We went to visit Gloria and Dora last week while the boys were off for the winter break.  Our flight was very early on Tuesday, and we had to wake the boys up at 4:30am.  However the boys were very cooperative as they were excited for the trip.  One of the things they looked forward to was the place we were staying at, the townhouse that Dora had helped us rent near hers.  After Dora picked up us from the airport and arrived at the townhouse, the boys were thrilled; they quickly went up the three stories and claimed the master bedroom on the top floor.  They wanted to stay together at night and loved to hang out there for video game time.  Stuart and I had to stay in the 2nd bedroom on the lowest floor which worked out better afterall as we would rather be the ones close to the main entrance.

    We were secretly hoping for some snow for this trip and our wish came true as it was one of the coldest stretch of days Denver had had for a long time.  We were prepared with clothing and it was awesome to be able to walk around and play in snow.  Another plus was that our townhouse was close to Dora’s (where Gloria had come to stay as well during our trip) and to many great restaurants where everything was within walking distance.  Stuart especially enjoyed the varieties of beers available at the restaurants; once he tasted two beers at lunch which led to a wonderfully long nap in the afternoon.

     Dora and Gloria had taken some time to spend with us, so it was great for the boys to spend some quality time with them as well.  We also could go see their dogs Arvin and Abby, and were able to take them for walks.  The boys were still a bit nervous if they jumped up to them, but otherwise they learned to handle them a bit better.  Logan grew to love walking Arvin and liked how calm he was.  While we walked, we all tried to throw snowballs for Arvin to catch which he loved.  Each day we also did an excursion and more on those later.  In addition, we had invited both Gloria’s and Dora’s boyfriends and Dora’s friend Julia (who we met) for dinner at home.  That dinner had to be postponed by a day due to a major snow storm during  the commute time.  We ended up meeting on Friday night and it was good to finally meet Chuck and Robb.  I was not feeling too well and was not able to talk with them very much.  However it was still very nice to get to meet them in person.  Chuck is an artist; once the boys found out about that, they looked forward to ask him to draw and draw with him.  The whole evening, the boys were keeping him busy with drawing some cartoons, and Connor also enjoyed coping and learning how to draw from him.  Chuck was patient with them and Connor was especially determined and did some great drawings together.  The evening went well with chatting while we all watched the Olympics too. 

    This was an awesome four days trip to Denver.  We spent some good time together with the sisters and had many memorable moments.