denver holidays

christmas for us this year was in denver.  thank goodness santa found us. riley left him a note at home just in case he went to the wrong house. it was cute and even more endearing as this may be his last year 'believing' (he asked some very pointed questions about santa this year). in addition to us several of todd's family members came in from out of town so the gathering was especially fun.

we stayed at todd's mom's house.  riley asked for a video camera and lucy wanted barbie's and clothes (please notice that santa did bring her the 'i can be president barbie')

the present opening aftermath....

....this is pretty much what riley looked like the rest of the trip

....all dressed up for christmas dinner at todd's brother's house

 the place looked so nice...

...judy (todd's mom) supervising jim (todd's dad) making the bourbon sauce

...jim, me and todd's brother danny after having a little of said bourbon sauce

we also got to meet dan's new partner rachael....

we had lots of adventures in denver but apparantly didn't have the camera for most.

update...i did remember todd's aunt nancy emailed me some pictures from casa bonita. we went to celebrate lucy's upcoming birthday....and boy is that place a trip. apparently there is a south park episode dedicated to it and i can see why....there are no words.  the food is awful, but there is cliff diving, gorillas, puppet shows and more. i highly suggest a drink (the margs are bad too but a drink is a drink!). here are a few shots from the evening...

the last day there we gathered to watch the bronco game (and celebrate lucy's birthday)....and got these great pictures of judy and her four grandkids.

a very lovely holiday and visit.

next post is lucy's birthday!!!.......