up

The fam in front of one of the many restaurants

Us posing in front of some funny buffalo sculptures

Sorry this one is sideways. This bus ride back to the car just about made me puke. The bus smelled of urine and dirty bodies. The kids had fun though.

Denver Zoo

We had a super fun day at the zoo last Saturday. The kids had a great time looking at all of the animals, attending the shows and going on some of the little rides there. It was a long, fun day and when we got home I went straight to bed and didn't move for hours.

The fam by the giraffes

Who is going to feed this hungry fella?

The three youngest enjoying a ride on the little zoo train

Little L looks like a very scary driver.

J Man is 7...Finally!!

J Man has been waiting to turn 7 ever since we moved here. The rec center will let you have your own card when you are 7 and you are allowed to do the rock climbing. He was sooo excited!! He had a fun birthday party with one of his best little friends and we went swimming and had a great time. All of his siblings gave him fun presents and made a big deal about his birthday.

J Man got an MP3 player that Mr. M bought for him with his own money, these cute head phones from Little L and the Star Wars shirt from Lady K

J Man with his buddy from school

Vanilla cake with lemon frosting...yummm

Utah Visits

The girls

We got to stop by and see our old next door neighbors and Uncle Ryan and Aunt Carissa's cute house.

These two were born less than a month apart. They hit it off right away

The boys

The proud parents

Uncle Ryan and Aunt Carissa with Mr. Milo . They have the cutest home!!

Gunnell Family Reunion

Grandma Gunnell and me. Isn't she beautiful!

We had such a blast at the Gunnell family reunion. My uncle Reid headed it up and he and Aunt Diane did such a fantastic job planning fun activities for our kids. It was probably one of the best, most memorable reunions ever with this family!! We had so much fun. Here are a million pictures of the fun.

My sister Susie and her cute daughter umm.... which one is that (hahaha)

My lovey Aunt Sherri. She is so much fun.

A bunch of the cute girl cousins on aunt Julie's deck.

Aunt Diane and cousin Melissa.

The rough basketball game. It was so fun to see the uncles playing with the kids.

Aunt Julie, the hostess for the day. She is the best.

Little L and Cousin Alli (who is now in the MTC on her way to France to be a missionary.)

Uncle Doug serving these cute girls. He lost a bet when Lady K made a very difficult shot with the basketball and had to be a servant for the day.

The kids warming up for the fun run with Uncle Richard

Making flippers with Uncle Reid

Dad and Mr. M

Cute sisters

Karaoke this year was an absolute blast!! The kids did a bunch of songs in a big group like this. I loved the entertainment. I could have watched them all night long.